On 24 June 1859, the future founder of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), Henry Dunant, got the shock of his life. He arrived in Solferino, a town in northern Italy, to discover the ...

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

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

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

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

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

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

We have offices in over 90 countries around the world, providing assistance and protection to people affected by conflict.

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

We are heartbroken by the deaths of two of our dear colleagues, Ibrahim Eid and Ahmad Abu Hilal, who were killed in a strike on their homes in Khan Younis on 24 May 2025. Ibrahim worked as a Weapon ...

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 ...

患者大量涌入是该国过去数月武装冲突和暴力局势升级以及由此引发的人道危机范围扩大而直接导致的。数千民众被迫逃离家园，而且往往是一再逃离，另有数百人或死或伤。