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Now, he and his family will have to start over again,” deplored a Honduran teacher Honduras has one of the highest per capita ... University of Honduras, there were 77.5 homicides for every 100, ...

• 2011-07-21
• Feature

• Topic
  • ICRC activities
    • Building respect for IHL
      • Education and outreach
        • Youth and schools

• Places
  • The Americas
    • Honduras

According to official statistics, in 2009 alone over 500 young people ... “Rising levels of violence affecting young people in Honduras are a matter of great concern to the ICRC,” said Karl Mattli, ...

• 2010-08-25
• News Release
• Archived page

• Places
  • The Americas
    • Honduras

The premises had been occupied since 28 June. ... The premises had been occupied since 28 June. ... The ICRC has been visiting people held in connection with the recent events in Honduras since 24 September.

• 2009-10-01
• News Release
• Archived page

• Topic
  • ICRC activities
    • Visiting detainees

• Places
  • The Americas
    • Honduras

• People
  • Prisoners of war and detainees

... violence is rife in five departments of Honduras will take part in a training workshop on humanitarian principles and first-aid in the ... of Honduras will take part in a training workshop on ...

• 2011-05-30
• News Release
• Archived page

• Topic
  • ICRC activities
    • Building respect for IHL
      • Education and outreach
        • Youth and schools

• Places
  • The Americas
    • Honduras

Yes, we have a comprehensive agreement with the authorities which allows us to visit people deprived of their freedom in Honduras. ... We have also supported regional workshops providing training on safe ...

• 2009-09-28
• Interview

• Topic
  • ICRC activities
    • Cooperating with National Societies

• Places
  • The Americas
    • Honduras

Tegucigalpa/Geneva (ICRC) – Yesterday, Friday, an ICRC delegate entered the Brazilian embassy in Tegucigalpa and was able to meet ... 26-09-2009 News Release 09/191 Tegucigalpa/Geneva (ICRC) – ...

• 2009-09-26
• News Release
• Archived page

• Places
  • The Americas
    • Brazil

• Places
  • The Americas
    • Honduras

States party to the Geneva Conventions and their add. Protocols - ICRC Annual report 2010 States party to the Geneva conventions and their add. protocols - ICRC Annual report 2010 International ...

• 2010-03-23
• Section

• Topic
  • International humanitarian law
    • Treaties and customary law
      • Customary law

• Topic
  • International humanitarian law
    • Treaties and customary law
      • Geneva Conventions

• Topic
  • International humanitarian law
    • Treaties and customary law
      • IHL in brief

ICRC, 2012, Brochure / English, French / Reference 4090 PriceCHF 2.- Download Publication Medical waste management The world is ... A selection of nearly three hundred case studies provides university ...

• 2009-03-24
• Section

They protect people who do not take part in the fighting (civilians, medics, ... Links to selected resources. States party to the Geneva Conventions and their add.

• 2010-07-01
• Section

• Topic
  • International humanitarian law
    • Treaties and customary law
      • Geneva Conventions

11550 (covers Mexico, Guatemala (bureau), Costa Rica, Honduras, Nicaragua (orthopaedic centre - FSH), Panama, El Salvador, Cuba, ... 10017 - 4706 Phone: (++1) 212 599 60 21 Fax: (++1) 212 599 60 09 e ...

• 2012-01-10
• Contact

• Topic
  • About the ICRC
    • Contacts

4082 Workshop report, Geneva, 14-16 March 2011 Workshop report: CHILDREN AFFECTED BY ARMED CONFLICT AND OTHER SITUATIONS OF ... 3 FOREwORD By Angela Gussing, Deputy Director of Operations, ICRC ...

• 2011-11-17
• Publication

• Topic
  • ICRC activities
    • Protecting civilians

• Topic
  • Red Cross Red Crescent Movement

• Topic
  • International humanitarian law
    • Protected persons
      • Children

• People
  • Children

Urbanisation, however, has brought with it a growing sense of vulnerability among many city dwellers faced with insecurity, ... Finally, rapid urbanization and the changing context of violence create ...

