Relief News Updates
Israel and the occupied territories: ICRC calls for an agreement between the parties to enable humanitarian action in Gaza
The weaponization of outer space is not inevitable
- Israel and the Occupied Territories: ICRC appalled by harrowing videos of Israeli hostages in Gaza
- Israel and the Occupied Territories: ICRC mourns killing of Palestine Red Crescent Society staff member in Gaza
Thailand: Asia-Pacific Symposium discusses IHL and new technologies of warfare
Mozambique: ICRC increases its humanitarian response in Mocimboa da Praia
Ethiopia: “Many pregnant women have died due to lack of medicine and health services”
Colombia: 2025 set to be the decade’s worst year in humanitarian terms
Haiti: Displaced people face violence, hardship and uncertainty
ICRC Writing Competition VI: Upholding Humanity
Chad: Behind bars, detainees learn how to rebuild their lives
Influencing behavioural change for better prevention of sexual violence in armed conflict
Twenty Years of ICRC in China: From Origins to Vision
Sudan: Attacks in Kordofan states cause hundreds of deaths, mass displacement and the collapse of essential services
80 years after the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki: A call to eliminate nuclear weapons
Syria: ICRC gains access to Sweida, calls for sustained humanitarian response
Global Initiative on IHL: Strong Engagement in First Phase of Consultations
Luxembourg: ICRC Director-General’s visit reflects the long-standing strategic partnership with Luxembourg
Iraq: Photography Award 2025
Afghanistan: Futsal for empowering children with disabilities
Israel and the occupied territories: ICRC president calls for urgent collective action by states to end abhorrent suffering in Gaza
Hiroshima 80 years on: The humanitarian imperative to eliminate nuclear weapons
Poland: ICRC Brings Together National Societies and IFRC to Boost Emergency Preparedness in Europe
Poland: The 2nd Regional Conference of European National IHL Committees (NIHLC) in Warsaw
Poland: Sub-regional Restoring Family Links Conference hosted by the Polish Red Cross
Hungary: 8 May Celebrations
Romania: 1st High-level IHL Conference organized by the Romanian Red Cross with ICRC’s support
Nigeria: “We go to bed hungry sometimes for two to three days”
Nigeria: Hunger deepens as farmers in the conflict-affected northeast struggle to survive
Ethiopia: A personal account on helping affected communities in Oromia
More than 30 years after Iran-Iraq war, families still hope to find out the fate of their missing loved ones
- Iran: Robert Mardini, Director General of the ICRC on the IRCS’s 100th anniversary
DRC: The ICRC stands ready to support detainee releases between conflict parties
Syria: ICRC warns of deteriorating humanitarian conditions in Sweida and southern Syria
ICRC voices: Life and Death in the Red Cross Field Hospital
The ICRC and China: cooperation in humanitarian forensics
ICRC mourns colleague killed in Gaza
ICRC accompanies Iranian Red Crescent Society to locations affected by hostilities
- Humanitarian Exemptions in Domestic Counterterrorism Legislation - Factsheet
Yemen: A new medical clinic opens at Sa’ada New Remand Prison to improve health and living conditions of detainees
Israel and the occupied territories: Red Cross Field Hospital in Rafah receives unprecedented influx of fatalities
Philippines: Understanding challenges in detention through Health Information System
Israel and the occupied territories: ICRC outraged by attack that wounded ICRC staff, PRCS volunteer during Gaza rescue mission
Srebrenica: 30 Years of Remembrance and Search for Missing Family Members Continues
China: Experts call for international cooperation to regulate the use of AI in armed conflict
Ukraine: DNA and Dignity for the Deceased
Philippines: Strengthening the protection of health care workers in Mindanao
ICRC Annual Report 2024
Philippines: Supporting displaced families in Maguindanao del Sur
“I want to heal and go home”: Red Cross Field Hospital in Gaza grapples with unprecedented wave of mass casualty incidents
Gaza: ICRC staff member wounded by a stray bullet while on duty at the Red Cross Field Hospital in Rafah
Sri Lanka: The ICRC hosts the 2nd National Conference for Families of Missing Persons in Sri Lanka
Decades of waiting: Supporting families of the missing in Azerbaijan
Niger: ICRC ceases operations
Egypt: Stories of connecting loved ones
- The humanitarian consequences of armed conflict: Promoting respect for and good practices in the application of international humanitarian law
Israel and the occupied territories: ICRC alarmed by intensification of Gaza hostilities amid decimated healthcare system
Mongolia: Promoting Humanitarian Principles at Khaan Quest 2025
- Iran: Tehran delegation organized a workshop on management of the dead after disasters for operational managers of NDMO and IRCS
Frequently asked questions: The ICRC's work in Iran
- ICRC president: When the rules of war are applied selectively, they lose their protective power
ICRC Global Cyber Hub in Luxembourg: highlights humanitarian use of digital tech at Luxembourg’s first GRC Summit
Myanmar: Rebuilding lives shattered by earthquake and armed conflict
China: establishment of the university alliance to promote international humanitarian law
Syria: When access is key, assistance is a lifeline
Ethiopia: Tens of thousands of people receive seeds and fertilizers in conflict-affected regions
ICRC–IFRC Joint Statement on Universalization of the Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention
ICRC Humanitarian Visa d’or Award: Saher Alghorra honoured for his photojournalism on civilians in Gaza
ICRC president: Humanity is failing under our collective watch
Sexual violence in conflict: Victims and survivors need more than words
Iran: Red Cross & Red Crescent Movement partners’ advanced workshop for Iranian Red Crescent Society’s management
- Iran: Moot Court Competition Memorial of Henry Dunant
Iran: Photo exhibition on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the ratification of the Geneva Conventions
Iran: Commemoration of the 75th Anniversary of the Geneva Conventions
Tehran: The first International Conference on Disability and Physical Rehabilitation in the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement was held
Statement from ICRC's Near & Middle East regional director following the escalations of hostilities between Israel and Iran
Frequently asked questions about the ICRC’s work in Yemen
Ethiopia: Surgeons trained to save weapon-wounded people’s lives in Amhara and Oromia
Syria: The ICRC's post-release emergency programme
DRC: Health-care system on verge of collapse in North and South Kivu
Russia – Ukraine: ICRC supports large-scale repatriation of human remains
ICRC president: Civilians will pay the price if global commitment to ban landmines allowed to fracture
Israel and the Occupied Territories: ICRC extremely concerned about inability of Nasser Medical Complex to operate amid evacuation orders
Laos: Seminar for armed forces reaffirms importance of humanitarian law
Somalia's hungry and most vulnerable: Child malnutrition surges amid clinic closures
Confinement, displacement and disruption of livelihoods
Sudan: Musa’s Journey of Resilience and Recovery
ICRC President: “Humanity is failing in Gaza”
Ukraine: A birthday and a message of hope
Neutrality in war - a lifeline across front lines
Caring for Yourself When a Loved One Is Missing: Coping with Uncertainty and Staying Safe
Israel and the occupied territories: ICRC urges civilian protection as Red Cross Field Hospital responds to unprecedented mass casualty influx