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Influencing Behaviour To Prevent Human Suffering

… understand and position this complex area of humanitarian work. The policy paper provides an … listen and partner with others, and to link international humanitarian law (IHL) with other humanitarian values and …

Publication

Search continues for people missing in connection with the armed conflicts of 1990s and August 2008

… and with the technical expertise of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in 2010 as a purely humanitarian platform. Besides presenting an … According to international humanitarian law (IHL), families of missing people have the …

Law and policy topic

Sudan: Facts and Figures 2021

… work by disseminating and promoting international humanitarian law and human rights law with institutions and …

Article

One-size-fits-all approach cannot work for victims and survivors of sexual and gender-based violence

… Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), the International Committee of the Red Cross … – set out by international humanitarian law. And last but not least, despite the …

Article

Missing persons must be searched for, their families must receive answers

… 30-08-2024 International Day of the Disappeared, 30 August … other situations of violence, disasters, humanitarian emergencies and migration.  By the … the bedrock of international humanitarian law (IHL), it is important to note that IHL …

News release
World Humanitarian Day: ICRC President on attacks against aid workers

Belgium: Experts discuss detention in armed conflict

… the applicable legal norms for detention in international and non-international armed … the Flanders Fields Conference of Military Law and the Law of War , which will be held in … organized a colloquium on international humanitarian law every year since 2000 as part …

News release

Kenya, Djibouti, Tanzania: Newsletter 2023

… reflect and react vis à vis complex humanitarian issues. The Hub, thus, supports … dissemination, exchange, and reflection on International Humanitarian Law (IHL) with a broad range of stakeholders. …

Publication

Activities carried out by the ICRC's delegation in Madagascar in 2014

… POUR L’OCEAN INDIEN - FEVRIER 2015 COMITE INTERNATIONAL DE LA CROIX-ROUGE (CICR) Le CICR … AND SEYCHELLES : CHAMPIONS OF INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN LAW accomplie avec efficacité qu’avec l’aide et …

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Pakistan: Police and armed forces find common ground during IHL training

… The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) … Situations of Violence and International Law for Practitioners " from 14–16 July. The … work in relation to international humanitarian law (IHL) and international human …

Law and policy topic

EVENT: Shifting the Stigma: Prevention and Protection for Victims and Survivors of Sexual Violence

… 4 recommendations for states, donors, international and local organizations, International Red Cross and Red Crescent … #4 emphasizes the need of demonstrating how humanitarian interventions account to reduce …

Event
One of the consultations on ICRC’s Stigma Impact Model done in Colombia with the women-led organization Madres del Catatumbo

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