| ICRC activities on behalf of people affected by war Sections on: aid for civilians and prisoners, reuniting families, tracing missing persons, spreading knowledge of humanitarian law. Includes relations with States, the international community and the private sector and cooperation with the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement. 25-8-2009 Activities in favour of the displaced: 2008 overview
During armed conflicts and other situations of violence, direct attacks on civilian communities, general insecurity and the destruction of livelihoods often drive civilians from their homes. Assisting and protecting internally displaced people (IDPs), who are protected under international humanitarian law, remain among the ICRC’s priorities. Here is an overview of ICRC activities for the displaced in countries like Chad, Colombia, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Georgia, Pakistan, the Philippines, Somalia, and Sri Lanka.(ICRC Activities) |
9-5-2005 Promoting IHL to armed forces, police and other weapon bearers
Information on training in international humanitarian law for the armed, police and security forces, as well as for other weapon bearers such as armed groups and private security and military companies. Access to sections on IHL and weapons.(ICRC Activities) |
16-3-2009 Ensuring water supply for civilians in war zones
In many conflicts, disease kills more civilians than bullets. Reason enough for the ICRC to call on governments to ensure safe water and decent sanitation for civilians in conflict zones. An interview with Robert Mardini, head of the ICRC’s water and habitat unit.(ICRC Activities) |
26-5-2009 ICRC expertise in war surgery
ICRC war surgeon Chris Giannou explains the scope and objectives of the new publication, War surgery: working with limited resources in armed conflict and other situations of violence, and provides some insight into the ICRC's war surgery policy and practices in general.(ICRC Activities) |
23-4-2008 The International Tracing Service and the ICRC
Since 1955, the ICRC has been managing the International Tracing Service (ITS) in Bad Arolsen, which traces Nazi victims and their families. The ITS documents their fate and makes its archives available for research.(ICRC Activities) |
News release 9-7-2009 Sri Lanka: ICRC to scale down operations
Colombo/Geneva (ICRC) – Following the cessation of active hostilities between the Sri Lankan State and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), the government of Sri Lanka has asked the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) to scale down its operations in the country.(News) |
News release 18-6-2009 Pakistan: ICRC and Pakistan Red Crescent distribute food in Swat
Geneva/Islamabad – The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and the Pakistan Red Crescent Society (PRCS) have begun distributing food to about 40,000 people in and near Mingora, the main town in the Swat valley. Yesterday, they handed out food to an initial 7,000 people.(News) |
News release 4-6-2009 Pakistan: ICRC and Pakistan Red Crescent substantially expanding operations
Geneva/Islamabad (ICRC) – The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is stepping up its support for people affected by fighting in Pakistan's North-West Frontier Province (NWFP). The organization will work closely with the Pakistan Red Crescent Society and other partners within the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement.(News) |
News release 18-5-2009 Sudan: ICRC initiates livestock vaccination campaign in West Darfur
Khartoum (ICRC) – In cooperation with Sudan's Ministry of Animal Resources and Fisheries, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is today launching the first round of a vaccination campaign for livestock in the area of Kalkaj, south of Aljeneina, the capital of West Darfur.
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News release 7-5-2009 Sri Lanka: ICRC evacuates 495 from conflict zone and delivers 25 tonnes of food
Geneva (ICRC) – In north-eastern Sri Lanka, 495 sick and injured patients and accompanying caregivers were evacuated by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) today. An ICRC-chartered ferry, the Green Ocean I, also delivered 25 metric tonnes of food provided by the World Food Programme, together with some medicines, for distribution among the thousands of civilians still trapped in a small area along the coast within the conflict zone.(News) |
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2-7-2004 National Implementation of IHL
The ICRC encourages States to ratify IHL treaties and to fulfil their obligations under these treaties(ICRC Activities) |
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Overview of the ICRC's operations in 2009
