Conference: Protecting People Affected by Armed conflict – 3-4 November 28/10/2014, IHL / IHL events and conferences The ICRC and Minerva Center for Human Rights at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in cooperation with the Konrad Adenauer Foundation invite you to ...
Photo Gallery: ICRC steps up its humanitarian efforts to help during the Israel-Gaza conflict 26/10/2014, Cooperation with MDA Five weeks of intense conflict caused widespread damage and casualties during the Israel-Gaza conflict. The ICRC is working with the Palestine Red Crescent Society ...
Syria: Fighting in Quneitra and Dara’a displaces over 100,000 people 23/10/2014 In September, fighting in and around the governorates of Quneitra and Dara’a intensified, displacing over 100,000 people to Damascus and Rural Damascus. Here ...
Democratic Republic of the Congo: Rape remains rape, no matter who did it 23/10/2014 For six years Antoinette Mbila has been helping the women of her village and others in South Kivu recover from the trauma of ...
ICRC alarmed over unacceptable use of explosive weapons in urban areas 21/10/2014, News releases and statements Warfare in urban settings presents challenges that need addressing. All parties to armed conflicts must take steps to protect civilians from the effects ...
Syria: ICRC delivers urgently needed medical aid to Yarmouk camp 19/10/2014, News releases and statements Geneva/Damascus (ICRC) – The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), working closely with the Syrian Arab Red Crescent and the Palestine Red ...
Gaza: Damaged water and sewage systems pose health danger 13/10/2014 Large segments of the population of the Gaza Strip are still deprived of safe drinking water. Repairs to destroyed sewage systems, and the ...
Papua New Guinea: Families of missing persons must have answers 8/10/2014, Missing - International stories The 1989-1997 civil war in Bougainville, Papua New Guinea left as many as 20,000 dead. The fate and whereabouts of many who vanished ...
ICRC urges concrete steps to protect health care in conflict 8/10/2014 Special documentation: Last year, an ICRC team reached Dammaj, a town in northern Yemen, to deliver medical supplies and evacuate 164 casualties. This was ...
Ukraine: ICRC delegate killed in Donetsk 6/10/2014 On Thursday 2nd October, ICRC staff member, Laurent DuPasquier, was killed by a shell in Donetsk, east Ukraine. Last August, to mark World ...
