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COP29: The ICRC's call to implement ambitious mitigation measures and scale up climate action in conflict settings
Climate change is an existential threat to humanity. Warming of the atmosphere, oceans and land – driven by human activity – is causing climate variations and extremes all over the world, with over …
Let us remember that disarmament saves lives, curbs arms race, moderates the inhumanity of war, and fosters peace
Statement delivered by Laurent Gisel, Head of the Arms and Conduct of Hostilities Unit at the Legal Division of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), at the 79th session of the United …
Russia-Ukraine International Armed Conflict: Missing a pastry-scented home
This article is available in Ukranian here and in Russian via the language option in the upper right corner of this page. 38-year-old Nadezhda and her daughters Angelina (12) and Vera (2) received …
Evidence Innovation Education Poster
This event will bring together members of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement with external partners in support of the idea that education on international humanitarian law, …
Evidence Innovation Education Flyer
This event will bring together members of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement with external partners in support of the idea that education on international humanitarian law, …
Evidence Innovation Education Leaflet
This event will bring together members of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement with external partners in support of the idea that education on international humanitarian law, …
MILITARY TRAINING IN INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN LAW: HOW IHL CAN INFLUENCE CONDUCT IN WAR
This report examines how training in IHL and related norms of restraint (collectively labelled as “IHL norms” in this report) can shape combatant attitudes and, ultimately, military conduct. The …
Lebanon: ICRC deploys surgical team amid escalating humanitarian crisis
16-10-2024 Beirut (ICRC) – A specialized surgical team from the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) experienced in war injuries has been deployed to a hospital in southern Beirut to offer …
Nigeria: Admissions of malnourished children rise amid four-year high in food insecurity due to conflict and climate
15-10-2024 Dakar (ICRC) – Admissions of severely malnourished children in health facilities supported by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in north-east Nigeria have increased by …
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