The ICRC in World War Two: The Holocaust
27 January is the anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz in 1945. For the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), it also marks a failure, the failure to help and protect the millions of …
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Accountability to Affected People Institutional Framework
This publication provides ICRC staff with a coherent, integrated approach to delivering high-quality programmes while remaining accountable to affected people. By providing a common language and …
ICRC to continue teaching laws of war to Sudanese Armed Forces
22-01-2020 22 January 2020 (Khartoum) – The Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) on 22 January 2020 renewed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with …
VENEZUELA: 365 days of humanitarian action
In the town of El Callao, in eastern Venezuela, the majority of people who work in mining live and work in outdoor settlements, making them very susceptible to malaria. Between June and July 2019, …
Red Cross helps Sudanese refugee restore links with her separated relatives
Suada fled from her home in Sudan to Ethiopia in 2013 due to the armed conflict that broke out in her country. Fortunately, she and her family (her children and husband) reached a refugee Camp in …
Addis Ababa: ICRC president urges more respect of IHL by AU member states for effective “Silencing the guns in Africa by 2020”
Addis Ababa (ICRC) – President Peter Maurer of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) left Addis Ababa today at the end of a visit to Ethiopia, during which he had talks with the highest …
Afghanistan: Inside Kandahar’s busiest medical facility, and the positive impact entrenched by ICRC
Imagine a medical facility with high traffic of 300 inbound patients each day, where the number of doctors and staff are disproportionate to the volume of patients. In addition, the country's …
Yemen: August to September 2019 ICRC activities
In August and September, the International Committee of the Red Cross maintained the implementation of its various activities in the realm of health care, physical rehabilitation, economic security, …
Yemen: 2019 ICRC activities
In Yemen, the ICRC delivers emergency assistance in the realms of health care, economic security and water and sanitation. We support hospitals, primary health care clinics and physical …
Israeli and Palestinian millennials are ‘most pessimistic’ on prospects for peace
16-01-2020 Jerusalem – Most Israeli and Palestinian millennials think the Israeli-Palestinian conflict “will never end”. Of several conflict-afflicted countries they were the most pessimistic in …
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