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Jakarta: Preparing Modern Armed Forces for Peacekeeping Operations in the 21st Century

… New Guinea, Philippines, Republic of Korea, Russia, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Thailand, …

Event

ICRC scales up operations in eastern Ukraine

… for national Red Cross societies in Ukraine, Russia and Belarus to enable them to cover the …

News release

World Humanitarian Day 2022: Faces of courage

… the Russian Red Cross (RRC) in Ulyanovsk, Russia . She deals with communication, supply …

Article

Preserving humanity in times of conflict demands strict abidance by constraints on conventional weapons

… The international armed conflict between Russia and Ukraine is fuelling a devastating …

Statement

ICRC President statement on 150th Anniversary of the St Petersburg Declaration

… was adopted by military powers convened by Russia to prohibit a new weapon that it had …

Statement

International Day of the Disappeared: Why it matters

… Nigeria • Panama • Papua New Guinea • Peru • Russia • Rwanda • Senegal • Serbia • South …

Law and policy topic

Gender equality and war: “No humanity, dignity, peace until international humanitarian law is upheld for all genders”

… the international armed conflict between Russia and Ukraine is dominating political …

Statement

Weapons: Statement of the ICRC to the United Nations, 2018

… was adopted by military powers convened by Russia for the purpose of prohibiting a new …

Statement

ICRC’s Year in Pictures 2023: Delivering hope in an increasingly polarized world

… The international armed conflict between Russia and Ukraine continued to have a major …

Article

Digital trails could endanger people receiving humanitarian aid, ICRC and Privacy International find

… Amazon CloudFront, or Amazon S3.56 In Russia, there have been sustained efforts to … In response to domain fronting by Telegram, Russia also blocked nearly 16 million Amazon … 57 Maria Kiselyova and Jack Stubbs, “Russia Starts Blocking Telegram Messenger,” …

News release

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