Juba (ICRC) – In less than three months, the medical teams of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) have ...

In other words, all parties to an armed conflict have non-negotiable legal—but also moral—obligations to ensure that water ...

“Some of the children were left behind, and they haven’t arrived yet,” said Khadija Adam Youssouf, a refugee who managed to ...

The Geneva Conventions were born out of the smouldering ruins of war – out of genocide, out of mass suffering – to sear into ...

When the hospital was damaged by a strike in 2024, for the second time in a few months, the decision was taken to transfer ...

Manila (ICRC) – The path to lasting peace remains fragile in Marawi City in southern Philippines because of unresolved issues ...

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Patrick Hamilton leads ICRC's operations in Colombia and has two decades’ experience in protecting people in armed conflicts.

In 2024, the ICRC in Afghanistan assisted over 200,000 patients by providing them with prosthetics, orthotics, physiotherapy, ...

“This operation shows how important and irreplaceable the role of neutral intermediary is during armed conflicts, whether in Africa or elsewhere,” said Mirjana Spoljaric, ICRC president. “I hope that ...

This phase began with the safe transfer of four hostages from Gaza to Israeli authorities. Throughout the release process, the ICRC’s primary concern was ensuring the secure transfer of those held ...

Despite a global consensus supporting the Geneva Conventions, adherence to even the most fundamental humanitarian norms is shockingly insufficient in today’s warzones. Current conflicts show, in ...