Anti-personnel mine injuries: surgical management
In the last twenty years, ICRC surgical teams have treated more than 12,000 victims of anti-personnel mines. This in-depth film on surgery for mine-blast victims was shot in the ICRC hospital in …
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Protecting Civilians and Humanitarian Action through the Arms Trade Treaty
Every year, the widespread availability and misuse of weapons leads to the displacement, wounding, rape or death of hundreds of thousands of civilians. States, National Red Cross and Red Crescent …
Restoring Family Links (poster)
The development of this poster is in line with a series of efforts to highlight the Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement's efforts to reconnect separated family members and to promote the new logo …
Women and War
This publication looks at the ways in which women can be affected by conflict and the actions taken by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) to take their specific needs into account. …
Water and War: ICRC Response
This publication looks at key water and sanitation issues in conflict-affected countries where the ICRC works. It analyses challenges from the point of view of operational practice, which has …
Protect Health Care: Respect for Red Cross Volunteers (poster)
A young man that survived because both police and protesters gave access to Red Cross volunteers during a riot – this is one of the stories told by the new set of five Health Care in Danger posters. …
H.E.L.P. Public Health Course in the Management of Humanitarian Aid
Public health tools used in the analysis and implementation of emergency health programmes. A systematic and comprehensive description of how the HELP course is structured and the teaching methods …
The Mine Ban Convention: Progress and Challenges in the Second Decade
his publication provides an overview of the achievements and challenges of the Mine Ban Convention (which entered into force on 1 March 1999) in its second decade of operation. Challenges in the …
Ensuring Respect for the Life and Dignity of Persons Deprived of their Liberty
This leaflet briefly describes the most important aspects of the work done by the ICRC to assist and protect persons deprived of their freedom during situations of violence, including armed conflict, …
How Does Law Protect in War? Cases, Documents and Teaching Materials on Contemporary Practice in International Humanitarian Law (volumes I, II and III)
A selection of nearly three hundred case studies provides university professors, practitioners and students with the most up-to-date and comprehensive selection of documents on international …
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