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The Power of Humanity: On Being Human Now and in …
WEBThis humanity is our first Fundamental Principle and primary purpose in the Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement and has been summarized as follows since 1965: “To prevent and alleviate human suffering wherever it may be found (and) to protect life and health and ensure respect for the human being.”. This principle of humanity is the
Actived: Just Now
URL: https://blogs.icrc.org/law-and-policy/2019/07/30/power-of-humanity-being-human-now-future/
The transformative potentials of SRHR in humanitarian assistance
WEBDefining armed conflict: some clarity in the fog of war. 11 mins read Access / Analysis / Gender / Gender and conflict / Health care / Health Care / Humanitarian Action / Sexual Violence / Social Inclusion / Social Protection / Special Themes Samit D’Cunha, Tristan Ferraro & Thomas de Saint Maurice. Today, there are over 120 armed conflicts around …
Call by global leaders: work together now to stop cyberattacks on …
WEBToday, the ICRC’s president, Peter Maurer, added his name to a list of more than 40 international leaders calling on the world’s governments to work together to assert in unequivocal terms: cyber operations against healthcare facilities are …
Joint Blog Series: Medical care in armed conflict PART I
WEBRules regarding medical care in armed conflict have been a cornerstone of international humanitarian law (IHL) since it was first codified in 1864. In contemporary conflicts adherence to these, subsequently refined, rules remains crucial. In this two-part post, I discuss a series of questions about IHL rules governing medical care today.
A humanitarian-development nexus that works
WEBA ‘nexus that works’ is also a scenario where humanitarian aid is not only delivered, but where the benefits it brings to people are also protected and safeguarded. Decisions in relation to the conduct of hostilities and the respect for IHL are an essential (and so far missing) piece of the humanitarian-development ‘nexus’.
Cyber attacks against hospitals and the COVID-19 pandemic: How …
WEBA major hospital in Brno, the Czech Republic’s second-biggest city, was hit by a cyber attack on March 13. According to the hospital’s management, the attack forced the staff to postpone urgent surgical interventions, reroute new acute patients, and reduce some of their other activities.The hospital is in charge of administering coronavirus tests in the …
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Accessing Health Care in Haiti
WEBIn this episode, we hear from a Haitian Red Cross volunteer about their work on an ambulance service despite the violence and lack of medical infrastructure. And then we turn to an interview with Mickael Payet, the former ICRC health coordinator in Haiti, to talk about how we work with HRC volunteers in communities to ensure access to emergency
Joint Blog Series: Medical care in armed conflict PART II
WEBBetter Safe than Sorry: Transferring Detainees Safely to Coalition Partners, Tilman Rodenhauser (Legal Advisor, ICRC) – Lawfare. Medical Care in Armed Conflict PART I & PART II, Marco Sassoli (Director of the Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights and Professor of International Law at the Faculty of Law of the
COVID-19 response in conflict zones hinges on respect for …
WEBIn our collective response to COVID-19 in conflict zones, it is vital that key provisions of international humanitarian law are respected in order to respond adequately to the needs of communities, health professionals and authorities during these unprecedented times.
Support & Innovation: Improving Mental Health for
WEBSupport & Innovation: Improving Mental Health for Humanitarian Workers. Humanitarian work can be rewarding – but it can also take a toll on a person’s life balance. For the ICRC, physical security and protection of staff in dangerous settings is an unequivocal priority but there is equally the matter of their mental health, wherein threats
Equal treatment for women in State armed forces: Three practical
WEBGary Murphy, 9 March 2020 An excellent article . Very informative and easy to follow . Well done . WorldPC-Games, 24 August 2021 In the spring of 1941, hundreds of thousands of whites were employed in industries mobilizing for …
Life after the atomic bomb: Testimonies of Hiroshima and …
WEB71 years ago today, the second atomic bomb fell on the Japanese city of Nagasaki. Some 190,000 survivors of the nuclear attacks of World War II – the ‘hibakusha’ – still carry with them memories of death and destruction, radiation-induced diseases and social stigma that the bombs left in their wake.
COVID-19 vaccines and IHL: ensuring equal access in conflict …
WEBProtecting civilians in conflict: the urgency of implementing the Political Declaration on Explosive Weapons in Populated Areas. 9 mins read Analysis / COVID-19 and conflict / Health Care / Humanitarian Action / Law and Conflict Laura Boillot, Laurent Gisel, Paul Holtom, Frederik Siem, Dina Abou Samra & Juliana Helou van der Berg. The …
From the ‘Spanish Flu’ to COVID-19: lessons from the 1918 …
WEBThe 1918 influenza pandemic took place while the First World War was still raging. There were three successive waves: the first in the spring of 1918, the second – and most lethal, responsible for 90% of deaths – in the autumn of 1918, and a final upsurge from the winter of 1918 to the spring of 1919.By the end of the pandemic, more than half of the world’s …
COVID-19 Reading List: Crisis in Global Health and IHL Safeguards
WEBReview article: “Making sense of apparent chaos: health care provision in six country case studies” This research examines the impact on health-care provision of advanced state failure and of the violence frequently associated with it, …
Armed conflict and the pandemic accord
WEBThe COVID-19 pandemic revealed systemic gaps in pandemic preparedness, prevention and response (PPPR). Now, member states of the World Health Organization (WHO) are negotiating a pandemic accord aimed at dealing more effectively with future pandemics.. It’s vital that in these discussions, the needs of people affected by armed conflict and other …
The International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement
WEBThe International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) is a global humanitarian organization, which coordinates and directs international assistance following natural and man-made disasters in non-conflict situations. Its mission is to improve the lives of vulnerable people by mobilizing the power of humanity.
ICRC demands protection of patients, healthcare workers, medical
WEBGaza (ICRC) – The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is urgently calling for the respect and protection of medical facilities, patients and healthcare workers in Gaza. News release 10 November 2023 Overstretched, running on thin supplies and increasingly unsafe, the healthcare system in Gaza has reached a point of no return risking the
Israel and the Occupied Territories
WEBThe first one is that IHL is separate and independent of the rules of international law that regulate whether the resort to force between states is lawful or not. That’s regulated by the United Nations (UN) Charter and other bodies of law. The separation is because IHL is meant to protect the victims of all armed conflicts, whichever side
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