Sudan: ICRC facilitates release of 64 detainees
30-10-2023 Khartoum (ICRC) – The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) on Monday facilitated the release of 64 detainees of the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) who had been held by the Rapid …
30-10-2023 Khartoum (ICRC) – The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) on Monday facilitated the release of 64 detainees of the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) who had been held by the Rapid …
Neil Davison, Senior Scientific and Policy Adviser, International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), Geneva. This years' Beijing Xiangshan Forum comes at an important time for regional and …
Keynote Speech by Gilles Carbonnier, Vice-President, International Committee of the Red Cross, 10th Beijing Xiangshan Forum, 31 October 2023. Check against delivery Excellencies, ladies and …
ICRC Geneva- The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) fears that the alarming levels of violence in the West Bank may lead to irreversible consequences for its communities. Since January …
International humanitarian law (IHL) and international human rights law (IHRL) include rules and laws regarding sexual violence, in addition to the provisions under domestic legal frameworks. …
Landmines, airstrikes, snipers – in cities across the world, children's lives and futures are irrevocably changed by urban warfare. Urban warfare causes a staggering number of deaths and injuries …
More than 80 senior military officers from more than 62 countries have convened in Nairobi at a high-level workshop on the laws of war and their application in military operations. The Senior …
The Florence Nightingale Medal is awarded to nurses who display exceptional courage and devotion to victims of armed conflict or natural disaster or to those who display exemplary service in the …
The risks and opportunities presented by artificial intelligence (AI) in conflict settings were laid bare at an event at Chatham House on Monday night. In the week when the UK is hosting an AI Safety …
A chance to take international humanitarian law out of the classroom and into the real world. During the week of 16–20 October 2023, the seventeenth edition of the "Yachay" regional human rights …
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