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Exhibition on urban warfare and its impact on the civilian population

This exhibition drew on video and audio recordings from the ICRC's archives dating as far back as 1922 to show the staggering toll that wars have taken on cities and the people living in them. But it …

Humanitarium

Humanitarian access in armed conflicts: the key role of local actors

 Rural Damascus, Madaya. A joint ICRC, UN, Syrian Arab Red Crescent aid convoy entering Madaya. Photo: KRZYSIEK, Pawel/ICRC Post your questions on Twitter via #HumanitarianAccess On 18 September …

Humanitarium

Gone but not forgotten: migrants, mothers and the missing

José CENDON/ICRC On 30 August, in honor of the International Day of the Disappeared, the ICRC convenes a conference at the Humanitarium on the importance of remembrance and the story behind its …

Humanitarium

Australia: Launch of updated commentary to the Second Geneva Convention

The Geneva Conventions of 1949 marked one of the greatest humanitarian legal achievements of the 20th century, with the Second Geneva Convention regulating for the first time the protection of …

Humanizing the laws of war – the Red Cross and the development of International Humanitarian Law

As part of its conference cycle on Generating respect for the law , the ICRC and the German Permanent Mission to the United Nations will convene a panel discussion on 29 June at the Humanitarium to …

Humanitarium

Old pain, new demons: Thinking torture and dignity today

Antoine d'Agata/Magnum Photos On 26 June 2017, on the occasion of the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture, the ICRC will convene a discussion at the Humanitarium between leading …

Humanitarium

War in cities: an African perspective

As part of its Conference Cycle on War in cities , the ICRC in Kigali convenes a regional panel of experts on 26 June at the Kigali Convention Centre. Focusing on East Africa, this public conference …

Kigali

Where it Matters

The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) and HERE-Geneva are convening a panel of experts that will look at the ways in which humanitarian …

Humanitarium

The Additional Protocols at 40: upholding humanity in today's conflicts

Signature of the AP to the GCs of 12 August 1949 / LEBLANC, GÉRARD To mark the 40th Anniversary of the Additional Protocols I and II (APs) on 8 June 2017, the ICRC will convene a conference at the …

Humanitarium

International humanitarian law course for practitioners in Brussels 2017 (in French)

Course description Organized by the ICRC and the Red Cross of Belgium, this immersive five-day course in international humanitarian law (IHL) is open to humanitarian practitioners who wish to become …

Brussels