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No Limits: Wheelchair Basketball in South Sudan
A new documentary, produced by the ICRC's regional delegation for the United States and Canada, made its small screen debut in Washington DC this week."No Limits: Wheelchair Basketball in South Sudan" portrays the unlikely friendship between two disa| Article -
Let's beat malaria together! Responding to the most urgent needs of the population
Venezuela has suffered an increase in the number of people diagnosed with malaria in recent years, a problem that concerns everyone.| Photo gallery -
Autonomy, artificial intelligence and robotics: Technical aspects of human control
The ICRC has emphasized the need to maintain human control over weapon systems and the use of force, both for legal compliance and ethical acceptability.| Article -
“I wanted to become a nurse to serve my people”
Rosemary is busy.From dawn to dusk she repeats the same moves, carefully, gently.| Article -
The IHL course for Humanitarian Professionals and Policy Makers, 23 years on!
The course was attended by 21 participants from a range of non-government organizations (ACTED, ACF), United Nations organs (OCHA, UNHCR) and regional organizations, such as the Inter-Governmental Authority for Development (IGAD) and the African Unio| Video -
Women humanitarians: Strength, power, perseverance
This World Humanitarian Day, we celebrate women who provide life-saving aid to people affected by armed conflict. Women play an important role in humanitarian response, from physical rehabilitation to the delivery of emergency supplies.| Article -
Brazil: armed violence in the cities and the Safer Access methodology
Urban Violence in BrazilThe armed violence and its most visible indicators have increased in cities in Brazil and in many countries in Latin America and the world: homicides, confrontations among armed groups, deaths and injury by stray bullets, amon| Article -
The Geneva Conventions are for All of Us
This year marks an important milestone: 70 years since States convened to adopt the historic 1949 Geneva Conventions in the aftermath of the Second World War.| Article