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  • Profession: doctor health unit

    18-05-2012 Job Opportunity

  • South Sudan: thousands displaced as fighting escalates

    Since the beginning of the year, the ICRC has stepped up its efforts to respond to mounting humanitarian needs in South Sudan. In early April, needs increased further when hostilities erupted along the border with Sudan. Update of activities with photos by Tom Stoddart.

    16-05-2012 Operational Update

  • Profession: assistant - multilateral organizations, policy & human action

    16-05-2012 Job Opportunity

  • South Sudan: struggling for survival as conflict intensifies

    People living in the border region between South Sudan and Sudan are struggling to survive in an area gripped by armed violence that continues to escalate. Getty photographer Tom Stoddart captures their struggle and the ICRC's efforts to help them.

    16-05-2012 Photo gallery

  • Yemen: scores of civilian casualties in intense fighting in Abyan

    Sana'a/Geneva (ICRC) – Over the past few days, an escalation in fighting has resulted in scores of civilian casualties in Ja'ar, Abyan governorate.

    16-05-2012 News Release

  • IHL bibliography

    The bibliography contains English and French articles related to international humanitarian law subjects. It is based on the acquisitions made by the ICRC library.

    15-05-2012 Miscellaneous

  • Sri Lanka: living daily in a state of anguish and uncertainty

    “Disappearance is far worse than death, because when a person dies, when I know that so-and-so is dead, the story ends and somehow or other we close the chapter. But when a person has disappeared, it is an eternal suffering.” A representation made before the Commission of Inquiry on Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation, 12 November 2010.

    15-05-2012 Feature

  • Sri Lanka: a systemic approach to tackling recurrent problems in prisons

    Making confidential visits to people detained in connection with armed conflict or other situations of violence, with the purpose of assessing their conditions of detention, is an integral part of the ICRC’s work. The ICRC is currently performing this humanitarian work in over 70 different countries around the world.

    15-05-2012 Feature

  • Florence Nightingale Medal: a century of nursing excellence

    Exactly a century ago, the Florence Nightingale Medal was instituted by the ICRC. It is the highest international distinction that can be awarded to a nurse. On the occasion of International Nurses Day (12 May), the ICRC looks back at 100 years of nursing excellence from around the world.

    12-05-2012 Photo gallery

  • 100 years on, ICRC nurses face greater challenges than ever before

    Exactly 100 years ago, the Florence Nightingale Medal was instituted by the ICRC, the highest international distinction that can be awarded to a nurse. On the occasion of International Nurses Day (12 May), the ICRC looks at the extraordinary challenges facing nurses in today's armed conflicts.

    11-05-2012 Interview

  • Violence against health care must end: it's a matter of life and death

    Growing evidence shows a lack of respect for the health-care delivery system during situations of armed violence. This increased vulnerability has led to a shocking human cost. Maïté Pahud is an ICRC nurse who has worked in conflict zones for 25 years. This article written by Ms Pahud first appeared in the International Nursing Review on 2 March 2012.

    11-05-2012 Article


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