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The participants will also be briefed on issues pertaining to access to health care, and protection for medical staff providing it, ... "Civilians in the region have suffered from armed conflicts in ...

• 2012-02-21
• News Release

• Topic
  • ICRC activities
    • Building respect for IHL

• Topic
  • International humanitarian law

• Places
  • Africa
    • Liberia

• Places
  • Africa
    • Ghana

• Places
  • Africa
    • Burkina Faso

The ICRC continues to receive tracing requests from people whose relatives are ... " The focus of the humanitarian operation for the displaced in Georgia continues to shift from Tbilisi to Gori, ...

• 2008-09-03
• Operational Update
• Archived page

• Places
  • Europe and Central Asia
    • Georgia

• Places
  • Europe and Central Asia
    • Russia

Government troops and forces of the Communist Party of Nepal-Maoist clashed often, especially in the west of the country and ... ICRC activities Protection remained the focus of ICRC operations in Nepal.

• 2005-07-31
• Operational Update
• Archived page

• Places
  • Asia and the Pacific
    • Nepal

How poverty and the financial crisis threaten to reverse decades of progress on HIV/AIDS. Also in this issue: National Societies get first aid to where it's needed. Migrants fleeing war, famine and poverty.

• 2010-09-23
• Publication

• Topic
  • ICRC activities
    • Cooperating with National Societies

• Topic
  • Red Cross Red Crescent Movement

ICRC delegation newsletter - December 2005 NEWSLETTER IL/OT/AT 31-12-2005 Field Newsletter ICRC delegation newsletter - December ... Abraham Rutenberg, Liaison Officer for the Israeli Civil ...

• 2005-12-31
• Field Newsletter
• Archived page

• Places
  • Middle East
    • Israel

• Places
  • Middle East
    • Palestine

With the help of Isabelle Engammare, ... Focus on humanity embodies moral principles which concern each and everyone of us. ... Note * Nicolas Bouvier, Michèle Mercier and François Bugnion, Focus on humanity.

• 1995-10-31
• Article
• by: Didier Helg

The ICRC's work in the former Yugoslavia continues to focus on the search for missing ... So far, answers have been found in nearly 1,000 cases. A few dozen persons for whom tracing requests were filed ...

• 1996-12-04
• News Release
• Archived page

• Places
  • Europe and Central Asia
    • Bosnia-Herzegovina

• Places
  • Europe and Central Asia
    • Croatia

In spite of continued violence, providing drinking water and performing other humanitarian services for the displaced population ... “Stones, felled trees and burnt tyres are still barring the streets ...

• 2006-05-30
• News Release
• Archived page

• Topic
  • ICRC activities
    • Reuniting families

• Topic
  • ICRC activities
    • Water and habitat

• Topic
  • ICRC activities
    • Cooperating with National Societies

• Places
  • Asia and the Pacific
    • Timor-Leste

The severe c onsequence of the illicit trade in small arms and light weapons on civilians and ... arms, this is not the time to reflect on what has been achieved, but to focus on what needs to be done.

• 2004-06-17
• Statement

• Topic
  • ICRC activities
    • Humanitarian diplomacy and communication
      • United Nations

• Topic
  • International humanitarian law
    • Weapons
      • Small arms availability

At the same time, negotiations with paramilitary groups aimed at ... ICRC activities The ICRC continued to focus its field activities on about 20 priority zones where humanitarian needs were greatest.

• 2005-05-31
• Operational Update
• Archived page

• Places
  • The Americas
    • Colombia

General situation United Front advances rapidly With Taliban defences weakened by the military operations of the US-led ... Another team of expatriates reached Jalalabad on 18 November; at the time of ...

• 2001-11-22
• Miscellaneous
• Archived page

• Places
  • Asia and the Pacific
    • Afghanistan

... newsletter - November 2004 Contents: FOCUS ON DETENTION Editorial : Protecting persons deprived of their freedom is a necessity A visit ... November 04 : focus on detention © O. POPOV/REUTERS © B. ...

• 2004-11-30
• Field Newsletter
• Archived page

• Places
  • Middle East
    • Israel

• Places
  • Middle East
    • Palestine

... remains, in budgetary terms, one of its biggest worldwide and as in the last years will focus on Chechnya. In 2006, the ICRC will carry on providing some 80,000 members of internally displaced ( ...

