What the ICRC is doing in Kyrgyzstan
Detainee welfare The ICRC regularly visits detainees to ensure that their treatment and detention conditions meet international standards. We are working with the authorities in this area, and one …
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ICRC and UNRWA join forces to help Palestine refugees
14-11-2014 Beirut – Palestinian refugees arriving in Lebanon from Syria are facing harsh winter conditions in the northern Bekaa Valley, where whole families have little or no means of survival. …
Meeting of States Parties to the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons
Meeting of States Parties to the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons, Statement of the ICRC, Geneva, November 2014 The Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons (CCW) is one of the key …
Syria: ICRC president seeks broader humanitarian role for the organization
13-11-2014 Geneva/Damascus (ICRC) – The scale of the crisis in Syria, with millions of people affected, is staggering, and parties to the conflict must do more to protect civilians, including health …
Cyber warfare: Legal experts and programmers search for solutions
In war, anything connected to a computer network can be targeted from anywhere in the world, according to experts attending a recent conference on cyber warfare in Moscow. That includes civilian …
Democratic Republic of the Congo: Facts and Figures - July to September 2014
A summary of the ICRC's activities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo between July and September 2014. The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is an impartial, neutral and …
DR Congo: A market in the middle of the bush
Basic household goods were recently distributed in the highlands of Kalehe, South Kivu, in the rather unconventional style of a market. Set up for people whose homes had been looted or destroyed when …
Autonomous weapon systems - Q & A
A challenge to human control over the use of force. Technological advances in weaponry mean that decisions about the use of force on the battlefield could increasingly be taken by machines operating …
Syria: Red Cross/Red Crescent Movement deplores aid worker deaths
The International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement is shocked and saddened by the death of Syrian Arab Red Crescent (SARC) volunteers Ikhlas Ibraheem al-Sulaiman and Muhammad Ahmad Othman, of the …
Mali: ICRC activities, January – August 2014
Promoting international humanitarian law The ICRC promotes IHL among the Malian armed forces, international armed forces in Mali and other weapon-bearers. It also supports the authorities' efforts to …
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