Relief News Updates

Relief News Updates

International Committee of the Red Cross

International Committee of the Red Cross

International Committee of the Red Cross

ICRC president: Mass evacuation of Gaza City unfeasible and incomprehensible

Saturday, August 30, 2025 - 08:57

Standing in the face of absence: “The past ten years have been the most painful of my life. Yet I still endure”

Friday, August 29, 2025 - 16:16

Balancing risks and opportunities: New technologies and the search for missing people

Friday, August 29, 2025 - 14:08

Syria: ICRC calls for sustained and collective efforts to address the issue of the missing

Friday, August 29, 2025 - 12:17

Number of missing people registered with the Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement up nearly 70% in five years

Friday, August 29, 2025 - 10:11

DRC: Silence, a slow killer

Friday, August 22, 2025 - 13:12

Sri Lanka: Ambiguous Loss

Thursday, August 28, 2025 - 14:36

Dealing with frozen grief

Myanmar: Restoring hope to families of the missing

Friday, August 29, 2025 - 11:00

Uganda, Rwanda and Burundi: January to June 2025 Facts & Figures

Thursday, August 28, 2025 - 09:44

International Day of the Disappeared: Conflict in Sudan drives missing persons cases in Africa

Wednesday, August 27, 2025 - 16:34

South Sudan: The pain, memories and hope

Wednesday, August 27, 2025 - 10:07

Israel and the occupied territories: ICRC appalled by strike on Nasser Medical Complex in Gaza

Wednesday, August 27, 2025 - 09:31

Arms Trade Treaty: A framework that saves lives and preserves humanity in armed conflict

Tuesday, August 26, 2025 - 08:12

Statement by Mr. Gilles Carbonnier, Vice President of the International Committee of the Red Cross, 25 August 2025, Geneva

Philippines: “The Book of Memories” book and exhibit launch

Tuesday, August 26, 2025 - 04:32

A tribute to Marawi’s missing people and their families’ relentless search for answers

Sudan: January to June 2025 Facts & Figures

Monday, August 25, 2025 - 16:28

January to June 2025

Update from the Red Cross Field Hospital, Rafah: 15-Month Operational Summary

Tuesday, August 26, 2025 - 14:17

Rafah, Gaza Strip - 9 May 2024 to 31 July 2025

Philippines: ICRC president highlights need to make international humanitarian law a political priority to support peace and stability

Friday, August 22, 2025 - 09:27

Jordan: International Day of the Disappeared - Supporting Syrian families of missing persons

Thursday, August 21, 2025 - 16:03

ICRC response in Southern Syria: Operational update

Thursday, August 21, 2025 - 14:01

15 July to 15 August 2025

Israel and the occupied territories: Intensification of hostilities threatens to worsen catastrophic humanitarian conditions in Gaza

Thursday, August 21, 2025 - 10:03

South Sudan: January to June 2025 Facts & Figures

Wednesday, August 20, 2025 - 14:43

January to June 2025

Joint statement: DIRCO and ICRC call for stronger political commitment to uphold IHL across Africa

Tuesday, August 19, 2025 - 15:50

Pretoria, 19 August 2025

Stop putting targets on aid workers’ backs

Tuesday, August 19, 2025 - 13:51

To protect humanitarians is to protect communities: World Humanitarian Day 2025

Tuesday, August 19, 2025 - 12:11

ICRC voices: Contending with Syria’s deadly legacy of war

Thursday, August 28, 2025 - 11:05

“A grave betrayal of humanity": Abhorrent attacks on aid workers must stop

Tuesday, August 19, 2025 - 07:14

ICRC president: “If states invest in defence, they must also budget for international humanitarian law”

Monday, August 18, 2025 - 13:27

The International Day Of the Disappeared: Memory Boxes - Gardens of Memories

Sunday, August 17, 2025 - 20:44

Afghanistan: summary of operational facts and figures, January to June 2025

Sunday, August 17, 2025 - 09:19

ICRC president: "International humanitarian law only as strong as leaders’ will to uphold it"

Monday, August 18, 2025 - 13:51

How the ICRC helps sustain life in Armenia’s borderlands: A day with Harutyun Harutyunyan

Friday, August 15, 2025 - 09:14

Philippines: States in Asia Pacific region commit to greater support for rules of war during regional conference

Friday, August 15, 2025 - 12:00

Iran: Sixth training course to manage health in emergencies held in Tehran

Sunday, November 24, 2019 - 10:00

Afghanistan: protection of vulnerable communities through cash-for-work projects

Thursday, August 14, 2025 - 06:11

Georgia / South Ossetia: Home is where hope dwells

Tuesday, August 12, 2025 - 16:10

ICRC president: The next 76 years of the Geneva Conventions will be shaped by the choices leaders make today

Tuesday, August 12, 2025 - 09:00

Ethiopia: January to June 2025 Facts & Figures

Monday, August 11, 2025 - 10:41

Staying Humanitarian in a World That Won’t Stand Still

Colombia: decent detention conditions are still a long way off

Thursday, March 27, 2025 - 08:00

Colombia - Calls to action

Thursday, March 27, 2025 - 08:00

Colombia: the impact of armed conflicts on children

Thursday, March 27, 2025 - 01:32

Classification of the armed conflicts in Colombia

Tuesday, March 25, 2025 - 16:40

Colombia - Victims/survivors of sexual violence: Invisibility and a lack of protection

