Gaza: survey shows heavy toll of chronic power shortages on exhausted families
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Pakistan: Health Care in Danger study undertaken in Karachi
The ICRC together with its Karachi partners APPNA Institute of Public Health, Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre and Ziauddin University recently finished a study on violence against health personnel …
Joining forces to secure water and sanitation in protracted crises: a new report
… on the territory of a State [party to the Geneva Conventions]. The armed confrontation must … Humanitarian Law?” ICRC Opinion Paper. Geneva: ICRC. …
Armed violence and the new urban agenda: Recommendations for Habitat III
… of the Red Cross 19, avenue de la Paix 1202 Geneva, Switzerland T +41 22 734 60 01 F +41 22 …
Central America: Annual Report 2020
… VIOLENCE codes for the ICRC HQ intranet in Geneva. 85 physical and mental health … the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the Geneva Conventions of 1949, the ICRC, together with …
General and specific protection of women under international humanitarian law
… in situations of armed conflict. KEY GC = Geneva Convention AP = Additional Protocol ICC …
Armenia: Operational highlights for 2024
… IHL dedicated to the 75th anniversary of the Geneva Conventions and organized by the ICRC …
Tausug book on intersections between IHL and Islamic Shariah launched
… Timagna siya ha Panagnaan Par-isunan ha Geneva (First Geneva Convention) sin tahun 1864, ha … Hikaupat Par-isunan ha Geneva (Fourth Geneva Conventions) sin tahun 1949, agad na in ganap …
Yemen: Thousands of people in need of food and shelter as fighting intensifies
… 07-03-2020 Sanaa/Geneva (ICRC) - Intense fighting on the … , Near and Middle East Spokesperson, ICRC Geneva +41 79 447 3726, rhetherington@icrc.org … the ICRC is at the origin of the Geneva Conventions and the International Red Cross and …
10 things the rules of war do
The rules of war, also known as international humanitarian law: Protect those who are not fighting, such as civilians, medical personnel or aid workers. Protect those who are no longer able to fight, …
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