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 …
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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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
2019 ICRC report on IHL and the challenges of contemporary armed conflicts
… sanitation and electricity, and deprived of health care; such privation is aggravated when cities … civilian harm. Because urban warfare endangers civilians in ways particular to it, …
Eighth periodic report on the implementation of international humanitarian law at the level of Arab States 2015 - 2018
… who no longer participate to the fighting, to health services and other civilian … of hosting other events related to healthcare in danger activities initiated by the ICRC. - …
Health Care in Danger: Collecting data on violence against health care is the first step in preventing it
… for collecting data on violence against health care. Participants will share challenges and … have limits. As part of the Health Care in Danger (HCiD) initiative, the ICRC seeks to …
I am no different than anyone else
… needs to be amputated," he said. A crumbling health care system Years of war and economic turmoil … treatable diseases and infections tragically dangerous. In the case of Mycetoma, which is …
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