Colombia: Humanitarian situation and ICRC activities
Colombia annual report , activities 2013 and outlook 2014 (PDF) The hope of being able to turn the page and leave behind a conflict spanning five decades contrasted with the reality facing the …
Colombia annual report , activities 2013 and outlook 2014 (PDF) The hope of being able to turn the page and leave behind a conflict spanning five decades contrasted with the reality facing the …
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Following the ICRC's Global Partnerships for Impact and Innovation (GPHI2) event in Lausanne, the ICRC and Novartis launched a partnership, focusing on improving care and treatment to the most …
This humanitarian action webcast, co-produced by the ICRC and the Advanced Training Program on Humanitarian Action (ATHA), explores contemporary technological developments and discusses the resulting …
This humanitarian action webcast, co-produced by the ICRC and the Advanced Training Program on Humanitarian Action (ATHA), explores contemporary technological developments and discusses the resulting …
Huda is the mother of three children. The death of her husband left her destitute, but now she has opened a hairdressing salon with the help of the ICRC. Her new business is helping her support her …
He went to fight for an armed group as a boy; she thought he was dead. More than 10 years later, in prison, he told his story to an ICRC delegate and asked him to trace his family. The painstaking …
A town in ruins. There was massive destruction of civilian property: houses, factories, fields, villages – sometimes even whole towns – were obliterated. The catastrophic results for civilians …
Losing a foot to an explosive device could have shattered the dreams of Holmes, a young man from Caquetá department in southern Colombia. But today he’s studying at university and making a go of his …
On April 10th 2014, the American Society of Internaitonal Law and the International Law Association organized a joint Conference in Washington DC on autonomous weaponry and armed conflict. The panel …
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