Making sense of absence: remembering the missing
Laia Abril for ICRC All around the world, people go missing every day. For every missing person, there are countless people missing them. How do those left make sense of their absence? How do they …
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Safeguarding prisoners’ dignity on the long walk to freedom
On 18 July, the ICRC is marking Nelson Mandela International Day with the launch of a new edition of 'A Human Rights Approach to Prison Management' by the Institute for Criminal Policy Research, …
Going Local, Going Safely: the localization agenda and security risk management
Equateur province, Saba Saba. Cassava plantation planted with the help of the ICRC, and managed by volunteers of the Red Cross Society of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and local associations. …
Humanitarium
Launch of the Roots of Restraint in War Study
Hong Kong secondary school students attend a Chinese military passing-out ceremony in Hong Kong, July 2011. ©EPA / Alex Hofford On 18 June 2018, the ICRC will present findings from its landmark …
Missing migrants and their families: Journeys of uncertainty
On 17 May, the ICRC convened a panel discussion at the Humanitarium to discuss humanitarian issues around missing migrants and their families: What are their needs? What are the challenges? How to …
Humanitarium
International humanitarian law course for practitioners in Paris 2018 (in French)
Course description Organized by the ICRC and the French Red Cross, this immersive five-day course in international humanitarian law (IHL) is open to humanitarian practitioners who wish to become …
Why do we need data? Testing Our Beliefs about Prison Overcrowding
©ICRC/C. von Toggenburg This public discussion seeks to examine some common beliefs surrounding prison overcrowding to encourage more and better action and collaboration in the field of data …
Out of the ‘mouth of a shark’: a humanitarian perspective on migration and displacement
On 26 March, the ICRC, in partnership with the Graduate Institute, launched the new Global Research and Debate Cycle on Migration and Displacement. ICRC President Peter Maurer and forced migration …
Graduate Institue
State of the World's Cash panel discussion
Photo: WFP/Kiyori Ueno On 22 March, the ICRC and the Cash Learning Partnership will host a panel discussion at the Humanitarium to mark the publication of the 2018 State of the World's Cash Report . …
Humanitarium
Address of ICRC President Peter Maurer to the Development Committee of the European Parliament
Development Committee of the European Parliament Chair: Ms Linda MC AVAN Webstreaming : http://www.europarl.europa.eu/ep-live/en/committees/video?event=20180320-1045-COMMITTEE-DEVE Main topics: * …
European Parliament