Relief News Updates
UN Security Council: We cannot let AI be deployed on the battlefield without oversight and regulation
ICRC president: Path to peace lost when parties fail to preserve human dignity and humanity
Luxembourg and ICRC sign new agreement to deepen humanitarian cooperation
Afghanistan: Two families reconnect with missing loved ones through Restoring Family Links services
ICRC president: If states do not act, the brutality of today’s wars will become the baseline for conflicts tomorrow
ICRC president: Every humanitarian worker killed without consequence allows this insidious pattern to continue
World leaders united in defence of international humanitarian law to uphold humanity in war
Afghanistan: ICRC team reaches remote communities affected by earthquake in Kunar
Ethiopia: “The world erupted around me” – a landmine survivor’s story
Sudan faces worst cholera outbreak in years as war devastates infrastructure
Beijing Xiangshan Forum: Building Regional Peace through Dialogue and Consultation
Artificial Intelligence, Ethics and Armed Conflict
Israel and the occupied territories: Gaza families face fear and displacement as hostilities intensify
Renewed Appeal 2025: Addressing the humanitarian funding gap
ICRC Vice-President: Maintaining and strengthening IHL is a collective responsibility of all states
Special Appeal 2025 - Climate change and conflict: Protecting the most vulnerable
China: ICRC attends the 50th Florence Nightingale Medal Award Ceremony
South Africa Urges African States to Champion International Humanitarian Law
In search of Kin, 20 years on
Frequently asked questions about the ICRC’s work in Iraq
Youth Think Tank Salon｜Humanitarian Action and Development Finance: Advancing Sustainable Public Goods Provision in Protracted Crises
Earthquake in Afghanistan: ICRC response
Nigeria: January to June 2025 Facts and Figures
Supporting Syrian Families of the Missing
Israel and the occupied territories: ICRC reiterates call to release hostages after release of distressing video
- Moldova: 2025 International Humanitarian Law Essay Competition for Students
- Second round of consultations for the Global Initiative to Galvanize Political Commitment to IHL
Afghanistan: Swift response needed to help those hit by devastating earthquake
Afghanistan: ICRC responds to deadly earthquake
The International Committee of the Red Cross closes its delegation in the Republic of Azerbaijan
Iraq: Accompaniment and Walking Beside Families of the Missing
Azerbaijan: Facts and figures from over 30 years of humanitarian engagement
Syria: For families of the missing, it is answers, not time, that will heal the pain
ICRC president: Mass evacuation of Gaza City unfeasible and incomprehensible
Standing in the face of absence: “The past ten years have been the most painful of my life. Yet I still endure”
Balancing risks and opportunities: New technologies and the search for missing people
Syria: ICRC calls for sustained and collective efforts to address the issue of the missing
Number of missing people registered with the Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement up nearly 70% in five years
DRC: Silence, a slow killer
Sri Lanka: Ambiguous Loss
“The Man from Egypt”: Why I left the comfort of the operating room to work in conflict zones
Myanmar: Restoring hope to families of the missing
International Day of the Disappeared: Conflict in Sudan drives missing persons cases in Africa
South Sudan: The pain, memories and hope
Israel and the occupied territories: ICRC appalled by strike on Nasser Medical Complex in Gaza
- Frequently asked questions about the closure of ICRC’s office in Azerbaijan
Arms Trade Treaty: A framework that saves lives and preserves humanity in armed conflict
Philippines: “The Book of Memories” book and exhibit launch
Sudan: January to June 2025 Facts & Figures
Update from the Red Cross Field Hospital, Rafah: 15-Month Operational Summary
Philippines: ICRC president highlights need to make international humanitarian law a political priority to support peace and stability
Jordan: International Day of the Disappeared - Supporting Syrian families of missing persons
ICRC response in Southern Syria: Operational update
Israel and the occupied territories: Intensification of hostilities threatens to worsen catastrophic humanitarian conditions in Gaza
South Sudan: January to June 2025 Facts & Figures
Joint statement: DIRCO and ICRC call for stronger political commitment to uphold IHL across Africa
Stop putting targets on aid workers’ backs
To protect humanitarians is to protect communities: World Humanitarian Day 2025
ICRC voices: Contending with Syria’s deadly legacy of war
“A grave betrayal of humanity": Abhorrent attacks on aid workers must stop
ICRC president: “If states invest in defence, they must also budget for international humanitarian law”
The International Day Of the Disappeared: Memory Boxes - Gardens of Memories
Afghanistan: summary of operational facts and figures, January to June 2025
ICRC president: "International humanitarian law only as strong as leaders’ will to uphold it"
How the ICRC helps sustain life in Armenia’s borderlands: A day with Harutyun Harutyunyan
Philippines: States in Asia Pacific region commit to greater support for rules of war during regional conference
Iran: Sixth training course to manage health in emergencies held in Tehran
Afghanistan: protection of vulnerable communities through cash-for-work projects
Georgia / South Ossetia: Home is where hope dwells
ICRC president: The next 76 years of the Geneva Conventions will be shaped by the choices leaders make today
Ethiopia: January to June 2025 Facts & Figures
Colombia: decent detention conditions are still a long way off
Colombia - Calls to action
Colombia: the impact of armed conflicts on children
Classification of the armed conflicts in Colombia
Colombia - Victims/survivors of sexual violence: Invisibility and a lack of protection
Health care: another casualty of the armed conflict - Colombia
Disappearance: the pain of not knowing - Colombia
- Iran: Second Round of Financial Assistance to Support the Iranian Red Crescent Society’s Efforts to Respond to the COVID-19 Pandemic
Iran: ICRC supports the vaccination of Afghan migrants in Iran through IRCS
Thailand and Cambodia: ICRC welcomes ceasefire and stands ready to conduct further detainee visits
- Iran: Humanitarian Negotiation Workshop in Tehran
Philippines: Committed to serve humanity
The weaponization of outer space is not inevitable
Displaced in your homeland: Echoes from Lake Chad’s unending conflict
- 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
80 years after the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki: A call to eliminate nuclear weapons