• NPA leader wanted for IHL violation nabbed in Masbate

Police arrested on Saturday a high-ranking New People’s Army (NPA) leader operating in Masbate, who is also the No. 5 most wanted person in Pio V. Corpus town.

• Use of anti-personnel mines violation of IHL: CHR

The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) on Monday “strongly” condemned the death of a Far Eastern University football player and his cousin due to anti-personnel landmine attack reportedly perpetrated by guerrillas of the New People’s Army (NPA), armed wing of the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP).

• AFP, UN bodies in PH ink child protection pact

The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and the United Nations (UN) and its other bodies and representatives signed a strategic plan to protect children in armed conflict

• NPA used ‘child warriors’, APMs in Surigao clash

The New People’s Army (NPA) continues to use “child warriors” and anti-personnel mines (APM) — two items that are strictly prohibited under International Humanitarian Law (IHL) — in its deadly pursuit of establishing a communist government in the Philippines.

• UN confirms 26,425 grave violations against children in 2020

An annual report of the UN secretary-general on children and armed conflict verified 26,425 grave violations against children in 2020.

• Pope Francis joins Myanmar bishops’ appeal for humanitarian corridors

Pope Francis on Sunday, June 20, appealed to Myanmar’s military leaders to allow aid to reach displaced, hungry people who have fled fighting since the February 1 coup and to respect religious sites as places of sanctuary.

• Statement from the Director General of the ICRC after his visit to Israel and the Palestine territory.

The humanitarian aid that residents in Gaza need now cannot prevent a nearly inevitable return to nights filled with terror at some point in the near or distant future. That can only come with political solutions.

• ICRC facilitates medical evacuation of wounded people from Togoga village in Tigray

The wounded were transported in ERCS ambulances and are now receiving medical treatment in Ayder Referral hospital in Mekelle

• ICRC strongly condemns the killing of three MSF staff members in Ethiopia

Attacks against humanitarian and health workers seriously undermine the capacity of humanitarian organizations to deliver urgent assistance in the Tigray region, where humanitarian needs continue to grow.

• Nagorno-Karabakh conflict: Stories of displacement, loss and starting over

Double rows of cars mixed with a crowd of people; all sluggishly move along the narrow road.

The crowd heads to a large hill that holds a burial ground and stands as a stark reminder of the young lives that have been lost.

• Burkina Faso: When water scarcity meets conflict

Burkina Faso has been experiencing a humanitarian crisis since armed conflict broke out in 2016. As in the rest of the Sahel region, a prolonged drought has only made things worse.