Health Care in Danger: Community of concern
Rules of War (in a nutshell) This year marks the 150th anniversary of the original Geneva Convention, the first set of rules to protect the sick and the wounded, as well as health-care personnel and …
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Strengthening Compliance with IHL – Preparatory discussion, 1-2 December 2014
Preparatory Discussion in view of the Fourth Meeting of States on Strengthening Compliance with IHL 1 and 2 December 2014 BACKGROUND DOCUMENT GENEVA, OCTOBER 2014 Contents 1. Introduction …
Health Care in Danger Newsletter - December 2014
"We must learn from each other" says Dr Nehal Hefny, Programs and Projects Coordinator at the Egyptian Red Crescent Society. The latest newsletter of the Health Care in Danger project features a …
Afghanistan: Overcoming a disability with innovation, skill and courage
3 December is the International Day of Persons with Disabilities. In the countries where we are working, people with disabilities are often among those who suffer the greatest hardship. This is …
Democratic Republic of the Congo: 5,000 people with disabilities cared for since 1998
On this Wednesday 3 December 2014, coinciding with the International Day of Persons with Disabilities, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has crossed a symbolic threshold: 5,000 …
Health Care in Danger: We must learn from each other
Editorial - Health Care in Danger Newsletter, December 2014 And the lessons are to be found everywhere, not only in places ravaged by conflict, like Gaza and Syria. The number and the seriousness of …
Health Care in Danger: "We told them they had to let us work"
The general hospital in Timbuktu, where Abdoul Aziz Ould Mohamed was working in 2012, was the only medical facility in the region not to be attacked during the conflict in northern Mali. In this …
Madagascar: A new leg for a new life
On 25 January 2014, Madagascar celebrated the inauguration of its new president at the Mahamasina municipal stadium in Antananarivo. At 7 p.m. on that day, Elisabeth left her small shop in the …
Chemical weapons use: An unacceptable repeat of history that demands attention
Nineteenth Session of the Conference of the States Parties to the Chemical Weapons Convention, 1 – 5 December 2014, The Hague, Netherlands. Statement by the ICRC. The centenary of the first use of …
Nepal: Wives of disappeared give mutual support - Nepali Times
Sobha Rani Tharu said her husband's name so softly it was nearly lost in the hot, dry wind. "My husband is Babu Ram Tharu," she said in the pratikchya griha, or waiting place, her lavender scarf …
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