Syria: Resilience and growing despair
Assem El Essawi has just ended his mission as field coordinator for the ICRC in Syria. He says that the situation has worsened while he was working there and he left the country with visions of …
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Peter Maurer on ethical principles of health care in conflict
Speech given by Peter Maurer, President of the ICRC, at the launch of the " Ethical Principles of Health Care in Times of Armed Conflict and Other Emergencies ." Dear colleagues, Dear friends, The …
Photo gallery - Health care in danger: Launch of a common core on ethics
ICRC President Peter Maurer introduces the launch event. Vincent Bernard, Head of the Law and Policy Forum at ICRC, explaining the public how to ask their questions from the Pigeonhole platform. …
Health care in danger: Launch of a common core on ethics
To watch the full conference, click here . READ PETER MAURER'S SPEECH On 30 June 2015, the ICRC hosted a public livestreamed conference to mark the launch of The Ethical principles of health care in …
Lebanon: ICRC working with Lebanese authorities to improve prison conditions
On 25 June 2015, the head of the ICRC delegation in Lebanon, Fabrizzio Carboni, met with the Lebanese Interior Minister, Nohad el Machnouk. Coincidentally, the meeting took place on the eve of the …
From Israel to Lebanon: Helping people return home
It is a short strip of land, only 100-150 metres long, running along the edge of a cliff overlooking the Mediterranean Sea. The place is stunningly peaceful, so quiet that small wild animals come …
Ethical principles of health care in conflict and emergencies
Speech by ICRC president Peter Maurer, 30 June 2015 The nature of humanitarian work often has me deliver speeches with words of warning and caution, and with descriptions of the particularly …
Common ethical principles of health care in conflict and other emergencies
The World Medical Association (WMA), the International Committee of Military Medicine (ICMM), the International Council of Nurses (ICN), and the International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP), …
ICRC customary international humanitarian law database wins prestigious award
The ICRC's customary international humanitarian law database has received a prestigious award from the American Society of International Law. Read more on the ICRC's Intercross …
Mali: Over 250,000 people receive aid in north
29-06-2015 Geneva / Bamako (ICRC) – Enduring terrible hardship, often with no means of survival or even shelter: that is the reality for thousands who have fled widespread violence in northern Mali …
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