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Youth Action Campaign: Making a Global Impact in High School

by American Red Cross October 23, 2019October 23, 2019

Evan Edler is a 16-year-old Red Cross volunteer from Massachusetts, who spent this past year participating in his school’s International Humanitarian Law (IHL) Youth Action Campaign. IHL is a set …

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Senator McCain Spoke Out Against Torture and Stood Up for the Geneva Conventions

by Jenelle Eli, American Red Cross August 27, 2018August 27, 2018

Senator John McCain—a long-serving legislator and a fierce advocate of the Geneva Conventions—passed away on Saturday, August 25, at the age of 81. As a prisoner in North Vietnam from …

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Generation Y and IHL: Why Should Millennials Care?

by American Red Cross August 6, 2015October 23, 2019

Post by  Jessica Lach, IHL Youth Education Intern. Originally posted on the Humanity in War blog. Millennials, the generation born between 1980 and the mid-2000s, are said to be full of complexities …

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Learning that Even Wars Have Limits

by Niki Clark June 6, 2014June 6, 2014

Some created Monopoly-style board games. Others held highly-attended flash mobs on their college campus. Still others role-played as soldiers, civilians, prisoners and humanitarian workers in the simulation game Raid Cross. …

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Raid Cross: Learning the Rules of War in the Classroom

by Niki Clark October 10, 2013October 11, 2013

by Emily Kenney, Intern International Humanitarian Law The people looking back at me in the mirror were unrecognizable. Dressed head-to-toe in army fatigues with hats, sunglasses and bandanas covering our …

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“Get down! Get down! You are now Prisoners of War!”

by Niki Clark December 20, 2012December 28, 2012

By Jillian Kaplan, Central New York Region IHL Team Mentor Two Americorps volunteers, Heather Powell and Kaelyn Madden, burst into the room covered in camouflage, holding neon water guns and …

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Known for Innovation, Seattle Welcomes IHL Exploration

by Attie Poirier March 21, 2012March 21, 2012

In a bustling convention center amidst more than 4,100 independent school leaders, teachers, best-selling authors, exhibitors and even Bill Gates – there was me. I’m Kathryn Bluher, the AmeriCorps Communications …

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Maintaining human dignity in the midst of war

by Gloria Huang February 23, 2012August 25, 2021

What purpose does International Humanitarian Law serve in times of war? Read some examples of how IHL helps preserve human dignity and works towards times of peace.

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