23 min

Episode 12: Ethiopia - operational and legal response to armed conflict Humanity in War (ICRC)

    • News Commentary

The ICRC has been present in Ethiopia since the 1977 Ethio-Somalia armed conflict. However, the eruption of conflict in Northern Ethiopia between the Ethiopian armed forces and the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF)in November 2020 led to a significant increase in humanitarian needs and a consequent upscaling of operations and .

In this episode, ICRC’s Operational Legal Adviser based in Addis Ababa Romaric Ferraro discusses the ongoing conflicts in Ethiopia as well as the operational and legal response to the humanitarian needs caused by them.

Read the accompanying blog piece here: https://blogs.icrc.org/law-and-policy/

The ICRC has been present in Ethiopia since the 1977 Ethio-Somalia armed conflict. However, the eruption of conflict in Northern Ethiopia between the Ethiopian armed forces and the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF)in November 2020 led to a significant increase in humanitarian needs and a consequent upscaling of operations and .

In this episode, ICRC’s Operational Legal Adviser based in Addis Ababa Romaric Ferraro discusses the ongoing conflicts in Ethiopia as well as the operational and legal response to the humanitarian needs caused by them.

Read the accompanying blog piece here: https://blogs.icrc.org/law-and-policy/

23 min