The course is intended for graduate and post-graduate students, research fellows and other academics, practitioners working on disaster-management issues for national and international organizations, NGOs and other actors active in the area (e.g. IFRC, national Red Cross Societies, etc.).
Over the last years, the impact of natural and technological disasters has been constantly on the rise, both within and outside the EU. Looking at this phenomenon through a legal lens, it is widely acknowledged that disasters heavily impact on the rights of the affected communities. At the same time, humanitarian organizations insist that human rights principles should be integrated into disaster management policies in order to strengthen prevention, response, and recovery efforts, while increasing the protection of the affected individuals and communities. However, the real impact of human rights standards on disaster prevention and response has been insufficiently explored so far. Efforts to diss
IFRC, ICRC to support Iranian Red Crescent humanitarian efforts
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TEHRAN, 8 May 2020 (IRCS) – On the occasion of May 8, World Red Cross and Red Crescent Day, Dr Karim Hemmati, IRCS President, Atta Durrani, IFRC Programme Coordination and Cooperation Manager for Iran and Daniel Munoz-Rojas, Head of ICRC Delegation in Tehran, responded to reporters’ questions in a joint press conference.
Red Crescent continues to buy and import vaccines into the country
Referring to the importance of vaccinating people against the coronavirus in the current situations, IRCS president said that the lack of access to frozen assets made it difficult to get the vaccine, but despite the problems caused by the sanctions, we were able to get vaccines and vaccinate high-risk target groups.
World Red Cross Day 2021: Theme, significance, quotes, images for WhatsApp and Facebook status
World Red Cross Day 2021: The theme of World Red Cross Day 2021 is Together we are unstoppable . Check here all you need to know about the day.
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World Red Cross Day is also known as Red Crescent Day is celebrated on May 8 every year. This date marks the birth anniversary of Henry Dunant, who is the founder of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC). He is also a recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize. He was born on May 8, 1828.
It is an annual celebration of their principles. The day is celebrated by the Red Cross society across all the countries. It works for the welfare of people. World Red Cross Society provides for food shortages, natural disasters, wars as well as diseases of an epidemic.
World Red Cross and Red Crescent Day to be celebrated on May 8
World Red Cross and Red Crescent Day is an annual celebration of the principles of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement. World Red Cross Red Crescent Day is celebrated on 8 May each year.
This date is the anniversary of the birth of Henry Dunant (born 8 May 1828), the founder of International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and the recipient of the first Nobel Peace Prize.
The idea for an annual action [that] could take hold in the whole world . [that] would be a major contribution to peace was introduced just after World War I and evolved out of the Red Cross Truce, an initiative that was studied by an international commission established at the 14th International Conference of the Red Cross.