The importance of psychosocial support for families missing loved ones – Review edition launch June 26, 2019 5 mins read Events and highlights / Humanitarian Action Ellen Policinski On 29 March 2019, the International Review of the Red Cross edition on ‘The Missing’ was launched at the Galle Face Hotel in ...
Humanitarian Action: The need to scale back, not up June 20, 2019 9 mins read Humanitarian Action / Humanitarian Principles / The most read blog posts in 2019 Marc DuBois Your father has a heart attack. The ambulance crew arrives in minutes. They save his ...
Digital risks for populations in armed conflict: Five key gaps the humanitarian sector should address June 12, 2019 8 mins read Cyber / Human Costs of Cyber / Humanitarian Action / Technology in Humanitarian Action Delphine van Solinge The Digital Revolution is affecting the lives of people around the world, from connected citizens ...
A humanitarian-development nexus that works June 21, 2018 11 mins read Humanitarian Action / Humanitarian Principles / Protracted Conflict / The most read blog posts in 2018 Filipa Schmitz Guinote The decades-old discussion on the ‘humanitarian-development nexus’ is again in full swing. At the beginning, ...
The Novye Atagi hospital attack, 20 years later: A call to care for the carers December 15, 2016 10 mins read Humanitarian Action / Stories Christoph Hensch In this personal story told by a former head of office at the ICRC surgical hospital of Novye Atagi, Chechnya, a short, violent ...
The evolution of warfare: New edition of the International Review November 28, 2016 1 mins read Events and highlights / Law and Conflict / Online publications / Review-related The editors We are pleased to present the latest issue of the International Review of the Red ...
Humanitarianism at breaking point? New roles for local and international actors August 19, 2016 13 mins read Humanitarian Action / Review-related Claudia McGoldrick Is humanitarianism really at breaking point? The gap between today’s overwhelming needs and the constraints on international humanitarian actors’ efforts to address them, ...
Through a victim’s eyes: Interview with Terry Waite, humanitarian and former hostage July 15, 2016 12 mins read Humanitarian Principles / Interviews / Religion The editors Hostage-taking, torture and other forms of ill-treatment continue to put a tremendous strain on victims and their families. In this interview, Terry Waite ...
Meeting people’s urgent needs – ICRC’s statement to the World Humanitarian Summit May 23, 2016 1 mins read World Humanitarian Summit Head of Policy Hugo Slim delivered ICRC’s official statement to the World Humanitarian Summit, on 23 May in Istanbul. Speaking in a plenary ...
