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Costa Rica: Humanitarian Report 2024

We collaborate closely with the Costa Rican government to promote the implementation, development, and respect for international humanitarian law (IHL) and applicable international standards for law enforcement. Learn more in our 2024 activity report.

Mexico and Central America: "The urgent need for a coordinated response to silent violence"

Olivier Dubois
Head of the ICRC's regional delegation for Mexico and Central America

It is this silent violence that worries us the most, because whole families and communities are no longer able to live in peace and follow their dreams, but this violence may go unnoticed. Only those who sit at a comfortable distance can act like nothing is happening and convince themselves that this silence is peaceful rather than fearful.

READ: "THE URGENT NEED FOR A COORDINATED RESPONSE TO SILENT VIOLENCE" 

Our work in numbers

48

members of the Costa Rica Red Cross received training in RFL procedures

3.631

self-care messages were delivered to migrants on how to stay safe and how to avoid being separated from their families

60

Costa Rica Red Cross volunteers took part in workshops on how to better implement the Safer Access Framework during field activities

60

public officials from various sectors received training in IHL

 Learn more about our work in Mexico and Central America

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