Child soldiers: the law says no!
" This film is trying to show now that all over the world there should be no child soldiers. I hope that in any country where there is a war, as long as they watch this film they have seen how we the …
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Convention on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of Certain Conventional Weapons Which May Be Deemed to Be Excessively Injurious or to Have Indiscriminate Effects
The Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons is one of the principal instruments of international humanitarian law. It seeks to minimize suffering in armed conflict by prohibiting or regulating the …
Integrating the Law
This booklet draws together the lessons learned by the ICRC over the past few decades and aims to provide authorities and the most senior personnel among arms carriers with an overview of what we …
Promoting Military Operational Practice That Ensures Safe Access to and Delivery of Health Care
This Health Care in Danger report compiles a complete set of practical measures to be adopted when planning and conducting military operations with a view to avoiding the negative impact of such …
The Protocols Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949
This volume contains the official texts of the two Protocols additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, as adopted on 8 June 1977 by the Diplomatic Conference on the Reaffirmation and …
Armed groups, hospital managers and ambulance drivers can protect health care in many ways
Three new HCiD publications bring together important steps non-State armed groups, governments, hospital managers and ambulance drivers can take to improve access to health care and make its delivery …
Health care in danger: Meeting the challenges
A humanitarian worker caught up in the conflict in Mali, a religious leader in the occupied Palestinian territory, a doctor in Côte d'Ivoire, and many others striving to protect health-care services …
Liberian army sets out to protect health-care workers
The Armed Forces of Liberia (AFL) recently incorporated HCiD recommendations into their military training manual with the help of the ICRC. The manual now includes an entire chapter on HCiD, setting …
Helping the helpers – why does psychosocial support matter?
Health-care workers should be provided with tools, equipment and support that can ensure both their physical and mental well-being. It is essential to keep this in mind when developing strategies for …
Yemen: ICRC staff abducted in Sanaa
Geneva/Sanaa (ICRC) - Gunmen abducted two ICRC staff members on their way to work this morning in the capital, Sanaa. One of them was released unharmed a few hours later. The second colleague is a …
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