• 2006-01-25
• News Release
• Archived page

• Places
  • Europe and Central Asia
    • Russia

Kader Asmal, professor extraordinaire in law at the University of the Western Cape and former Minister of Education and Forestry ... " The seminar will give an overview of the latest developments in ...

• 2008-06-09
• News Release
• Archived page

• Topic
  • ICRC activities
    • Building respect for IHL

• Topic
  • International humanitarian law
    • Weapons
      • Cluster munitions

• Places
  • Africa
    • South Africa

Based on photo reports from the time of the Crimean War up to the Second World War, the first part of the book traces the history ... The second part draws on mostly unpublished photographs to ...

• 2010-05-19
• Publication
• by: Nicolas Bouvier, Michèle Mercier

• Topic
  • About the ICRC
    • History

Focus on Suffering: Media Images of Victims of War' was the title of an ICRC-sponsored plenary debate at the 15th Annual ... Mr Studds proposed concrete guidelines that would make it possible for the ...

• 2006-08-01
• Feature
• Archived page

• Places
  • Asia and the Pacific

The ICRC has been involved in the area since 1989 and, in March 1990, started visiting security detainees held in connection with ... Furthermore, the institution is worried at reports of civilians ...

• 1998-03-10
• Operational Update
• Archived page

• Places
  • Europe and Central Asia
    • Serbia

General situation In the second half of 1999, clashes between the Philippine Armed Forces (AFP) ... status of the displaced is worsening, ICRC/PNRC assistance will shift its focus to food assistance.

• 2000-10-19
• Operational Update
• Archived page

• Places
  • Asia and the Pacific
    • Philippines

The ICRC's Delegate General for Western and Central Europe and ... On the basis of the above surveys, four Federation and ICRC landcruisers visited Llaushe, Broja, Vojnik and Devnic on 23 March for ...

• 1998-03-27
• Operational Update
• Archived page

• Places
  • Europe and Central Asia
    • Serbia

In the last quarter of 2000, for example, the ICRC provided food and other relief supplies for around 35, ... A further 30,000 families will receive the same aid in the coming months.

• 2001-01-18
• News Release
• Archived page

• Places
  • Asia and the Pacific
    • Afghanistan

This delegation newsletter from the ICRC in Kabul focuses on the ICRC's water and habitat programme in Afghanistan including work ... This special edition of the newsletter is dedicated to the memory ...

• 2009-12-28
• Field Newsletter

• Places
  • Asia and the Pacific
    • Afghanistan

... remnants of war, with particular focus on cluster munitions, 22-06-2007 Group of governmental experts of the States Parties to the ... particular focus on cluster munitions, including the factors ...

• 2007-06-22
• Miscellaneous

• Topic
  • International humanitarian law
    • Weapons
      • Cluster munitions

This marks significant progress in efforts to prevent the practice world-wide. ... No matter how legitimate the grounds for detention, no one has the right to conceal a person's whereabouts, ...

• 2005-09-30
• News Release
• Archived page

• Topic
  • ICRC activities
    • Reuniting families

• Topic
  • International humanitarian law
    • Protected persons
      • Missing persons

• People
  • Missing persons

... the Movement’s 2011 statutory meetings in Geneva, the focus now shifts to putting words into action. ... Your move." campaign Beyond mine action: the Movement’s approach to weapon contamination Spirit ...

• 2010-03-23
• Section

• Topic
  • Red Cross Red Crescent Movement
    • International Conference
      • 25th Conference

• Topic
  • Red Cross Red Crescent Movement
    • International Conference
      • 26th Conference

• Topic
  • Red Cross Red Crescent Movement
    • International Conference
      • 27th Conference

• Topic
  • Red Cross Red Crescent Movement
    • International Conference
      • 28th Conference

• Topic
  • Red Cross Red Crescent Movement
    • International Conference
      • 29th Conference

Since its creation in 1863, the ICRC's sole objective has been to ensure protection and assistance ... Focus on humanity A century of photography - archives of the International Committee of the Red Cross

• 2010-03-23
• Section

• Topic
  • About the ICRC
    • History
      • Founding

• Topic
  • About the ICRC
    • History
      • First World War

• Topic
  • About the ICRC
    • History
      • 1918-1939

• Topic
  • About the ICRC
    • History
      • Second World War

• Topic
  • About the ICRC
    • History
      • Since 1945