accessibility & help
This page displays all items on the site tagged with the term you clicked on. They are displayed in order of how recently they've been updated, with the most recently updated item first.
The emblem of the red cross on a white background is the visible sign of protection under the Geneva Conventions.
25 Aug 2011
The International Committee of the Red Cross helped journalists who were trapped in the Rixos Hotel leave yesterday and led them to safety.
11 Aug 2011
Around the world, millions more wounded and ill people could be saved if their access to healthcare weren’t impeded by violence.
Following the fall of Saddam Hussein, people were in urgent need of food, water, shelter and medical care.
18 May 2011
As fighting continues in Misrata and other cities in Libya, civilians are struggling to get medical aid and health workers are among the casualties.
The Red Cross and Red Crescent worked around the clock to provide relief and support to hospitals in Gaza with medical supplies, generators and a surgical team.
21 Mar 2011
The Red Cross is deeply concerned about the intensification of fighting in Libya, with the risk to civilian lives.
07 Mar 2011
Two British Red Cross workers have been deployed to Tunisia to help with the growing aid effort for refugees fleeing violence in Libya.
The four Geneva Conventions, agreed by every country, set out how soldiers and civilians should be treated in wartime.
Even in times of war, there are rules. Find out about the rules designed to protect people during armed conflict.