People on War 2016: Background, methodology and results
… the ICRC has been supporting communities and health-care facilities, running physical … Conduct of Hostilities 19 2. Health Care in Danger 39 3. Torture 55 4. International …
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Yemen: 2019 ICRC activities
… emergency assistance in the realms of health care, economic security and water and … sanitation. We support hospitals, primary health care clinics and physical rehabilitation …
The ICRC appeals for 2.1 billion Swiss francs for its operations in 2024
… that enable surgery and mother-and-child care, and to The ICRC is committed to working … specialized services, such as mental-health collective impact. It coordinates with … shelter, and makes similar improvements in health facilities and places of detention. It …
Malaysia: Young Humanitarian Writers Competition
… www.icrc.org/eng/what-we-do/safeguarding-health-care/index.jsp … or natural disasters. 2. Health care in danger or the protection of health workers and …
World Food Day: Rising food prices, job losses, and unabated conflict spark fears of rising hunger in communities across Africa
… Red Crescent societies and local clinics and health care facilities to treat moderate and severe …
Enhancing protection in armed conflict through domestic law and policy
… of cultural property, provision of health care and protection of internally displaced … by a senior adviser on Health Care in Danger from the Norwegian Red Cross Society. …
Protected persons: Children
… purposes, which also puts them in great danger. Children who are associated with armed … goods and services such as food and health care where needed. We seek to prevent families …
The weapons issue: ICRC statement to the United Nations, 1996
… both weak and complex, and there is hence a danger that these provisions will not be … assistance for mine clearance and the care and rehabilitation of victims. The ICRC … released by a nuclear explosion would affect health, agriculture, natural resources and …
Recent developments of the interplay between IHL and IHRL
… responsibility include legal protection for health care, particular in the context of the ICRC-facilitated Health Care in Danger project of the International Red Cross …
Democratic Republic of the Congo: Water pressure
… "The water we use is not good for our health. It gives the children scabies," says … of 2022 at Beni General Hospital or in other health-care centres funded by the ICRC. …
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