Category Humanitarian Affairs

Exploring Collaborations with the Inter-Religious Council of Kenya

Exploring Collaborations with the Inter-Religious Council of Kenya

26/01/2023, Humanitarian Affairs

A delegation from the Inter-Religious Council of Kenya (IRCK) visited the ICRC Nairobi Regional Delegation on 13 December 2022 as a follow up ...

Religion and International Humanitarian Law

Religion and International Humanitarian Law

28/06/2022, Humanitarian Affairs

In this new article published by the International Review of the Red Cross, Andrew Bartles-Smith explores the interface between religion and international humanitarian law ...

[French] Swiss Radio Broadcast: “Le CICR à lʹécoute des religions”

[French] Swiss Radio Broadcast: “Le CICR à lʹécoute des religions”

17/05/2021, Humanitarian Affairs

On 16 May 2021, Radio Télévision Suisse La Première in their weekly “Hautes Fréquences” series broadcasted an episode on why and how the ...

Fratelli Tutti: Holy See Event on “Fraternity, Multilateralism and Peace”

Fratelli Tutti: Holy See Event on “Fraternity, Multilateralism and Peace”

07/05/2021, Humanitarian Affairs / Other Traditions

On 15 April 2021, the Holy See organised a high-level event on “Fraternity, Multilateralism and Peace”. It was the occasion for the Holy ...

Religious Institutions and Disasters: Scope for DRR and Long-term Recovery

Religious Institutions and Disasters: Scope for DRR and Long-term Recovery

01/02/2021, Humanitarian Affairs

Priyanka Borpujari is an award-winning journalist, former Fulbright Scholar, and currently a Rotary Peace Fellow at the International Christian University, Tokyo. Between 2018 ...

Detention in Asia and the Pacific

Detention in Asia and the Pacific

27/10/2020, Humanitarian Affairs

On 26 October 2020, the International Committee of the Red Cross and Sanata Dharma University (SDU) and its Jesuit network in Asia addressed ...

Indonesia: Online Workshop on Management of the Dead for COVID-19 Patients

Indonesia: Online Workshop on Management of the Dead for COVID-19 Patients

09/10/2020, Humanitarian Affairs

More than 300 volunteers from across Indonesia learned how to safely manage the bodies of COVID-19 victims while respecting traditional religious practice in ...

Faith in Humanity Film

Faith in Humanity Film

17/09/2020, Humanitarian Affairs

While states have ratified key international legal conventions, people often are bound more to their religious beliefs and traditions than the abstract texts ...

Indonesia: Faith-Based Organizations Share Their Experience in Responding to COVID-19

Indonesia: Faith-Based Organizations Share Their Experience in Responding to COVID-19

02/09/2020, Humanitarian Affairs

The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), together with Humanitarian Forum Indonesia (HFI), an umbrella organization for 17 Indonesian faith-based groups, and ...

India: Interfaith Dialogue on Dignified Management of the Dead during COVID-19

India: Interfaith Dialogue on Dignified Management of the Dead during COVID-19

12/08/2020, Humanitarian Affairs

The pandemic has fundamentally altered every aspect of our lives and with the toll crossing more than 700,000 globally and 45,000 in India, ...