State of the World's Cash panel discussion
Photo: WFP/Kiyori Ueno On 22 March, the ICRC and the Cash Learning Partnership will host a panel discussion at the Humanitarium to mark the publication of the 2018 State of the World's Cash Report . …
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Peru: Prisons in the Peruvian Altiplano receive suitcase libraries
With great enthusiasm, 150 detainees at the Penitentiary Establishment for Women of Lampa, in Puno, in the Peruvian Altiplano, received travelling books from the Suitcase Libraries Project promoted …
Peru: Dignified burial for people who went missing during armed violence in Tingo María
In the city of Tingo María, Huánuco, the public prosecutor’s office returned the bodies of 26 people reported missing. This was the first return of a large number of victims to take place in the city …
ICRC pays courtesy visit to AU Commissioner for Political Affairs
The ICRC Head of delegation to the African Union, Mr Jean Jacques Tshamala, accompanied by the Deputy Head of Delegation Ms Diane Misenga Kabeya, paid a courtesy call to the AU Commissioner for …
ICRC trains Nigerian Prisons Service staff in medical screening for inmates
22-03-2018 Abuja (ICRC) - The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), in collaboration with and in support to the Nigerian Prisons Service (NPS), is training 20 NPS health personnel today …
Philippines: Focus on delivering clean water for Marawi evacuees and returnees
22-03-2018 Manila (ICRC) – Five months after the end of the clashes in Marawi City, Lanao del Sur province, humanitarian organizations working on the ground estimate that 81,000 evacuees and …
Professional Standards for Protection Work (2018 abridged edition)
This abridged version of Professional Standards for Protection Work (third edition), published alongside the full version, is aimed at humanitarian and human rights actors engaged in protection work, …
Our humanitarian work in Colombia: Facts and figures for 2017
In 2017, we helped improve the lives of 65,700 people. The facts and figures below indicate the impact of our humanitarian work in Colombia in 2017, much of which was carried out in cooperation with …
Aide-mémoire: How to maintain the civilian and humanitarian character of sites and settlements
Preserving the civilian and humanitarian character of sites and settlements is fundamental to the protection of civilians fleeing armed conflict. It is, however, increasingly put at risk today by the …
Stocktaking exercise: Translating Kampala Convention into practice
On 23 October 2009, African States adopted the African Union Convention for the Protection and Assistance of internally displaced persons in Africa. Called the Kampala Convention, which came into …
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