The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has been operating in Israel and the Occupied Territories since 1967. Since the outbreak of the conflict between Israel and Hamas on 7 October 2023, the ICRC has been actively involved in providing a humanitarian response in Gaza and Israel, including during the release of hostages from Gaza.
In this presentation, we will learn about the mandate of the organisation globally, and with particular focus on ICRC’s actions since the outbreak of hostilities in Gaza and Israel, and the devastating suffering that ensued.
Speaker
Noa Schreuer is a legal adviser at the International Committee of the Red Cross’s (ICRC) delegation in New York, covering weapon files linked to cyber, digital, and outer space. Before joining the ICRC delegation in New York, Noa was a political and legal adviser in international humanitarian law and human rights at the ICRC delegation in Israel and the Occupied Territories. She previously served as a legal adviser with the Ministry of Justice and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Israel.
Noa holds an LL.M. with honours from the Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights, along with a bachelor’s degree in law and communications from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
