Not a Target: EU - ICRC campaign in Hungary
… be broadcasting a short film on the risks to health-care #NotATarget in ZRT cinemas in Budapest. … film screening is part of the 'Health-Care in Danger' campaign, aimed at raising awareness …
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Not a Target: EU - ICRC campaign in Sweden
… be broadcasting a short film on the risks to health-care '#NotATarget' in Filmstaden cinemas … film screening is part of the 'Health-Care in Danger' campaign, aimed at raising awareness …
Nuclear weapons: Global support for treaty prohibiting nuclear weapons is growing
… the immediate and long-term effects on human health, as well as on societies, health-care systems, the environment, and the planet … a new nuclear arms race, show the inherent dangers of this presumed "balance". Not since …
Assessment of ICRC’s evaluation function: Final report
… development economics, and public health and infectious diseases. Glenn O’Neil, … Evaluation’ (2017), and the ‘ICRC Health Care in Danger Evaluation Report’ (2017) 27 See the …
Guidelines on investigating violations of IHL: Law, policy and good practice
… of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to access dangerous scenes and 66 It should be recalled … of an investigation requires that sufficient care is taken in the investigative steps, and … Mechanisms for Investigating Attacks on Healthcare”, International Peace Institute …
Pakistan: ICRC completes 15th National Course on Management of the Dead in Emergencies
… a forthcoming body to address provision of health care in dangerous situations. Over five days, course …
Conflict and the struggle for health care in north-east Nigeria
… grandchild. Upon first sight, the Shokwari health centre seems rudimentary at best. It … the city's main hospital to get basic health care. "The hospital is overcrowded, sometimes … lack of access to health care. Health care in danger The Shokwari health centre may have …
Report of Meeting of Representatives of National Committees on International Humanitarian Law
… most basic goods and services (water, food, health care), or separation from family members, of … of works and installations containing dangerous forces. The Committee has also …
Malaysia: Young volunteers learn that “Health Care in Danger” is really a matter of life and death
… medical assistance, but attempts to provide health care often leave volunteers, facilities and … to prepare health-care workers for the dangers they may face while deployed. …
Jakarta: Preparing Modern Armed Forces for Peacekeeping Operations in the 21st Century
… (TNI) The UN Perspective – UN Representative Health Care in Danger ICRC initiative – Lorenzo Caraffi (ICRC …
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