Relief News Updates
Ukraine: Intensifying hostilities claim dozens of lives, deepen trauma for civilians
Uganda, Rwanda, and Burundi: January to December 2025 Facts & Figures
Sudan: 42,000 people assisted with food in Al Obeid amid growing humanitarian needs
Who Helps the Helpers? Mental Health and Psychosocial Support for Frontline Responders in Northeast Nigeria
Iraq: Photography Award 2026
The suffering in Gaza is far from over: ICRC Regional Director
Venezuela earthquake: ICRC mobilizes rapid response in support of the Venezuelan Red Cross
ICRC gathers Caribbean representatives to strengthen IHL implementation
Thirty-one years apart: A mother and son find each other again
ICRC Hosts High-Level Dialogue with Diplomatic Community on Cyber Warfare and IHL
Ethiopia: ICRC provides seeds and fertilizers to 132,000 people
ICRC Advances Efforts to Adopt African Union Declaration to Strengthen IHL on the Continent
- The operational and humanitarian consequences of disregard for the rules of war are both devastating and accelerating
Search Continues for People Missing in Connection with Armed Conflicts of the 1990s and August 2008 and their aftermath
Iran: ICRC delivers 18 tonnes of humanitarian supplies to support emergency response
Libya in 2025: Standing alongside communities affected by conflict and violence
Bosnia and Herzegovina: Mine risk education reduces risks and saves lives – but the danger is far from over
Interpreting the Fourth Geneva Convention: Insights from a high-level discussion in Brussels
Advocacy paper: A key opportunity to prevent the development of unacceptable autonomous weapons
“I’m already injured. Getting Ebola doesn’t bear thinking about.” The Kivus face a double crisis – conflicts and an epidemic
Where is my family? The search for missing loved ones in Africa’s oldest and newest refugee camps
Every drop counts: Gaza's water crisis deepens as summer takes hold
Click to Care: Humanity in a Digital World
- ICRC and Asian Development Bank formalize their first institutional partnership
Mali: ICRC steps up support to people affected by armed violence
ICRC, Xinhua News Agency and Fudan University host Content Creators Forum on humanitarian storytelling and empathy
Sudan: ICRC RED aircraft makes first Port Sudan–Khartoum flight since war began
- Jordan: The Essay Competition on International Humanitarian Law
The International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement expresses concern over attack on Red Cross volunteers in Bunia, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)
Ebola in the Democratic Republic of the Congo: Red Cross volunteers at the heart of the response in Bunia
- Penal repression of serious violations of international humanitarian law – Factsheet
Frequently asked questions: Understanding the ICRC’s neutrality
- Certificates and declarations of absence: A guidance note
Egypt: States Convene in Cairo to Reinforce Respect for Rules of War Amid Rising Conflicts
Latin America and the Caribbean: When seeking medical care is dangerous
ICRC President: "We can no longer pretend that what we are witnessing across war zones is in accordance with the law"
Synergy in Action: IHL and Islamic Law for Humanitarian Outcomes
Democratic Republic of the Congo: Kimareki rebuilds a life beyond disability
Georgia: Remains of eleven people missing in connection with 1992–93 armed conflict handed over to families
Frequently asked questions: Our work in Mali
Poland: High level briefing on IHL for the Polish ministries
The ICRC's response to affected populations and infrastructure following the events of January 2026 in Venezuela
Searching for people missing in connection with the 1992-1993 armed conflict continues
ICRC RED aircraft to operate from Jeddah to strengthen humanitarian access to Sudan
Ethiopia: Beyond survival, a journey defined by possibility
El incumplimiento del DIH agravó la situación humanitaria en Colombia en 2025
ICRC report: Failure to respect rules of war deepened humanitarian crisis in Colombia in 2025
Nairobi Regional Delegation Facts & Figures 2025
Children and adolescents in armed conflicts in Colombia
Colombia 2025: A humanitarian crisis beyond numbers
Calls to action to parties to conflicts in Colombia
Upholding international humanitarian law in Colombia
The humanitarian cost of non-compliance with IHL in Colombia
Treatment of civilians in Colombia during 2025
Colombia: Conduct of hostilities and use of explosive hazards
Non-compliance with international humanitarian law deteriorated the humanitarian situation in Colombia in 2025
ICRC president calls for sustained international engagement to prevent further military escalation in the Middle East during visit to Iraq
The Judicial Training Institute at the Ministry of Justice and the ICRC Launch the First International Humanitarian Law Moot Court Competition for Universities in the UAE
Iraq: ICRC president to meet senior officials, discuss humanitarian engagement on two-day visit
Message on World Red Cross and Red Crescent Day 2026
Yemen: Frequently asked questions on the release, transfer and repatriation of conflict-related detainees - May 2026
Gaza: Red Cross Field Hospital in Rafah undergoes overhaul to continue addressing urgent health-care needs
Two years on: upgrading the Red Cross Field Hospital in Rafah
Egypt: ICRC, Al-Azhar University Emphasize Shared Principles Between IHL and Islamic Sharia
South Sudan: The country’s humanitarian needs continue to rise
Mozambique: January to December 2025 Facts & Figures
Somalia’s Child Malnutrition Nears Five-Year Highs
Protection of health care in armed conflict: UN Security Council Resolution 2286 10 years on
"We call on all those with influence and responsibility to uphold the protections that civilians, medical personnel, humanitarian workers and communities depend on"
Health care under fire: Ten years after Resolution 2286
Joint call by the President of the International Committee of the Red Cross, the Director-General of the World Health Organization and the International President of Médecins Sans Frontières:
ICRC director-general concludes official visit to Brazil
Humanitarian action in the digital age: Reflections from CYBERUK
Mali: ICRC provides further medical support for hospitals in the wake of fresh hostilities
Iran: ICRC president says a return to war would be ruinous for civilians
Afghanistan: Operational update on humanitarian response in Kamdesh and Barg-e-Matal Districts, Nuristan Province
Luhansk: Coping with the scars and strain of loss
Brazil: ICRC director-general begins official visit to Brazil
I was killed, but I forgot to die: The life of a waiting family
Buried Wars: Landmines Shatter Iraq’s Childhood Dreams
Yemen: ICRC to start preparations for release, transfer and repatriation of detainees following agreement in Amman
Confronting Absence: Art, Testimony and Humanitarian Action on the Crisis of Missing Persons
Gaza: Aseel’s journey back to hope
The Health Care in Danger initiative
Lebanon: Operational Facts and Figures - 2026
Cameroon: the struggle to access safe drinking water in Kerawa and Kolofata
Jordan: Facts and Figures - January to December 2025
Highlights of ICRC Activities in Venezuela and the Caribbean in 2025
ICRC president: Patterns of warfare that disregard human life and dignity cannot continue as Sudan war enters fourth year
Visit of the ICRC Regional Director helped strengthen the dialogue on humanitarian cooperation in Africa
Call for entries for the 16th Humanitarian Visa d’or award
Lebanon: Maintaining water and essential lifelines as hostilities disrupt essential services
China: Addressing complex humanitarian and security challenges in Africa needs all-inclusive approach