Making Sense of ISIS and Ongoing Armed Conflicts
November 30, 2015 In the news: It is seemingly unlikely that Turkey’s shooting down of a Russian jet this week will escalate into further hostilities between the two states, but […]
Monthly Archives: November 2015
An Engaging Humanitarian Education Tool
I had many wonderful opportunities as a college student to both learn and instruct with the American Red Cross and our IHL Action Campaigns. It was a structured way to […]
And the Infamous Title Goes to…
November 23, 2015 In the news: The refugee/migrant crisis reached a critical stage after the attacks in Paris when evidence that one of the attackers had a Syrian passport, reportedly […]
Training in Action: A New Year of IHL Action Campaigns
All 20 Chapters and Regions involved in the IHL Action Campaign are underway with preparations for the new year. St. Louis, Utah, Kentucky, and Southeast Michigan have already completed training […]
Joining the Humanitarian Movement
Author: Alexa Magee, American Red Cross Volunteer. *This story was submitted for the Humanitarian Education Storytelling Campaign launched by the American Red Cross and the International Federation of the Red […]
ISIS’s Lenghtening Reach, and Other Instances of Violence Around the World
November 16, 2015 In the news: While this was not the first ISIS-affiliated attack outside of Syria and Iraq, the bombings and shootings that led to the deaths of at least […]
The International Humanitarian Fact-Finding Commission’s Untapped Potential
Photo Credits: STR/AFP/Getty Images The International Humanitarian Law (IHL) team held a brown bag lunch on Tuesday, October 20, 2015 to discuss the recent U.S. airstrikes on a Doctors Without […]
