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ICRC Statement to Counter Terrorism Committee Meeting on 20th anniversary of the adoption of Security Council resolution 1373

… Cross on the Special Meeting of the Counter Terrorism Committee commemorating the 20th … (2001) and the establishment of the Counter-Terrorism Committee Seventeen days after the … to reflect on the developments in the counter-terrorism landscape over the last 20 years and …

Statement

Malaysia: Course explores humanitarian law and counterterrorism in 21st century

Terrorism has become a global phenomenon of … situations and during peacetime. Acts of terrorism are often perpetrated against … fear. Within an armed conflict setting, terrorism is prohibited by international …

Law and policy topic

ICRC calls on States to ensure counter terrorism measure do not negatively impact humanitarian action

… on Measures to Eliminate International Terrorism, 8th October 2021. Terrorism not only violates international … and individuals. The ICRC condemns acts of terrorism, whether committed within or outside …

Law and policy topic

President Peter Maurer UNGA 2021: International Humanitarian Law - Enhancing Monitoring, Improving Compliance

… to ensure compliance with IHL is on counter-terrorism and sanctions measures that limit … to take into account the effect of counter terrorism measures on humanitarian activities. …

Statement

Bringing IHL Home: Guidelines on the National Implementation of International Humanitarian Law

… overlaps and contradictions between IHL and terrorism in domestic law and the impact that … and at the specialized judicial centre for terrorism and transnational organized crime. …

Law and policy topic

Humanitarian space – or spaces – must be protected, without exception

… negative impact of sanctions and counter-terrorism measures on humanitarian aid. These … mitigate, the humanitarian impact of counter-terrorism measures by putting in place …

Statement

Childhood in the shadow of airstrikes and rockets

The latest escalation which broke out in May 2021 in Gaza and Israel is one of the most intense hostilities that we, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), have witnessed in the region …

Law and policy topic

Childhood memories between playfields and battlefields

The latest escalation which broke out in May 2021 in Gaza and Israel is one of the most intense hostilities that we, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), have witnessed in the region …

Article

Why engage with non-state armed groups?

… the launching of the so-called “global war on terrorism” - a concept to which the ICRC did … that the fight against NSAGs involved in terrorism and/or deemed to constitute a threat … prohibiting “services” or “support to” terrorism or to sanctions lists. Aside from a …

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“Still? This is The Word That Hurts The Most”

“STILL?” THIS IS THE WORD THAT HURTS THE MOST REPORT ASSESSING THE NEEDS OF FAMILY MEMBERS OF MISSING PERSONS IN CONTEXTS OF VIOLENCE AND OTHER CIRCUMSTANCES IN THE STATE OF SÃO PAULO ©ICRC, July, …

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