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Building a stronger foundation

Why a solid legal foundation is the first building block for effective and principled humanitarian action.

Movement mourns more aid worker killings

Movement mourns more aid worker killings More Movement aid workers have tragically lost their lives after being deliberately targeted in violent attacks. In September, a physiotherapist in ICRC’s rehabilitation centre in Mazare- Sharif, Afghanistan, was shot, apparently by a patient, as she went about her daily work helping people relearn how to walk or complete [...]

Preparing for the worst

Technological disasters present great challenges for local first responders.