Surgical management in austere environments: A joint seminar of ICRC, the Israeli Ministry of Health and Magen David Adom 14/4/2016, Cooperation with MDA How to provide quality care and safe surgery? What are the minimum requirements to hold a safe surgical intervention in a disrupted environment? ...
Why the Mine Ban Convention was worth fighting for and still is 7/4/2016, IHL Mine Awareness Day An article by Helen Durham, director of International Law and Policy, ICRC Nearly 20 years have passed since the Ottawa ...
Iraqis face mines as they flee fighting 5/4/2016 Mines Awareness Day Internationally, the number of people being injured by landmines is falling. But in some countries, new mines are being laid. ...
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 ...
