Syria: facts and figures in Jan-Jun 2023
… Throughout the first half of 2023, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) … • Organized an Introduction to International Humanitarian Law (IHL) workshop for 25 officers from the …
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China: First-ever media workshop focuses on protection of journalists in emergency and first aid
… for East Asia, briefs participants about the International Red Cross and Red Crescent … t The first-ever workshop on International Humanitarian Law (IHL) and the protection of journalists in …
"We see deliberate attacks on civilians and civilian objects, causing untold suffering."
… 2022 by Robert Mardini, Director-General, International Committee of the Red Cross. … . We see the blatant politicization of humanitarian action, while political solutions … respect – for international humanitarian law, falling short. At the same time, I come …
Yemen: Aid supplies arrive amid fears for safety of medical staff
… brought into Yemen by plane today by the International Committee of the Red Cross … and the ICRC has reiterated its demand that humanitarian workers be allowed to operate … safely. Under international humanitarian law, also known as the law of war, all those …
South Sudan: Facts and Figures 2021
… AND FIGURES JANUARY - DECEMBER 2021 ICRC HUMANITARIAN RESPONSE IN SOUTH SUDAN Between January and December 2021, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) … KNOWLEDGE AND RESPECT FOR HUMANITARIAN LAW Trained and engaged 1,130 members of the …
War in Cities exhibit comes to Manila
… This August, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) … War II, state authorities, armed forces, and humanitarian actors have struggled to cope with … today's urban wars and demonstrate why the law of war matters. These objects are real – …
The Practice of Non-State Armed Groups: Implementing IHL Rules on Detention and Urban Warfare
… Humanitarian engagement with armed groups has long been a defining feature of the International Committee of the Red Cross' … in order to ensure respect for the law and to reduce harm to victims. Based on …
Ethics and autonomous weapon systems: An ethical basis for human control?
… systems: An ethical basis for human control? International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) … to ensure compliance with international law and to satisfy ethical concerns, and States … cause unacceptable harm. In international humanitarian law, notions of humanity and …
Nuclear weapons: Ending a threat to humanity
… as early as September 1945 that the humanitarian consequences of nuclear weapons … security, particularly during times of international instability. But weapons that … rules of international humanitarian law. The new information about the health and …
Nuclear weapons: Create conditions to make nuclear disarmament possible
… of the ICRC, Vienna Conference on the Humanitarian Consequences of Nuclear Weapons, … nearly 70 years later, of any adequate international capacity to assist victims of … are contained in international humanitarian law. In the view of the ICRC, the information …
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