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by Sara Gorelli, for the Italian “Associazione Nazionale Vittime Civili di Guerra” (ANVCG). Find out more about our partner organization at the bottom of this article.   The humanitarian approach to disarmament, also known as Humanitarian Disarmament, is an advocacy movement aimed...
by Riccardo Noury, spokesperson for Amnesty International Italy. Amnesty International - Italy has been our projects’ partner for over a decade, supporting and participating in each of the yearly publications, with data and analyses. Find more about this key...
Translator           Translat Translator       Translator         Translat by InterSos* In the latest escalation of the violent conflict in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, hundreds of thousands of people have been forcibly displaced, while civilians, civilian infrastructure and NGO staff and assets are increasingly targeted....
By Alice Pistolesi One million people have crossed the Ukrainian border in one week. An enormous, overwhelming and extremely rapid exodus, as emphasised by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), Filippo Grandi, who said yesterday: "I have worked...
By Emanuele Giordana Amnesty International's latest report on Myanmar - 'Bullets raining from the sky: War Crimes and Displacement in Eastern Myanmar' - is an investigation conducted by Amnesty International in the two states of Kayin and Kayah. The two...
By Antonio Donini Afghanistan is regularly portrayed as “the graveyard of empires”. The British, Soviets and now the US-led coalition have tried and failed to impose their rule and their ill-thought models of governance and development. On 15 August 2022...
By Sara Gorelli -  L’Osservatorio – Centro di Ricerca sulle Vittime Civili dei Conflitti (Research Centre on Civilian Victims of Conflicts)     As news breaks that Russian troops have begun military operations in Ukraine, it is worth remembering that for civilians...
By Nino Sergi* What is stopping the Presidents of the EU Council and Commission, together with the leaders of the three main Member States, from scheduling a meeting with Putin in Moscow and with Zelensky in Kyiv in order to...
June is the international Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Pride Month. To start this yearly appointment, we have decided to narrate one of the activities of our partner, the humanitarian NGO INTERSOS. In Jordan, mission chief Barbara Foresti explains her team's...
We have written and stood for this many times: the civil ships put to sea by NGOs are islands of humanity, that give hope of survival to those forced to cross the Mediterranean - risking their lives in hopes...

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