 International Committee of the Red Cross
19 October 2018 | 1:00 pm
South Sudan: ICRC facilitates release of 24 detainees
News release | Juba/Geneva – The ICRC has facilitated the release of 24 persons detained in relation to the conflict in South Sudan, including 16 detainees released on Friday. 18 October 2018 | 8:15 am
International Conference on the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons
Report | The International Conference on the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons (CCW) took place in New Dehli on 5 – 6 December 2017. 17 October 2018 | 7:45 pm
Exchange with the High Representative for Disarmament Affairs and other High-Level Officials on the current state of affairs in the field of disarmament and arms control
Statement | Statement of Robert Mardini, Permanent Observer of the ICRC to the United Nations. UN General Assembly, 73rd session First Committee. 17 October 2018 | 7:45 pm
ICRC activities in Libya
Article | Seven years of armed conflict in Libya has left its people with coping mechanisms that are rapidly eroding. Daily life has become difficult and hundreds of thousands of people either remain displaced or are trying to return home. 17 October 2018 | 6:15 pm
General Debate on all disarmament and international security agenda items
Statement | United Nations General Assembly, 73rd Session, First Committee. Statement delivered by Ms. Kathleen Lawand, Head of Arms Unit, ICRC. 17 October 2018 | 5:30 pm
Peru: Police officers from the Americas analyse ways of reducing the humanitarian impact of urban violence
News release | Senior police officers representing fifteen countries of the Americas are gathered from October 17 to 19, in Cusco, Peru, to analyse the challenges posed by urban violence and to seek possible solutions to help reduce the humanitarian cost in the con 17 October 2018 | 11:30 am
Global trends of war and their humanitarian impacts
Statement | A perfect storm of converging trends in global warfare is changing how the ICRC needs to think about helping those caught in conflict. 17 October 2018 | 9:30 am
Cash in conflict debate gains momentum in London this week
Article | The debate surrounding cash assistance in conflict is back on the agenda this week, as Cash Week 2018 gets under way in London.A series of events and workshops are taking place across the capital, including a panel discussion on Thursday (18th Octobe 17 October 2018 | 4:45 am
Kachin: Relief trickles in with water supply system at IDP camp
Article | For the internally displaced people (IDP) living in a camp in Myanmar's Kachin State, this was a part of their harsh reality till recently. 16 October 2018 | 12:45 pm
Nigeria: Health worker Hauwa Mohammed Liman executed in captivity
News release | A second health worker held hostage in Nigeria has been murdered. |
