Tag humanitarian principles

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 ...

Papua New Guinea: Interactive Drama as a Tool to Lessen Suffering

Papua New Guinea: Interactive Drama as a Tool to Lessen Suffering

25/08/2016, Other Traditions

In the Highlands of Papua New Guinea, tribal fights, sparked by disputes over land, resources and other grievances, lead to dozens of deaths ...

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 ...

Bangladesh: Respect for the Dead and Humanitarian Principles

Bangladesh: Respect for the Dead and Humanitarian Principles

30/03/2015, Islamic Circles

On 28-29 March 2015, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in Dhaka organized a seminar of more than 100 Islamic law ...

United Kingdom: Crash Course in Law of Armed Conflict for Muslim NGOs

United Kingdom: Crash Course in Law of Armed Conflict for Muslim NGOs

21/05/2014, Islamic Circles

Legal experts from the ICRC and British Red Cross led some 30 participants through the creation and development of international humanitarian law, otherwise ...

ICRC President in Vatican to Discuss Humanitarian Issues with Pope Francis

ICRC President in Vatican to Discuss Humanitarian Issues with Pope Francis

20/03/2014, Other Traditions

The president of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), Peter Maurer, has completed a one-day visit to the Vatican, during which ...

The Koran and the Humanitarian Conventions

The Koran and the Humanitarian Conventions

03/11/2005, Islamic Circles

In this article, published by the International Review of the Red Cross (IRRC No. 14, May 1962), Mr. M. K. Ereksoussi, Imam of ...

Interview with Ahmad Ali Noorbala, President of the Red Crescent Society in Iran

Interview with Ahmad Ali Noorbala, President of the Red Crescent Society in Iran

20/07/2005, Islamic Circles

In a highly illuminating interview published in the International Review of the Red Cross (Volume 87, Number 858, June 2005), Dr Ahmad Ali ...

Serving God and Caesar: Religious Personnel and Their Protection in Armed Conflict

Serving God and Caesar: Religious Personnel and Their Protection in Armed Conflict

14/03/2004, Humanitarian Affairs

In an article published by the International Review of the Red Cross (March 2004, 853), Stefan Lunze, author of “The Protection of Religious ...