Manila (ICRC) – The deep scars left by the 2017 conflict in Marawi City, Lanao del Sur in southern Philippines, continue to haunt over 100,000 people who still do not have a home to return to...
Imaginez la douleur d’un père séparé de ses enfants. Imaginez l’angoisse de vivre sans aucune nouvelle de sa progéniture. Issa Abdoulaye, lui, n’a pas besoin de l’imaginer. Il connait parfaitement ce...
Depuis 2016, la situation sécuritaire et humanitaire se dégrade rapidement, dans le nord et l'est du pays. Les violences armées et la confrontation entre acteurs armés ont causé de nombreuses...
Graham Parsons As I write, a boy, no older than 2, is bouncing around the café, laughing and ‘chatting’ with passersby. He is a sweet, adorable child. You might not even notice that his clothing...
Several years ago, young children were mesmerized by the appearance of a four-wheel drive vehicle that sped into their community with a group of armed men. The truck crisscrossed the main...
As days of rain, flood-waters and high winds from Cyclone Kenneth recede, the catastrophic destruction left behind is becoming clearer. Tens of thousands of people are homeless and little remains in...
Guatemala – El Comité Internacional de la Cruz Roja (CICR), en colaboración con la Organización Internacional para las Migraciones (OIM) y el Equipo Argentino de Antropología Forense (EAAF), realiza...
Nadie sabe con precisión cuántos niños participan actualmente en enfrentamientos o se ven envueltos en conflictos armados de todo el mundo. Sin embargo, una cosa es cierta: les han quitado su...
ICRC President Peter Maurer address, SIPRI Forum on Peace and Development, Stockholm, 14 May 2019. Some of you may be asking why a representative of a humanitarian organisation is offering...
ICRC President Peter Maurer address, Centre for Strategic and International Studies, Washington DC We all see the enormous violations of international humanitarian law in conflicts around the world,...