Multimedia Newsroom
Videos Photos Documents Maps Press Releases Contact Us
Register Login

223 Results for Europe & Central Asia

Syria: Urgent medical evacuations underway in Eastern Ghouta
28-12-2017
So far, 16 patients, the majority children, have been medically evacuated with their families from Eastern Ghouta to Damascus by the Syrian Arab Red Crescent (SARC) and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC). They are now in hospitals receiving life-saving treatment.
ENG العربية
Number of families separated by conflict, violence or natural disaster at five-year high, says International Committee of the Red Cross
11-12-2017
Geneva - The number of families being separated by conflict, violence and natural disaster is at a five year high according to data from the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC).
ENG RUS
Ukraine: 20 years since Ottawa, much remains to be done
06-12-2017
Twenty years have passed since the adoption in Ottawa, Canada of the Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-Personnel Mines and on their Destruction, commonly known as the Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention
ENG
Falkland/Malvinas Islands: ICRC presents results of humanitarian forensic identification project
01-12-2017
Geneva (ICRC) – The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has today handed out its forensic reports resulting from the work it carried out to identify the mortal remains of Argentine soldiers buried in Darwin cemetery.
ENG
China: Law schools vie for top spot in humanitarian law competition
30-11-2017
The contest for the best resumes this year as students from 33 universities participate in the 11th Red Cross International Humanitarian Law Moot Court Competition, Mainland China Round from 1st to 3rd December at the KoGuan Law School of Shanghai Jiao Tong University.
ENG 中文
Aid reaches thousands displaced by clashes in Maguindanao
30-11-2017
Manila (ICRC) - Thousands of displaced families in central Mindanao’s Maguindanao province have been deprived of basic everyday necessities as intense fighting persists in the area.To help around 11,600 people in Shariff Saydona Mustapha municipality, the International Committee of the Red Cross...
ENG 中文
ICRC calls attention to overlooked humanitarian tragedy of missing migrants with powerful new website
29-11-2017
(Geneva) - The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) today launches a new website - missingmigrants.icrc.org - calling global attention to the human stories behind the humanitarian tragedies of those who go missing along migration routes.The website is part of a concerted effort by the...
ENG SPA 中文
20 Years after Ottawa: Landmines still Destroy Lives
29-11-2017
It is 20 years since the Ottawa Convention banning anti-personnel landmines was adopted, but the legacy of these devastating weapons lives on. Landmines need just an instant to create a catastrophic injury that lasts a lifetime. And for decades, landmines were used in huge numbers, all over the world. In the years before the Convention, Erik Tollefsen, the ICRC’s head of Weapons Contamination, remembers mine clearance as an almost hopeless task.
ENG
CHINA: Experts discuss the control of arms in international and domestic law
28-11-2017
Beijing (ICRC) - A round table on The control of arms in international and domestic law: Legal and Policy Considerations , co-organized by the International committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and the China Arms Control and Disarmament Association (CACDA), takes place in Beijing today.
ENG 中文
Two billion CHF to fund critical humanitarian operations in 2018
28-11-2017
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has asked its donors for more than 2 billion Swiss Francs to fund its field operations in 2018, to assist and protect millions of people affected by conflict and other situations of violence.
ENG SPA العربية 中文
Multimedia Newsroom
Images & footage available to download at no charge.
They may not be sold or transferred to a third party or used for commercial purpose.
Caution: our footage can be distressing.
Categories
Quick Links
Privacy Policy | Copyright
ICRC ©2024 - All right reserved