Kenyatta University wins 20th edition of All Africa competition on IHL
… and Twitter.com/ icrc_nairobi Oke Olayemi Israel from Obafemi Awolowo University wins …
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Views and recommendations of the ICRC for the Sixth Review Conference of the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons
… Denmark, El Salvador, Estonia, France, Israel, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, … the declaration by 25 States (idem, p. 38). Israel also issued an additional declaration …
Israel and the occupied territories: ICRC condemns violent behaviour against its staff in the West Bank
… ICRC staff were attacked with pepper spray by Israeli settlers during a joint field visit …
Mental health matters: Progress report on mental health and psychosocial support activities within the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement
… Fiji Red Cross Society Magen David Adom in Israel Red Crescent Society of Islamic …
Not only on Mental Health Day: why mental health matters in conflict
… aid. pic.twitter.com/gL5kmJYHf7 — ICRC in Israel & OT (@ICRC_ilot) October 27, 2020 Who …
Two Palestinian detainees on hunger strike are in a situation of grave concern
… administratively detained and hospitalized in Israel. “The ICRC doctor has been visiting …
Gaza: survey shows heavy toll of chronic power shortages on exhausted families
… 100 countries. The ICRC has been present in Israel and the occupied territories since … programmes. The ICRC visits detainees in Israeli and Palestinian places of detention … Red Crescent Society and Magen David Adom in Israel. For more information, please contact: …
Gaza electricity crisis
… several sources: The Distribution Company, Israel, Egypt.) Alternative Energy: … Also, Gaza relies on electricity from Israel (120 MW) and Egypt (28 MW) as well. … power outage was from 16 to 20 hours because Israel stopped entering the fuel. Gaza Strip …
Childhood in the shadow of airstrikes and rockets
… which broke out in May 2021 in Gaza and Israel is one of the most intense hostilities … in Gaza and children living in the south of Israel will bear the mental consequences of … banging and sirens wailing... Children in Israel and Gaza live in constant fear. Among …
Childhood memories between playfields and battlefields
… which broke out in May 2021 in Gaza and Israel is one of the most intense hostilities … banging and sirens wailing… Children in Israel and Gaza live in constant fear. Among … met Ahd, Bilal, Amal and Rahaf. In southern Israel, we met Shaked, Ayana, Uria, Noga, Ram, …
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