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COVID-19 response in conflict zones hinges on respect for international humanitarian law

COVID-19 response in conflict zones hinges on respect for international humanitarian law

April 16, 2020 9 mins read COVID-19 and conflict / Generating Respect for IHL / Law and Conflict Cordula Droege

In our collective response to COVID-19 in conflict zones, it is vital that key provisions ...

Displaced in cities: Who are the hosts?

Displaced in cities: Who are the hosts?

February 12, 2019 10 mins read Humanitarian Action / Migration Zoë Jordan

The recent ICRC report, Displaced in Cities, shines a much-needed light on experiences of hosting IDPs in urban centres. This is an increasing ...

How humanitarians safeguard the law of armed conflict

How humanitarians safeguard the law of armed conflict

October 25, 2016 7 mins read Humanitarian Action / Law and Conflict The editors

In situations of armed conflicts and violence across the world, humanitarian actors operate amidst recurring violations of international humanitarian law (IHL). Not only ...

Launch of the ICRC handbook on IHL

Launch of the ICRC handbook on IHL

September 13, 2016 7 mins read Events and highlights / Law and Conflict Dr Nils Melzer, Human Rights Chair, Geneva Academy

Speech given by Dr Nils Melzer, author of International Humanitarian Law – a Comprehensive Introduction, at the International Institute for Humanitarian Law, Sanremo, ...

Humanitarianism at breaking point? New roles for local and international actors

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, ...

Istanbul dispatch: A first look back at the World Humanitarian Summit

Istanbul dispatch: A first look back at the World Humanitarian Summit

May 26, 2016 6 mins read World Humanitarian Summit Raphaël Dallaire Ferland

On the eve of the World Humanitarian Summit, Hugo Slim was reflecting on what failure and success would look like for the large-scale ...

Meeting people’s urgent needs – ICRC’s statement to the World Humanitarian Summit

Meeting people’s urgent needs – ICRC’s statement to the World Humanitarian Summit

May 23, 2016 1 min 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 ...

Greater respect for the law will ease the suffering of forced displacement – ICRC President

Greater respect for the law will ease the suffering of forced displacement – ICRC President

May 23, 2016 1 min read Events and highlights / Videos / World Humanitarian Summit The editors

On 23 May 2016 at the World Humanitarian Summit, ICRC President Peter Maurer addressed the high-level roundtable “Leaving no one behind: A commitment ...

UN development agenda must not obscure humanitarian action, says ICRC policy chief

UN development agenda must not obscure humanitarian action, says ICRC policy chief

May 18, 2016 1 min read Videos / World Humanitarian Summit The editors

In this video interview, Hugo Slim explains ICRC’s approach to the World Humanitarian Summit, held in Istanbul on 23-24 May 2016. The ICRC ...

Leaving people behind: Impartiality’s forgotten clause

Leaving people behind: Impartiality’s forgotten clause

May 18, 2016 6 mins read World Humanitarian Summit Marc DuBois

In the words of the UN Secretary General, ‘Leaving no one behind’ “is a central aspiration of most political, ethical or religious codes ...

Conference cycle: Generating respect for the law

Conference cycle: Generating respect for the law

April 14, 2016 10 mins read Events and highlights / Law and Conflict / Videos

The Conference Cycle on Generating Respect for the Law is a series of high-level public events and expert meetings organized by the ICRC ...