Mounting an effective international humanitarian response to a chemical, biological, radiological or nuclear (CBRN) event, especially if the response is undertaken on an ad hoc basis, would be extremely difficult and would pose many risks to the responders. The International Committee of the Red Cro...ss (ICRC) has created a competency-based capacity to respond to at least small-scale CBRN events, including a deployable capability to undertake operational activities. This involves informed assessments of CBRN risks, timely and competent decisions on how to respond, and effectively mobilizing appropriate resources to implement these decisions, through the creation of an emergency roster. In addition to the acquisition of technical expertise and material resources, the creation of such capacity requires the application of central processes, ensuring systematic management of CBRN response (including risk-based decision-making), standing operational procedures, and availability of and access to the necessary resources. Implementation of the ICRC's CBRN response framework as described in this article should be considered by any agency or other stakeholder preparing for international humanitarian assistance in CBRN events – especially if such events are related to armed conflict.
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                                                                A guidance document in simple language for health personnel, setting out their rights and responsibilities in conflict and other situations of violence. It explains how responsibilities and rights for health personnel can be derived from international humanitarian law, human rights law and medical e...thics.The document gives practical guidance on:
- The protection of health personnel, the sick and the wounded; - Standards of practice; - The health needs of particularly vulnerable people; - Health records and transmission of medical records; - "Imported" health care (including military health care); 
- Data gathering and health personnel as witnesses to violations of international law; - Working with the media
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                                                                Many migrants find themselves with limited access, if any, to information about risks, prevention measures, health care and other essential services. Migrants in transit, those in need of international protection or without legal status are likely to be particularly vulnerable, as well as those who ...are homeless, held in detention, living in camps, formal or informal settlements or otherwise precarious conditions
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                                                                COVID-19 poses challenges in places of detention, given the specific vulnerabilities of detainees and difficulty of containing outbreaks in such settings. The ICRC's approach to COVID-19 in detention is anchored in support to the authorities who are primarily and ultimately responsible for the wellb...eing of detainees and staff.
In the context of a public health crisis, it is crucial to ensure good communication with detainees, staff and visitors on the scale of the pandemic and the measures taken to prevent its spread.
The ICRC has produced three sensitization and training videos for use by detaining authorities and for all in the wider public who may be affected by detention, such as families of detainees. Using an existing virtual prison environment, the recommended response of a fictional detaining authority is portrayed.
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                                                                It is targeted towards humanitarian settings and aims to complement other guidance on the management of the dead with a stronger focus on the practical realities faced when dealing with the dead in humanitarian settings. The guidance offers practical recommendations for the management of the bodies ...or human remains of persons who died from COVID-19
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                                                                Accessed: 25.04.2020
COVID-19 represents a dramatic new threat to life in war-torn countries. International humanitarian law (IHL) is a key legal framework that provides crucial safeguards to people affected by armed conflicts. This overview summarizes some of the main provisions of IHL that may ...be particularly relevant during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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                                                                As the crisis in Syria moves into its second decade, a survey commissioned by the International Committee of the Red Cross highlights the heavy price paid by young Syrians.
1,400 Syrians between the ages of 18-25 were surveyed in Syria, Lebanon and Germany. Across the three countries, young peopl...e spoke of families and friendships torn apart, immense economic hardship and worry, frustrated ambitions, missed milestones and the profound psychological toll of years of relentless violence and disruption.
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                                                                Every day, health-care providers are being attacked, patients discriminated against, ambulances held up at checkpoints, hospitals bombed, medical supplies looted and entire communities cut off from critical services around the world.
Between January 2012 and December 2014, the ICRC documented n...early 2,400 violent incidents against health care in 11 countries experiencing armed conflict or other violence. In over 90% of cases, local health-care providers were affected, seriously threatening the effectiveness and sustainability of national health-care systems. These numbers might well just be the tip of the iceberg
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                                                                We know that your current situation is incredibly dangerous and distressing for you and your loved ones. You are not alone. The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), the Ukrainian Red Cross Society and other partners are doing their best to help you.
                                                            
                         
                     
                                                        
                        
                        
                            
                            
                                                                We know that your current situation is incredibly dangerous and distressing for you and your loved ones. You are not alone. The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and the Ukrainian Red Cross Society are doing their best to help you.
You can contact the Ukrainian Red Cross Society from ...anywhere in the country: 0 800 331 800.
To contact the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC): • Kyiv 0 800 300 155 ; • Slaviansk 0 800 300 115; • Severodonetsk 0 800 300 125; • Mariupol 0 800 300 165; • Donestsk 0 800 300 185; • Luhansk 0 800 300 195
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                                                                A practical manual presenting the specific knowledge, skills and practices that First Aiders should have to act safely and effectively when caring for people caught up in armed conflicts and other situations of violence, such as internal disturbances and tensions.
                                                            
                         
                     
                                                        
                        
                        
                            
                            
                                                                Reducing the humanitarian impact of the use of explosive weapons in populated areas is a key priority for the United 
Nations, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), civil society and an increasing number of Member States. 
The United Nations Secretary-General has expressly called on... parties to conflict to avoid the use in populated areas of 
explosive weapons with wide-area effects. 
While the use of explosive weapons in populated areas may in some circumstances be lawful under international 
humanitarian law (IHL), empirical evidence reveals a foreseeable and often widespread pattern of harm to civilians, 
particularly from explosive weapons with wide-area effects. 
Many types of explosive weapons exist and are currently in use. These include air-delivered bombs, artillery projectiles, 
missiles and rockets, mortar bombs, and improvised explosive devices (IEDs). Some are launched from the air and 
others are surface launched. Whilst different technical features dictate their accuracy of delivery and explosive effect, 
these weapons generally create a zone of blast and fragmentation with the potential to kill, injure or damage anyone 
or anything within that zone. This makes their use in populated areas – such as towns, cities, markets and camps for 
refugees and displaced persons or other concentrations of civilians – particularly problematic. The problems increase 
further if the effects of the weapon extend across a wide-area either because of the scale of blast that they produce; their 
inaccuracy; the use of multiple munitions across an area; or a combination thereof.
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                                                                This guidelines is aimed at humanitarian and human rights actors engaged in protection work, and is intended to act as an easy reference to the minimum standards to be met and the recommended guidelines to be followed in such work.
The 45 standards and 15 guidelines are reproduced in full, together... with a short explanation in each case of the main challenges they are designed to address
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                                                                Working with limited resources in armed conflict and other situations of violence. Vol.2