Even wars have limits: Health-care workers and facilities must be protected 8/5/2016, IHL / News releases and statements Speech given by Mr Peter Maurer, president of the ICRC, at the United Nations Security Council Briefing, 3 May 2016, New York, USA ...
Updated Commentaries bring fresh insights on continued relevance of Geneva Conventions 1/5/2016, IHL What is acceptable and what is prohibited in armed conflict? The four Geneva Conventions of 1949 form the foundation of International Humanitarian Law ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem to represent Israel in International IHL Competition 6/12/2015, IHL / IHL events and conferences Shani Dann, Gal Cohen and Asher Rottenberg from Hebrew University of Jerusalem are the winners of the 9th national International Humanitarian Law (IHL) ...
Jordan: Providing water to refugees and host communities 11/1/2015, News releases and statements News release 22 December 2014 With the influx of hundreds of thousands of Syrian refugees into the northern governorates of Jordan, the demand ...
Gaza: ICRC facilitates suspension of hostilities to evacuate wounded 20/7/2014, News releases and statements The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has used its services as a neutral intermediary to facilitate an agreement between the Israel ...
Gaza: ICRC continues to press for access to Gilad Shalit 23/3/2010, Missing - Israel and the Occupied Territories Interview Béatrice Mégevand-Roggo, the ICRC’s head of operations for the Middle East and North Africa, talks about the ICRC’s unremitting efforts to gain ...
