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 ...
Indonesia: Inter-Denominational Christian Ethics and IHL Workshop with Sanata Dharma University 16/07/2020, Other Traditions The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and Sanata Dharma University co-hosted a workshop on inter-denominational Christian ethics and international humanitarian law ...