The ICRC in Georgia

Present in Georgia since 1992, the ICRC contributes to efforts to provide answers to families of missing persons and protects and assists displaced people and other vulnerable groups in conflict-affected regions. It promotes the implementation of international humanitarian law and visits detainees, providing expertise on health-related issues, particularly tuberculosis, in places of detention. Read full overview

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ICRC survey on the impact of armed conflict on civilians: views from Georgia

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Georgia/Russian Federation conflict 2008

Tuberculosis: stopping a killer

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Caucasus: “People live here”
On a brick wall in Grozny, Chechnya, a faded, spray-painted message — perhaps dating back to the years of war in the 1990s — shouts a warning to combatants: “People live here”. It’s a plea from those within to be spared from the battle raging outside. Though the intense fighting of the 1990s has subsided, the message is as pertinent as ever.
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