Muslim Scholars Present Their Perspectives on Islamic Law and IHL 30/11/2020, Islamic Circles The ICRC has acknowledged the importance of understanding the Islamic laws of war since the 1950s, and has intensified its engagement with Islamic ...
Protection of the Environment and Non-State Armed Groups: IHL and Islamic Law Perspectives 06/11/2020, Islamic Circles Introduction There are a range of ongoing efforts to strengthen and clarify the protection of the environment, including during armed conflict. This blog ...
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 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 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 ...
COVID-19 and Management of the Dead in Indian Tribal Communities 04/09/2020, Other Traditions The outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic has meant that last rites have to be accelerated and adapted to minimise the number of people ...
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 ...
A Buddhist Perspective on the Treatment of Prisoners of War 13/08/2020, Buddhist Circles Though he should conquer a thousand men in the battlefield, yet he, indeed, is the nobler victor who should conquer himself. (Dhammapada v.103) ...
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, ...
COVID-19: Management of the Dead from a Christian Perspective 28/07/2020, Other Traditions The ICRC has been providing support to the Government of the Philippines to handle COVID-19 and it extends its gratitude and appreciation to religious ...
