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Strengthening Convergences for Humanitarian Action in Southeast Asia

Strengthening Convergences for Humanitarian Action in Southeast Asia

04/10/2017, Humanitarian Affairs

The ASEAN Institute for Peace and Reconciliation (AIPR), together with the Philippines Office of the Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process (OPAPP) and ...

“Rahmatan lil-’alamin” (A Mercy to All Creation): Islamic Voices in the Debate on Humanitarian Principles

“Rahmatan lil-’alamin” (A Mercy to All Creation): Islamic Voices in the Debate on Humanitarian Principles

14/09/2016, Humanitarian Affairs / Islamic Circles

In a collaborative article by Abdulfatah Said Mohamed, Senior Adviser to the Cordoba Foundation in Geneva, and Ronald Ofteringer, from the ICRC, published ...

Faith and Impartiality in Humanitarian Response: Lessons from Lebanese Evangelical Churches Providing Food Aid

Faith and Impartiality in Humanitarian Response: Lessons from Lebanese Evangelical Churches Providing Food Aid

14/09/2016, Other Traditions

In an article published by the International Review of the Red Cross (2016, 897/898), Kathryn Kraft, University of East London, looks into “Faith ...

Is Neutral Humanitarian Action Permissible Under Islamic Law?

Is Neutral Humanitarian Action Permissible Under Islamic Law?

14/09/2016, Islamic Circles

In an article published by the International Review of the Red Cross (2016, 897/898) Professor Mohd Hisham Mohd Kamal, Ibrahim Kulliyyah of Laws, International ...

Refreshing Humanitarian Action Conference

Refreshing Humanitarian Action Conference

25/02/2016, Humanitarian Affairs

Humanitarian aid is no longer dominated by Western donors and international aid agencies. Dealing with disasters, bringing relief to war zones and helping ...

Principles Guiding Humanitarian Action

Principles Guiding Humanitarian Action

14/02/2016, Humanitarian Affairs

What are the main challenges that humanitarian actors face in upholding a principled approach in today’s crises and emergencies? How are “principles guiding ...

Niger: Seminar on Islamic Law and Humanitarianism

Niger: Seminar on Islamic Law and Humanitarianism

25/11/2015, Islamic Circles

A seminar on Islam, humanitarian action and protecting victims of armed conflict was bringing together 30 intellectuals and academics from Islamic and Arabic-speaking ...

Indonesia: Workshop on Humanitarian Principles and Codes of Conduct

Indonesia: Workshop on Humanitarian Principles and Codes of Conduct

04/09/2015, Humanitarian Affairs

On 2-3 September 2015, the ICRC in collaboration with the International Council of Voluntary Agencies (ICVA) and Humanitarian Forum Indonesia (HFI) conducted two ...

Faith-Based Organizations and Religious Leaders: Essential Partners in Humanitarian Action

Faith-Based Organizations and Religious Leaders: Essential Partners in Humanitarian Action

22/07/2015, Humanitarian Affairs

Should the ICRC be talking to religious circles and, if so, how can the organization do so without compromising its neutral humanitarian mission? ...

Pakistan: Conference on Humanitarian Action in the Light of Sharia and International Humanitarian Law

Pakistan: Conference on Humanitarian Action in the Light of Sharia and International Humanitarian Law

22/10/2014, Islamic Circles

A two-day international conference on challenges and perspectives of humanitarian action in the light of sharia and international humanitarian law opened today in ...