Jordan: ICRC Activity report October – December 2016
… members in Jordan and elsewhere. PROMOTING INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN LAW (IHL) 510 personnel from the Jordan …
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Niger: Tens of thousands of people helped in Diffa region in 2016
… Niger's Diffa region, the ICRC works with the International Federation of Red Cross and Red … visited detainees and promoted international humanitarian law and universal humanitarian values …
Our humanitarian action in the Philippines 2016
… of civilians by enhancing our dialogue on international humanitarian law with all weapon bearers, the government, …
ICRC warns of deteriorating humanitarian situation amid intensifying hostilities in eastern Ukraine
… said Alain Aeschlimann, head of the International Committee of the Red Cross in … been targeted, with potentially tremendous humanitarian consequences for hundreds of … of a hospital. International humanitarian law dictates that objects essential to the …
Iraq: Activity report 2016
… and in areas where there are few or no other humanitarian organizations. In response to the … of our mandate, we promoted compliance with international humanitarian law and other rules protecting civilians. We …
Somalia: Hundreds of thousands received food in 2016
… conditions and promoted compliance with international humanitarian law (IHL). Highlights of our work in Somalia …
Messaging apps: an untapped humanitarian resource
… 31-01-2017 Geneva: New research, led by the International Committee of the Red Cross … messaging apps could play a vital role in humanitarian work in the future. The research … and which have a strong record of resisting unlawful demands for private data from …
Lake Chad region: ICRC's operational appeals 2017
… they help facilitate people’s access to humanitarian aid. ff The region’s National … tight security to incorporate IHL and international human rights law in measures in response to, and to …
Afghanistan: How we've helped in 2016
… been exacerbated by the shrinking access of humanitarian aid workers in numerous parts of … round table in Colombo; the ICRC and the International Federation of Red Cross and Red … compliance with international humanitarian law (IHL) In 2016, the ICRC conducted …
Hundreds of thousands of South Sudanese received food in 2016
… Trained over 3,270 weapon bearers on International Humanitarian Law (IHL) and the International Human Rights …
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