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Resilience amidst immense loss and suffering: The first six months of 2023 in photos

… devastating Türkiye-Syria earthquake to the international armed conflict between Russia and … in Sudan, the first half of 2023 saw humanitarian needs skyrocket across the world. … conflicts respect international humanitarian law. These photos capture some of that work as …

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EVENT: AI in Military Decision Making: A Dialogue on How to Enhance IHL Compliance

… significant implications for compliance with international humanitarian law (IHL).  Over the past two years, the …

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Falklands/Malvinas Islands: Talks planned on identifying Argentine soldiers buried in Darwin cemetery

… The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) … The identification project is an exclusively humanitarian endeavour to try and give the … provisions of international humanitarian law. The Argentine authorities handled the …

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Health Care in Danger Newsletter: January-June 2015

… different backgrounds, the Health Care in international level that reinforce the … members of the Norwegian armed forces, humanitarian organizations and research … Implementation of International Humanitarian Law: A Manual. Both can be ordered or …

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Bangladesh: Helping burn victims heal

… Medical College Hospital (DMCH). The young law student had suffered severe burns to her … dressing kits To help address some of the humanitarian consequences of the politically … the institutions and providing immediate humanitarian response to the people affected by …

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Israel and the occupied territories: Civilian suffering in Gaza on a devastating scale after two years of conflict

… the people arriving from the north. The International Committee of the Red Cross has … the Palestine Red Crescent Society and other humanitarian partners to provide life-saving … and urgent. International humanitarian law must be respected. This includes protecting …

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Sudan: 18,000 families receive seeds and food assistance in Central Darfur state

… receiving seeds and food assistance from the International Committee of the Red Cross … hardship by promoting and strengthening humanitarian law and championing universal humanitarian

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Syria: Evacuations of civilians must be humane

… Damascus/Geneva (ICRC): In the event that humanitarian evacuations from Eastern Ghouta, … be treated humanely and in accordance with international law, regardless of their status and religious, …

News release

Syria: Civilians in urgent need of safety and life-saving assistance amidst unprecedented displacement

… 25-02-2020 Geneva (ICRC) - The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) … moving locations are among the major humanitarian consequences of the Idlib … compliance with international humanitarian law . Mortars and rockets should not be …

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Legal factsheet on missing persons and their families: updated

… topic. The factsheet addresses the relevant international legal framework covering the … is found in different rules of international humanitarian law (IHL); as well as the notion used by the …

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