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The implementation of rules protecting the provision of health care in armed conflicts and other emergencies: A guidance tool

… that has been entrusted to him. In Russia, medical confidentiality is established … under the military manuals of Belarus and Russia. In Serbia, the Criminal Code includes …

Law and policy topic

Ukraine / Russia: Leaders agree that aid must reach eastern Ukraine

27-02-2015 Geneva / Kiev / Moscow (ICRC) – ICRC President Peter Maurer today completed high-level talks in Moscow and Kiev, in which he focused on the severe humanitarian crisis in eastern Ukraine …

News release

Ukraine crisis: Helping people through the winter

… have left for safer places in Ukraine or Russia. CC BY-NC-ND / ICRC / M. Dondyuk …

Ukraine crisis: ICRC activities between October 2014 and January 2015

… volunteers, etc. Cooperation with the Russian Red Cross In the Rostov region, which … US dollars' worth of supplies to the local Russian Red Cross branch to bolster its … and volunteers of the Rostov branch. Adygea, Russia. A displaced Ukrainian family receives …

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ICRC scales up operations in eastern Ukraine

… for national Red Cross societies in Ukraine, Russia and Belarus to enable them to cover the … was erected in Mariupol. Cooperation with the Russian Red Cross In Rostov region, which is … US dollars' worth of supplies to the local Russian Red Cross to bolster the branch's …

News release

Strengthening Compliance with IHL – Preparatory discussion, 1-2 December 2014

… Poland 69. Portugal 70. Qatar 71. Romania 72. Russia 73. Rwanda 74. Serbia 75. Singapore 76. …

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From our archives: Children in war

… / hist-03085-25 During the great famine in Russia, 1921-1923. Relief for displaced …

Autonomous weapon systems technical, military, legal and humanitarian aspects

… Pakistan, Qatar, the Republic of Korea, the Russian Federation, Saudi Arabia, South … air vehicles in China, India, Israel, Iran, Russia and Turkey, Open Briefing (20 September … Mission of the Republic of Korea in Geneva Russian Federation Mr Andrey MALOV Senior …

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Reaching the needy in eastern Ukraine with neutral and impartial aid

… in Ukraine, or refugees who have fled to Russia. At all times it has been critical to … not facilitating the arrival of convoys from Russia. Why have we not been able to do so? … for our team for the first convoy from Russia, and for subsequent convoys the Russian …

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Ukraine: ICRC steps up aid amid fragile ceasefire

… Lugansk, supplementing supplies received from Russia and elsewhere over the past weeks which … and Donetsk regions. Many more have fled to Russia. Some people are now returning to find … "We remain in contact with the Ukrainian and Russian authorities on their humanitarian …

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