Philippines: Features of displacement
Zamboanga, Philippines. Lina Kambunan is no stranger to displacement caused by the decades-long conflict between armed groups and the Philippines government. When she was younger, her family had to …
Zamboanga, Philippines. Lina Kambunan is no stranger to displacement caused by the decades-long conflict between armed groups and the Philippines government. When she was younger, her family had to …
Establishing a dedicated IHL compliance system , Opening speech, ICRC President, Peter Maurer Third Meeting of States on Strengthening Compliance with International Humanitarian Law (IHL) 30 June and …
Biannual update on national implementation of international humanitarian law, July–December 2013 International Review of the Red Cross, Page 1 of 15. 10.1017/S1816383114000459 REPORTS AND DOCUMENTS …
As armed conflict and violence intensify in parts of Nigeria, the ICRC and the Nigerian Red Cross Society are responding to emergencies, managing and evacuating the wounded and dead, and helping …
From January to June 2014, the ICRC: The ICRC served as a neutral intermediary in connection with the voluntary repatriation of two civilian internees to Armenia and to ensure that a prisoner of …
Underfunded ICRC operations …
Children kidnapped and trained as soldiers, girls snatched and forced to be “wives,” entire villages reduced to ash. Between 2008 and 2011, communities in Orientale province, northeast Democratic …
Dr Al-Murtaza Bin Zaid Al-Mohatary Al-Hasny talks about IHL and Islam from a Zaidiyya perspective. In many countries around the Arab world, the ICRC emblem is misunderstood, and seen as a symbol of …
Statement Third Review Conference of the Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-Personnel Mines and on Their Destruction, Maputo, 23-27 June 2014. …
Factsheet on measures of national implementation regarding torture and other forms of ill-treatment. In particular th e following questions/topics are addressed : definition of torture and other …
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