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It's one thing if a politician in a small country says a little bit of torturing is good to do. There is a qualitative…

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The ICRC did not see Nazi Germany for what it was. Instead, the organization maintained the illusion that the Third Reich was a 'regular…

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In our fibre-optic world of tweets and tablets, we are more conscious of the world around us. The technicolour violence and humanitarian abuses of…

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There is a clear business case for building the resilience and capacity of local communities, businesses, and institutions because a peaceful, educated, and productive…

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Each day that passes without kids being able to go to school is an enormous burden on the future.

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Until the last nuclear weapon is eliminated, more must also be done to reduce the risk of a detonation. Nuclear-armed states should reduce the…

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The International Committee of the Red Cross visits roughly half a million detainees in nearly 100 countries each year. It's our job to try…

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You can't expect humanitarian and development agencies to rebuild Syria. There is not enough money. There is not enough capacity. There are not enough…

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Trust into leadership evaporates with communities when they see that their problems are not adequately addressed, neither at the national level nor at the…

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While the nature of warfare is changing and wars are moving into cities, they are also becoming longer and their consequences more impactful.

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Concrete steps are needed to reduce the role of nuclear weapons in military plans, doctrines, and policies.

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We believe that settlement expansion policies pursued in recent decades by successive Israeli governments have facilitated the process of de-facto annexation. It has complicated…

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