Landmines: A legacy of war 4/4/2016 Mine Awareness Day In late 2013 and in 2014, the ICRC sent five photographers to five countries – Bosnia and Herzegovina, Iraq, Laos, ...
Future Humanitarian Action: A New Balance of Risk? 31/3/2016 Humanitarians have been doing a lot of soul-searching lately – and a certain amount of handwringing. Practitioners, policy-makers and academics alike are worried ...
Israel and the occupied territories: Facts and figures from 2015 30/3/2016 In 2015, our work in Israel and the occupied territories focused on the protection of civilians, the welfare of detainees held in Israeli ...
IHL: ICRC launches new guidance bolstering relevance of Geneva Conventions 23/3/2016, IHL / News releases and statements 21 March 2016, ICRC News Release Geneva – The International Committee of the Red Cross has unveiled major new guidance on the implementation ...
World Water Day: Keeping the water flowing, today and tomorrow 22/3/2016 22 March 2016, World Water Day Around the world, the ICRC’s water and habitat work improve the lives of millions. 30 million in ...
Activities of ICRC Water and Habitat Department in Gaza 21/3/2016 World Water Day 2016 Palestinians in the Gaza Strip are still struggling to cope with the consequences of the 2014 Gaza War, ...
Ready, set, go… The 2016 Jean-Pictet Competition was launched in France 20/3/2016, IHL / IHL events and conferences The 28th edition of the Jean-Pictet Competition for International Humanitarian Law, organized with the Internatioanl Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), was launched ...
ICRC’s IHL Competition: Nurturing Generations of Law Practitioners 20/3/2016, IHL / IHL events and conferences The IHL national competition: a perfect tool aiming at strengthening understanding of, and compliance with, International Humanitarian Law Last November, the delegation of ...
Ukraine: ICRC helps schools affected by conflict 17/3/2016 Many schools in eastern Ukraine have been affected by the armed conflict, with some damaged by shelling. And the conflict is not yet ...
Football: Not just a game, but a game-changer for thousands in Afghanistan 15/3/2016 Years of conflict, violence and desperate hardships have made life almost unbearable in Afghanistan. Landmines, once scattered across the country, have robbed thousands ...
