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"Today, from the Democratic Republic of the Congo to Gaza, Sudan, Ukraine and Yemen, we are witnessing a global and collective failure to protect civilians in armed conflicts" says ICRC's president Mirjana Splojaric. Statement for the first international follow-up conference to review implementation of the Political Declaration on explosive weapons in populated areas on

International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) president:

Bridget Forster, soldier, lawyer and humanitarian, left the UN and moved to Cork in 2022. Here she tells us more...

At a school in Ukraine, four-year olds learn not to touch any of the colorful debris in their backyards. In a rural community in Zimbabwe, farmers and cattle risk their lives going out to graze.

For more than five months, the Israeli army has been pounding the Gaza Strip.

Is Israel adhering to the gold standard for civilian harm mitigation in its operations in Gaza?

In late February, I joined youth from 14 countries for a four-day seminar on the rising civilian toll caused by bombing and shelling with explosive weapons in towns and cities during armed conflict.

After two years of the escalation of the war in Ukraine, civilians and communities are isolated and hard to reach

A Cedar Rapids man was arrested over the weekend for possession of explosive devices.

BROOKFIELD, WI—Saying he had purchased the artifact of 20th-century warfare at a steal in an online auction, local uncle Kyle Javorsky reportedly announced this week that he had an undetonated World War II-era grenade he wanted to show you. “You recognize that, right? That’s an Mk 2,” said Javorsky, who reportedly…