26-09-2019 New York (ICRC) – The building momentum in support of a world free of nuclear weapons is a hopeful sign for the future of humanity as more States on Thursday signed a landmark treaty …
Remarks to UN General Assembly High-Level Side Event on "Counter-terrorism Frameworks and Sanctions Regimes: Safeguarding Humanitarian Space" As delivered by ICRC President Peter Maurer First, we …
High-Level Side Event of the 74th UN General Assembly Excellencies, As a delegate of the International Committee of the Red Cross I have looked into many eyes of survivors of sexual violence . I …
Only the most vicious of droughts get a name. The one in Somalia is named Sima. Bahile Hassan, a 60-year-old grandmother, says this is the worst of all of them. Sima , in fact, means "equal" in the …
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) together with National Judicial Academy (NJA) of Nepal organised the 2nd South Asian Expert Exchange on International Humanitarian Law (IHL) with …
Remarks to Signing and Ratification Ceremony of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons at the 74th Session of the United Nations General Assembly Mr. President of the General Assembly, …
Pretoria (ICRC) – The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) welcomes southern African states’ collective commitment to contribute to a global ban on nuclear weapons by signing and fully …
UNGA74 High-Level Side Event on "Advancing Digital Trust, Security and Cooperation", 23 September 2019 The digital space is the next frontier in war, and like in physical war, trust and truth will be …
Viktor and his wife have not seen their children and grandchildren for more than six months now. They live only a few kilometres away from one another in the Lugansk/Luhansk region but are 100 km …
Open to Palestinian journalists working in print media The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), an independent humanitarian organisation working to protect and assist victims of armed …
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