• 2010-06-18
• Section

Challenges in the fields of stockpile destruction, mine clearance and ... OMAN JAMAICA YEMEN DOMINICA CHAD HONDURAS ERITREA SENEGAL GUATEMALA MYANMAR ST. LUCIA SUDAN GRENADA EL SALVADOR GAMBIA BURKINA ...

• 2011-11-25
• Publication

• Topic
  • International humanitarian law
    • Weapons
      • Anti-personnel landmines

Violence can break out suddenly or be an everyday reality. ... The ICRC now works with police forces in Mexico, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Panama, Venezuela, Colombia, Bolivia, Ecuador, ...

• 2010-03-29
• Interview

• Topic
  • ICRC activities
    • Building respect for IHL
      • Dialogue with weapon bearers

• Places
  • The Americas
    • Bolivia

• Places
  • The Americas
    • Colombia

• Places
  • The Americas
    • Ecuador

• Places
  • The Americas
    • Guatemala

The division of geographical zones in this section represents the current ICRC ... Maps: Mexico City regional delegation Costa Rica, Cuba, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama.

• 2009-04-29
• Section

• Places
  • The Americas
    • Antigua and Barbuda

• Places
  • The Americas
    • Argentina

• Places
  • The Americas
    • Bahamas

• Places
  • The Americas
    • Barbados

• Places
  • The Americas
    • Belize

Medical waste management Discover the ICRC INTERNATIONAL ... A selection of nearly three hundred case studies provides university professors, practitioners and students with the most up-to- ...

• 2009-03-24
• Section

International human rights law and international humanitarian law are ... Thus, the question arises whether there is conflict and tension or synergy between various regimes.5 1 2 3 4 5 See, e.g., ...

• 2007-12-26
• Article
• by: Cordula Droege

• Topic
  • International humanitarian law
    • Contemporary challenges for IHL
      • Security detention

• Topic
  • International humanitarian law
    • IHL and other legal regimes
      • IHL and human rights

Since they were adopted, the red cross and red crescent emblems have provided protection to millions of war victims but they have ... The aim of this article is to recount the history of the emblem ...

• 2007-07-11
• Publication
• by: François Bugnion

• Topic
  • International humanitarian law
    • Emblem

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

These laws must cover all persons, whatever their nationality, who commit or order others to commit grave breaches, ... Finally, it can be affirmed that, with the 462 Volume 90 Number 870 June 2008 ...

• 2008-06-30
• Article

• Topic
  • ICRC activities
    • Building respect for IHL
      • Advisory Service

• Topic
  • International humanitarian law
    • IHL in domestic law

While there is a certain tradition of victim participation as ‘‘partie civile’’ in the criminal proceedings of some national ... While there is a certain tradition of victim participation as ‘‘partie ...

• 2008-06-30
• Article
• by: Elisabeth Baumgartner

• Topic
  • International humanitarian law
    • International criminal jurisdiction
      • International Criminal Court

They are also in a position to promote awareness of the rules and guarantees established by the law which, ... By using these tools, parliamentarians will find it easier to bring their governments to ...

• 1999-12-31
• Publication

• Topic
  • International humanitarian law
    • IHL in domestic law

In many countries, humanitarian workers come face to face with that reality, not only in the fields of health, education, ... 388 Volume 92 Number 878 June 2010 Armed perpetrators of internal violence ...

• 2010-06-30
• Article
• by: Olivier Bangerter

• Topic
  • ICRC activities
    • Building respect for IHL

• People
  • Humanitarian workers

The CCW [2 ] (Protocol II as amended) introduced a number of changes that were widely welcomed, but it fell far short of totally ... As at the end of April 1998, there were a total of 124 signatories ...

• 1998-12-31
• Article
• by: Stuart Maslen, Peter Herby

• Topic
  • International humanitarian law
    • Weapons
      • Anti-personnel landmines

Hence, while every effort must be made to ascertain the fate of people who are unaccounted for, their relatives must at the same ... For the second stage of the process, the ICRC has convened ...

• 2003-02-21
• Report

• People
  • Missing persons

States party to the Geneva conventions and their add. ... It also indicates which States had made the optional declaration under Article 90 of Additional Protocol I, recognizing the competence of the ...

• 2010-12-31
• Annual Report

• Topic
  • International humanitarian law
    • Treaties and customary law
      • Geneva Conventions