Relief News Updates
Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons: 2024 session of the Preparatory Committee for the 2026 Review Conference
Working together to address Africa’s health challenges and to achieve sustainable development goals (SDGs)
Red Cross Field Hospital in Rafah, Gaza Strip: After two months
Relief to Southern Lebanon: 8,000 Families Receive Food Parcels
China: Annual International Humanitarian Law Summer Session Held in Jiangsu
Afghanistan: Stable electricity supply elevates health care at Mirwais Regional Hospital
Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory: The law of occupation must be respected
Israel/Occupied and Autonomous Palestinian Territories: West Bank Barrier causes serious humanitarian and legal problems
Ukraine: Repairing two dams reduces risk of collapse for communities
The International Committee of the Red Cross in Greece, 2016-2023: Brief review of activities
In times of insecurity and conflict, states must work together to uphold and strengthen international humanitarian law
Gaza: Repeated mass casualty events put hospitals under severe strain
Sudan: ICRC calls for greater access to deliver humanitarian aid as millions of people go without basics for survival
Nigeria: ICRC surgical team supports Maiduguri Hospital treating 41 wounded people after multiple blasts in Gwoza
Colombia: Anatomy of a lockdown
- ICRC office in Gaza surrounded by hundreds of displaced civilians, was damaged by nearby shelling
Gaza: Civilians must be spared from impact of fighting
The Fundamental Principles of the Red Cross: Commentary
ICRC and European Union continue successful IHL training series
Adhering to Humanitarian Norms Paves Way to Peace
ICRC Annual Report 2023
- Environmental wartime protection is central to the protection of civilians
Bangladesh: 15th Henry Dunant Memorial Moot Court Competition 2024 — Call for Registration
Azerbaijan: Family receives remains of missing loved one, honours with a burial after 30 years
Afghanistan: Wheelchair basketball empowers people with disability
Mexico: ICRC urges Latin American and Caribbean states to reaffirm commitment to the ‘rules of war’ on 75th anniversary of the Geneva Conventions
- Georgia: Closure after 30 years as family receives remains of missing loved one, give a burial
- China: Regional Symposium for the 30th Anniversary of the Adoption of the 1977 Protocols Additional to the 1949 Geneva Conventions held in Beijing
CHINA: First national inter-university moot court competition on International Humanitarian Law (IHL) held in Beijing
Launch of the Chinese Version of the Customary International Humanitarian Law Study
- ICRC Director General's speech on the 120th anniversary ceremony of the RCSC
- ICRC’s response to missing and dead migrants along the US–Mexico border
- D, Delegations, 1921-ongoing, 356 metres of shelf space
Education programmes for young people
Virtual Reality & Innovation
South Africa: Forensic Human Identification in Mortuaries
South Africa: The 6th Commonwealth Conference
- V, Various, 1840-ongoing, 552 metres of shelf space
- O, Humanitarian coordination bodies, 1921- ongoing, 127 metres of shelf space
- C, Tracing and protection, 1870 - ongoing, 2298 metres of shelf space
- B, General services, 1917- ongoing, 3313 metres of shelf space
- Customary international humanitarian law: Questions and answers
- Protocols I and II additional to the Geneva Conventions
- How is the term "armed conflict" defined in international humanitarian law?
- How does international humanitarian law protect journalists in armed conflict situations?
- Occupation and international humanitarian law: Questions and answers
International Humanitarian Law and China: Historical Timeline
- A, Committee, 1854 - ongoing, 54 metres of shelf space
- Internal conflicts or other situations of violence – what is the difference for victims?
- Direct participation in hostilities: Questions & answers
- How "grave breaches" are defined in the Geneva Conventions and Additional Protocols
- The United Nations and International Humanitarian Law: The International Committee of the Red Cross and the United Nations' involvement in the implementation of international humanitarian law
- International humanitarian law and the protection of war victims
- The International Committee of the Red Cross as guardian of international humanitarian law
- Paris principles and Paris commitments to protect children
- ICRC and ICC: Two separate but complementary approaches to ensuring respect for international humanitarian law
- The history of the emblems
Humanitarian Visa d’Or: Hugh Kinsella Cunningham wins for documenting the plight of civilians in the DRC
ICRC: "The humanitarian tragedy of missing persons urgently requires a more determined international response"
Cyber operations create additional risks for people’s security and well-being
ICRC President: "We must adopt a human-centered approach to the development and use of new technologies"
- The ICRC’s Assembly elects a new member
China: Regional seminar held to empower military's operational legal advisors
Families of people missing or captured in the Russia-Ukraine international armed conflict visit ICRC headquarters in Geneva
“I was afraid to tell anyone” – supporting survivors of sexual violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo
The Geneva Conventions insist: Every human life is equally worth protection
African Union: AU, ICRC, and WFP Join Forces in Exhibition Highlighting Humanitarian Action in Africa
Mongolia: Advanced training session on international humanitarian law organized to strengthen regional expertise
A Call to Humanity: Reflecting on the 75th Anniversary of the Geneva Conventions
- Council of the EU calls for better protection in humanitarian aid
DR Congo: The ICRC suspends food aid for displaced people in Kanyabayonga
ICRC president: "We must adopt a human-centred approach to the development and use of new technologies."
Arms transfers to parties to armed conflict: what the law says
Qatar Fund for Development and ICRC Successfully Conclude Humanitarian Project in Libya
Pakistan: Strengthening law enforcement capacities in Balochistan
Searching for people missing in connection with the 1992–1993 armed conflict in Abkhazia
Embassy of Canada and ICRC Conclude Insightful Alumni Discussion on Humanitarian Efforts to Mark World Red Cross Day
Media competition on “the relevance of the International Humanitarian Law in contemporary armed conflicts”
Strengthening our support for families of missing people in Peru
Ethiopia: Thousands of people unable to access healthcare services after upsurge in violence
China: Participants discuss how international humanitarian law fosters peace
75th anniversary of the Geneva Conventions – “The one set of rules we all agree on”
Syria: Facts and figures 2023
Yemen: 113 detainees released with the support of the ICRC
UNSCR 2730 is an urgent and timely reminder of parties’ obligations to respect and protect humanitarian personnel
Poland: Essay competition on potential impact of disinformation and hate speech in armed conflict is launched
Armenia: Waiting to recover health and reunite with husband
ICRC president: "People caught in armed conflict need actions, not words."
- Request for Tender - RFT/ICRC/GVA24/00038 - 3-year Frame Agreement - Multi-purpose Tent 45m2
Republic of Korea: ICRC and KOICA sign agreement to help people affected by armed conflict and violence
- Information notice on the processing of personal data by the ICRC's resource mobilization division
Ukraine: As fighting intensifies around Kharkiv, ICRC increases support for displaced people
- Request for Tender - RFT/ICRC/GVA24/00002 - 3-year Frame Agreement – WHO-approved Mosquito Net LLIN 190x180x150cm 230H
Red Cross opens new 60-bed field hospital in Gaza
Counting the dead 2020–2021: A new report on the migrants dying on Europe’s borders
Double jeopardy – during and after conflict: The human cost of weapon contamination in Asia-Pacific
- China: ICRC Director General's visit reflects growing engagement with China
Mexico and Central America: Humanitarian Report 2024
Myanmar: One priceless phone call keeps hope alive