In Focus

The “In Focus” column includes an annotated, analytical selection of web material presenting alternative points of view of civilian victims’ experience of conflict to arouse readers’ interest.

COVID-19 SPECIAL: Niger, Kenya

South Sudanese refugees practice social distancing at Kakuma camp in Kenya

In Focus by Silvia Luminati

COVID-19 SPECIAL: Algeria, Kashmir

A family walks wearing facemasks in Srinagar, Kashmir

 In Focus by Silvia Luminati

COVID-19 SPECIAL: Mozambique, Burundi

Mozambicans stay 1.5 metres apart as they wait to access to a food distribution at Savane Resettlement Centre

 In Focus by Silvia Luminati

COVID-19 SPECIAL: Mauritania, West Papua

Water point constructed by MSF at Mbera camp, Mauritania

In Focus by Silvia Luminati

COVID-19 SPECIAL: Jordan, Ukraine

A Syrian refugee child uses a water kiosk in Za’atari camp, Jordan

In Focus by Silvia Luminati

COVID-19 SPECIAL: Democratic Republic of the Congo, Venezuela

Healthcare workers wearing PPE in Bunia, DRC

In Focus by Silvia Luminati; Editor: Aleksandra Krol

COVID-19 SPECIAL: Burkina Faso, Chad, Sudan

Sudanese healthcare professionals wear personal protective equipment (PPE) to assist suspected COVID-19 patients

In Focus by Silvia Luminati; Editor: Aleksandra Krol

COVID-19 SPECIAL: Pakistan, Ethiopia, South Sudan

Distribution of hand washing barrels as part of the COVID-19 response in Aysaita refugee camp in Afar, Ethiopia

 

In Focus by Silvia Luminati; Editor: Aleksandra Krol

COVID-19 SPECIAL: Bangladesh, Mali, Central African Republic

IOM doctor helps a Rohingya family in the Kutupalong refugee camp, Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh.

 

In Focus by Silvia Luminati; Editor: Aleksandra Krol

COVID-19 SPECIAL: Turkey, Cameroon, Thailand

A camp for displaced people near the Bab al-Hawa border

In Focus by Silvia Luminati; Editor: Aleksandra Krol

COVID-19 SPECIAL : Uganda, Libya, Philippines

Libyan soldiers wearing masks during a military operation in Tripoli

In Focus by Silvia Luminati; Editor: Aleksandra Krol

COVID-19 SPECIAL: Myanmar, Colombia, Lebanon

A Myanmar woman wearing a traditional facial cosmetic is being checked for fever

 

In Focus by Silvia Luminati; Editor: Sara Gorelli

COVID-19 SPECIAL: Afghanistan, Nigeria, Palestine, Darfur

Palestinian children at the al-Shati refugee camp in Gaza strip.

In Focus by Silvia Luminati; Editor: Sara Gorelli

COVID-19 SPECIAL: Somalia, Yemen, Syria

Disinfection practices at a camp for displaced people in Kafr Jalis village, Syria

In Focus by Silvia Luminati; Editor: Sara Gorelli

As COVID-19 spreads across the globe, how at risk are the world’s refugee and migrant populations?

Refugee camp in Lesbos, Greece

In Focus: 16-20 March 2020 by Phoebe Ohlin; Editor: Aleksandra Krol

As conflict flares in the Middle East, civilians face a humanitarian crisis

Child running through rubble in Benghazi, Libya

In Focus: January 2020 by Phoebe Ohlin; Editor: Aleksandra Krol

“2019 was a particularly deadly year for children”

Children swimming in a waterhole in Burkina Faso.

In Focus: 3-7 February 2020 by Phoebe Ohlin; Editor: Aleksandra Krol

Ahlan Simsim: a TV-show tailored to learning needs of refugee children

Ryan Donnell/Sesame Worshop Children interact with Jad, one of the main characters of the show Ahlan Simsim

The NGOs Sesame Workshop and IRC launch a 100 million dollars project to help refugee kids to recover from trauma

Are we still in time to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals?

Sustainable Development Goal Number 2: Ending world Hunger and food waste

In Focus: 9-13 December 2019

US-Iran: what does this mean for civilians caught in the middle?

Mourners surround a vehicle carrying the coffins of Iranian Maj

6-11 January 2020 Weekly Digest, by Phoebe Ohlin

Escalating violence in Iraq, Mali and Sudan endangers prospects of peace

Integrated patrol unit maintaining security in South Sudan

2-6 December 2019 Weekly Digest, by Phoebe Ohlin

Signs of Hopes for Yemen

Momentum for peace builds in Yemen, as the number of airstrikes has decreased by 80% in the last two weeks

25-29 November 2019 weekly digest, by Phoebe Ohlin

Women’s role in peacebuilding and post-conflict reconstruction is still not sufficiently recognised .

Peaceful protest against gender-based violence on International Women’s Day held in Liberia

18-22 November 2019 weekly digest, by Phoebe Ohlin

International tools to address atrocities

The Peace Palace, seat of the International Court of Justice, the Hague, Netherlands. The Court is the principal judicial body of the United Nations.

11 - 17 November 2019 weekly digest, by Federica Pira

Cases of torture

A torture setting

04-10 November 2019 weekly digest, by Federica Pira

“Their intention was to hurt us, not just to disperse us”

Anti-government protesters advocating for freedom of speech during Lebanon demonstrations. “You will never have the comfort of our silence again”, they say.

21-27 ottobre 2019 Weekly digest, by Federica Pira

“I had to run”

Sudanese displaced people on the run

14 - 20 october 2019 Weekly digest, by Federica Pira

The War may be over. Their trauma is not

A desperate man crying against a wall

7-13 October 2019 weekly digest, by Federica Pira

Women and the Invisible Effects of War

Women hiding behind a door

30 September - 6 October 2019 Weekly Digest, by Federica Pira

“Children pay the Heaviest Price of War”

School Backpacks displayed as tombstones

23-29 Weekly Digest, by Federica Pira

Steps towards accountability

Steps towards accountability

A 16-20 September 2019 weekly digest, by Federica Pira

What's new at ICRC?

What's new at ICRC?

Here there is the 9-15 September 2019 weekly digest by Federica Pira

2-8 September 2019 Week

Somali refugees in Dadaab Camp, waiting to get in the water

Here it is the 2-8 September 2019 weekly digest, by Federica Pira: Giving a voice to women in Somalia.

A lecture on activism: talks the Nobel Peace Prize Kaylash Satyarthi

Together against child exploitation: Nobel Peace Prize Kailash Sathiarthy takes a selfie with a group of students

a personal reflection by Clara Cotroneo

Having the opportunity to attend a lecture taught by a Nobel Peace Prize is a rare and exceptional event in the life of many, students and not.

Protecting the Rohingya: crisis in Rakhine and efforts to end ethnic cleansing

Violent ethnic cleansing in Rakhine has forced over 600,000 Rohingya to flee to Bangladesh

a personal reflection by Hugh Pennicook
In devising strategies to end the atrocities in Rakhine, the international community must be mindful of the challenges that Myanmar’s socio-political context presents for civilian protection.

Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons: What and Why

Activists campaigning for outlawing nuclear weapons

a personal reflection by Artem Churliaev

In July 2017, a diplomatic conference adopted the long-awaited nuclear ban treaty, but its future and potential impacts remain to be seen.
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