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Focus on key humanitarian issues
Section highlighting some of the main issues on the humanitarian agenda with which the ICRC and the Red Cross/Red Crescent Movement are involved: mines, biotechnology, role of the private sector, women in war, the protective emblem and others.
 
5-3-2009
International Women's Day: access to health care
In areas ravaged by conflict, women’s specific health needs are often neglected and ignored. The ICRC's women and war adviser, explains the challenges that women face in war and why they need better access to health care. See also feature on the health of women in detention and our photo collection
(Focus)
29-7-2008
Armed violence and humanitarian action in urban areas
Mogadishu, Grozny, Kabul and Baghdad have all been affected by the violence of an armed conflict at one time or another. For humanitarian organizations, which often work more in rural areas, these places present particular challenges.
(Focus)
2-7-2008
Questions and answers on the Cluster Munitions Convention
The ICRC has warmly welcomed the adoption of the Cluster Munitions Convention. This historic agreement prohibits the use, production, stockpiling and transfer of cluster munitions that have caused widespread civilian casualties.
(Focus)
19-7-2007
Three emblems, one movement, serving humanity
This is a comprehensive brochure providing detailed information on the origin of all the emblems, its protective use in wartime and its indicative use in peacetime. It specifies the institutions entitled to use it and gives examples of misuse or lack of respect for the emblem.
(Focus)
3-9-2008
Children in war - video spot
This video spot conjures up the suffering endured by children in wartime and reminds us about the obligation, under the law, to protect them and respect their rights. The ICRC assists child victims of war and their families.
Read also: Protecting children in armed conflict
(Focus)
11-5-2009
World Red Cross Red Crescent Day 2009 – joint statement from the presidents of the International Federation and the ICRC
(Focus)
4-7-2008
Confronting sexual violence as a method of warfare
(Focus)
9-11-2007
Stop weapons which keep on killing
(Focus)
4-7-2008
Intervening in humanitarian emergencies
(Focus)
20-5-2008
The many faces of displacement in Africa
(Focus)
 
News
News release  4-5-2009
Our World – At War exhibit reveals hope in the midst of despair
Geneva/New York (ICRC) – The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has teamed up with five of the world’s top war photographers to create a new exhibit called Our World – At War. It launches in New York, Geneva and more than 40 countries worldwide beginning on 8 May.
(News)


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