Relief News Updates
- UN Charter and IHL complement each other to reduce suffering and preserve dignity
- Somalia: Buzzing trade helps restore self-reliance
- Darfur: ICRC Assists 7’800 Injured and Displaced Persons Affected By Violence In West Darfur
- Syria: Alarming humanitarian situation in the northwest
- South Sudan: ICRC facilitates the release of 23 persons including 11 children
- Malaysia: Military lawyers delve deeper into law of armed conflict at sea
- Yemen: 6 Saudi detainees repatriated to Saudi Arabia
- YEMEN ICRC ACTIVITIES June - July 2019
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- YEMEN January 2019 ICRC ACTIVITIES
- YEMEN: February - March 2019 ICRC ACTIVITIES
- Support Project for Emergency Department of Pyongyang Medical College Hospital
- Bangladesh: First-ever wheelchair basketball tournament fosters social inclusion
- Bangladesh: Regional experts mull over challenges in IHL implementation
- Water Supply and Habitat Projects in the DPRK
- Gaza: A mother struggles to cope with life with three sick children
- African Union : IPSS and ICRC sign a Memorandum of Understanding to enhance partnership
- African Union Chairperson assures ICRC of strengthened partnership
- Democratic Republic of the Congo: hundreds of people in dire situation after military operations in South Kivu
- ICRC and Grundfos sign partnership for operational impact
- Update of customary IHL database – December 2019
- Gaza: corn on the corniche
- Principled humanitarian action relies on trust
- Moscow: 100 commanders attend biggest seminar in the world on rules of war
- HELP: Training course for managing relief operations in humanitarian crises
- Red Cross Red Crescent Conference: Over 160 States gather to address world's most pressing humanitarian issues
- Winners of Young Humanitarian Writers Competition 2019 announced
- Explosive Weapons In Populated Areas, Opening Remarks by Peter Maurer at the 33rd International Conference Side Event
- Experts' Workshop Report on IHL and Islamic Law in Contemporary Armed Conflicts
- ICRC, ERCS distribute emergency assistance to 2,615 displaced households in North Ethiopia
- Nuclear weapons: An appeal for humanity
- Reporting of gunshot wounds: a study gives fresh insights on obligation for health staff
- International Conference Opening : ICRC President address
- Cyclone Idai: Facts and figures
- Islamic and humanitarian law experts discuss preservation of human dignity in armed conflict
- Promoting International Humanitarian Law among Rwandan law students
- South Sudan: 29 people suffering gunshot wounds from clashes evacuated by air to Juba
- Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies and the implementation of international humanitarian law: Guiding principles
- Daily life in Gaza
- Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons
- Mozambique: Armed violence exacerbates suffering in cyclone aftermath
- Nepal: Driven by wheels of passion
- 1980 Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons – Factsheet
- 1972 Convention on the Prohibition of Biological weapons
- 1993 Chemical Weapons Convention – Factsheet
- Implementing International Humanitarian Law: From law to action
- 1997 Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention – Factsheet
- 1954 Convention on the protection of cultural property - Factsheet
- 2008 Convention on cluster munitions – Factsheet
- Work on the missing requires determination; we must keep the course no matter the commitment
- ICRC preparing for major expansion of sports programmes for people with disabilities
- ICRC appeal to fund its operations in 2020
- I am no different than anyone else
- Myanmar: Passion and Persistence are Coach Joe’s Mantra for Wheelchair Basketballers
- South Sudan: 80 Wheelchair basketball players to face off in two-day tournament in Juba
- Gaza: Crutches of metal and hopes of steel
- ERC, ICRC sign four-year agreement to meet growing humanitarian needs
- Iraq: As death toll rises in protests, ICRC deplores loss of life and violence
- Cameroon: Hope in the face of despair - The struggle of a displaced widower and his determination to be reunited with his two young daughters
- Mandate for ICRC's president extended for third term
- 128 detainees repatriated to Yemen from Saudi Arabia
- International humanitarian law and cyber operations during armed conflicts
- Kosovo: Workshop on IHL and Islamic Law in Pristina
- Reflections on 70 Years of the Geneva Conventions and the Challenges Ahead
- North Kivu: ICRC cares for the wounded and calls for restraint
- Health Care in Danger: Collecting data on violence against health care is the first step in preventing it
- Ethiopia: ICRC covers school expenses for 40 underage ex-combatants and children of ex-combatants
- Inspired to go beyond competitions
- A world free of anti-personnel mines is in sight but obstacles remain
- How can forensic science help solve and prevent the Missing? International Symposium aims at providing answers
- Eighth periodic report on the implementation of international humanitarian law at the level of Arab States 2015 - 2018
- ICRC report on IHL and the challenges of contemporary armed conflicts
- Table of National Committees and other national bodies on international humanitarian law
- Afghanistan: ICRC facilitates release of 10 Afghan National Security Forces detainees
- A kiss between migrants wins the documentary photo contest, promoted by Canon and ICRC
- Going on assignment in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea
- ICRC recommends humane treatment for all detainees, not just specific groups
- Mozambique: Preparing for planting season in Macomia
- Cyclone Kenneth: Looking Back
- Rwanda: 30 judges and court registrars complete advanced IHL training
- Displacement in armed conflict debated at panel discussion in Amman
- Ethiopia: “Playing wheelchair basketball becomes an orbit of my happiness”
- Sudan: Providing water for vulnerable communities in Darfur
- The Regional Maritime Security Operations Workshop: Enforcement challenges and humanitarian issues in maritime setting
- Rules for the ages? London debate sets out challenges facing IHL
- African Union: ICRC seminar on use of Explosive Weapons in Populated Areas
- Peacekeeping Operations: ICRC Statement to the United Nations, 2019
- Health despite bars: Asia-Pacific region tackles state of prison health
- Ethiopia: ICRC delivered IHL training to high-ranking trainee military officers
- Islamabad: Two-day roundtable promotes discourse on Islam and humanitarian principles
- Syria: Fears for civilian population as key water plant remains out of action
- South Sudan: 100 days to alleviate the suffering of millions
- Shaken up: Looking back at the earthquake that changed personal history
- Brazil: Special report on stateless persons wins ICRC International Humanitarian Coverage Award
- African Union: Seminar on use of explosive weapons in populated areas
- Venezuela: Kneading dreams amidst breads, pastries and biscuits
- Yemen: Ongoing fighting in Al Dhaela triggers new wave of displacement
- Ethiopia: Army officers discuss laws of armed conflict and international human rights standards
- Gender-sensitive reintegration in context