Life on the run in South Sudan: Key facts and figures
… the ICRC supports authorities to adhere to international standards: Visited more than … knowledge and respect for International Humanitarian Law, the ICRC has: Trained over 4,200 weapon …
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The road to reunion: For these families this is all they have
… contact with family members is a fundamental humanitarian need and a right granted to detainees by International Humanitarian Law. For fifty years, the International …
Support relationships
… over each other to promote respect for international humanitarian law. Every time a partnership is signed and an …
“Suffering defies comparison”: One month of devastation in Sudan
… in Sudan, sheds light on the pressing humanitarian needs and some of the challenges … of medical facilities. What role does the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) … implementation of international humanitarian law (IHL) in the conflict? It is not only a …
Respect for the Arms Trade Treaty is critical to ending cycles of armed conflict and other situations of violence
… of conflict have devastating, far-reaching humanitarian consequences. Not just the direct … assistance; and persistent violations of international humanitarian law (IHL). And behind all of this lies a ready …
Contemporary challenges for IHL
… the IHL classification of conflicts into international (IAC) and non-international … The interplay between IHL and human rights law continues to have practical consequences on … may be undertaken by other actors, including humanitarian organizations, subject to the …
Lake Chad: Striving to meet growing needs
… Chad, Niger and Cameroon, where the humanitarian situation is also deteriorating. … Across the Lake Chad region, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) … officers in international humanitarian law in relation to arrest, detention, and the …
Sri Lanka: Time does not heal. Only answers do.
… 30-08-2023 Colombo (ICRC) – On the International Day of the Disappeared, the … other situations of violence, disasters, humanitarian emergencies and migration. When … is enshrined in international humanitarian law , which also requires parties to a conflict …
Autonomous weapons: States must agree on what human control means in practice
… its own “decision” about who to kill? The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) … be necessary to comply with international humanitarian law and satisfy ethical concerns. Several …
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 …
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