A Community Rebuilds Homes Lost to Conflict
Over more than a decade of armed conflict, thousands of families in northeast Nigeria have seen their homes destroyed. That’s why we’re working with communities to rebuild them, together. Bulama Modu …
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Afghanistan: Facing an uncertain economic future and persistent unemployment
Gul Hazrat, a daily wage labourer in Kabul, Afghanistan, has rarely enjoyed easy days. But in the last few months, things have become much tougher as he finds it increasingly difficult to provide for …
The ICRC and the Sharjah research technology & innovation park (SRTIP) inaugurate a regional energy & water knowledge hub in the UAE
Sharjah, United Arab Emirates (UAE): The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has partnered with the Sharjah Research Technology & Innovation Park (SRTIP) to establish the first Energy and …
IHL seeks to limit the humanitarian consequences of armed conflicts
Statement A statement by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) delivered by Laëtitia Courtois, Permanent Observer and Head of Delegation to the UN, to the United Nations General …
Sudan: ICRC deplores deliberate and deadly attack on its humanitarian convoy in Khartoum
11-12-2023 Geneva (ICRC) - The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is shocked and appalled by a deliberate attack on its humanitarian convoy in Khartoum on Sunday. The incident, which …
Request for Tender - RFT/ICRC/GVA23/00104 - 3-year Frame Agreement – Geodesic Family Tent
Dear Madam/Sir, The International Committee of the Red Cross is pleased to invite you to participate in a Request for Tender (RFT/ICRC/GVA23/00104) to establish a new 3-year Framework Agreement for …
EVENT: How is the Environment Protected During Armed Conflict?
In 2021, the UN International Law Commission (ILC) finalized its Principles on the protection of the environment in armed conflict. Two years earlier, the ICRC released its own Guidelines on the …
ICRC Strategy 2024–2027
The new ICRC Institutional Strategy presents an aligned vision for the period 2024–2027. We take stock of the challenging environment in which we operate and restate who and what we stand for. We …
Georgia: Closure after 30 years as family receives remains of missing loved one, give a burial
For 30 years, Iakob Buadze’s life revolved around one goal – to find his brother, Merab, who had disappeared after joining the armed conflict in Abkhazia in the spring of 1993. A resident of …
China: Regional seminar held to empower military's operational legal advisors
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and the International College of Defense Studies (ICDS) at the National Defense University of the Chinese People's Liberation Army co-hosted the …
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