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 ...
Islamic Perspective on the Roots of Restraint in War 12/01/2021, Islamic Circles On the 20th and 21st of October 2020, the Shariah Academy of the International Islamic University in Islamabad, Pakistan, and the ICRC jointly ...
COVID-19: Sikhism and Management of the Dead 29/12/2020, Other Traditions Since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, last rites across communities and faiths around the world have been accelerated and adapted to minimise ...
Introductory Webinar: “Exploring Convergences Between Buddhism and International Humanitarian Law” 18/12/2020, Buddhist Circles On December 16 2020, the ICRC in collaboration with the International Association of Theravada Buddhist Universities (IATBU), the International Association of Buddhist Universities ...
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 ...
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 ...