Thursday, March 27, 2025 - 08:00

Health care: another casualty of the armed conflict - Colombia

Thursday, March 27, 2025 - 08:00

Disappearance: the pain of not knowing - Colombia

Thursday, March 27, 2025 - 08:00

Iran: Second Round of Financial Assistance to Support the Iranian Red Crescent Society’s Efforts to Respond to the COVID-19 Pandemic

Sunday, November 29, 2020 - 10:00

Iran: ICRC supports the vaccination of Afghan migrants in Iran through IRCS

Sunday, December 12, 2021 - 10:00

Thailand and Cambodia: ICRC welcomes ceasefire and stands ready to conduct further detainee visits

Friday, August 8, 2025 - 11:00

Iran: Humanitarian Negotiation Workshop in Tehran

Saturday, June 18, 2022 - 10:00

Philippines: Committed to serve humanity

Thursday, August 7, 2025 - 04:40

Facts and figures from January to June 2025

Israel and the occupied territories: ICRC calls for an agreement between the parties to enable humanitarian action in Gaza

Tuesday, August 5, 2025 - 17:30

The weaponization of outer space is not inevitable

Tuesday, August 5, 2025 - 10:00

Displaced in your homeland: Echoes from Lake Chad’s unending conflict

Monday, August 4, 2025 - 14:50

Israel and the Occupied Territories: ICRC appalled by harrowing videos of Israeli hostages in Gaza

Sunday, August 3, 2025 - 14:30

Israel and the Occupied Territories: ICRC mourns killing of Palestine Red Crescent Society staff member in Gaza

Sunday, August 3, 2025 - 09:27

Thailand: Asia-Pacific Symposium discusses IHL and new technologies of warfare

Monday, August 4, 2025 - 08:22

Mozambique: ICRC increases its humanitarian response in Mocimboa da Praia

Friday, August 1, 2025 - 15:00

Ethiopia: “Many pregnant women have died due to lack of medicine and health services”

Friday, August 1, 2025 - 11:31

Colombia: 2025 set to be the decade’s worst year in humanitarian terms

Wednesday, July 30, 2025 - 22:40

Figures from January to May 2025

Haiti: Displaced people face violence, hardship and uncertainty

Wednesday, July 30, 2025 - 15:02

ICRC Writing Competition VI: Upholding Humanity

Thursday, July 31, 2025 - 14:09

Chad: Behind bars, detainees learn how to rebuild their lives

Wednesday, July 23, 2025 - 14:09

Influencing behavioural change for better prevention of sexual violence in armed conflict

Friday, August 1, 2025 - 08:16

Twenty Years of ICRC in China: From Origins to Vision

Sunday, July 20, 2025 - 17:07

Sudan: Attacks in Kordofan states cause hundreds of deaths, mass displacement and the collapse of essential services

Tuesday, July 29, 2025 - 16:56

80 years after the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki: A call to eliminate nuclear weapons

Tuesday, August 5, 2025 - 16:34

Syria: ICRC gains access to Sweida, calls for sustained humanitarian response

Tuesday, July 29, 2025 - 13:20

Global Initiative on IHL: Engagement in First Phase of Consultations

Thursday, July 31, 2025 - 11:37

Luxembourg: ICRC Director-General’s visit reflects the long-standing strategic partnership with Luxembourg

Thursday, July 10, 2025 - 08:00

Iraq: Photography Award 2025

Friday, August 1, 2025 - 09:00

International Committee of the Red Cross & Iraqi Red Crescent Society

Afghanistan: Futsal for empowering children with disabilities

Monday, July 28, 2025 - 09:12

Israel and the occupied territories: ICRC president calls for urgent collective action by states to end abhorrent suffering in Gaza

Friday, July 25, 2025 - 19:17

The following is a statement attributable to ICRC president Mirjana Spoljaric on the humanitarian situation in Gaza

Hiroshima 80 years on: The humanitarian imperative to eliminate nuclear weapons

Tuesday, August 5, 2025 - 23:57

Special Appeal 2025 – Emergency Lifeline

Thursday, July 24, 2025 - 10:59

Poland: ICRC Brings Together National Societies and IFRC to Boost Emergency Preparedness in Europe

Saturday, March 22, 2025 - 10:00

Poland: The 2nd Regional Conference of European National IHL Committees (NIHLC) in Warsaw

Thursday, May 22, 2025 - 10:00

Poland: Sub-regional Restoring Family Links Conference hosted by the Polish Red Cross

Saturday, May 17, 2025 - 10:00

Hungary: 8 May Celebrations

Friday, May 9, 2025 - 10:00

Romania: 1st High-level IHL Conference organized by the Romanian Red Cross with ICRC’s support

Friday, May 30, 2025 - 10:00

Nigeria: “We go to bed hungry sometimes for two to three days”

Monday, July 21, 2025 - 12:30

Hunger deepens as farmers in conflict-affected northeast struggle to survive

Nigeria: Hunger deepens as farmers in the conflict-affected northeast struggle to survive

Monday, July 21, 2025 - 10:54

Ethiopia: A personal account on helping affected communities in Oromia

Tuesday, July 22, 2025 - 11:33

More than 30 years after Iran-Iraq war, families still hope to find out the fate of their missing loved ones

Saturday, July 2, 2022 - 10:00

Iran: Robert Mardini, Director General of the ICRC on the IRCS’s 100th anniversary

Sunday, May 8, 2022 - 10:00

DRC: The ICRC stands ready to support detainee releases between conflict parties

Saturday, July 19, 2025 - 20:57

Syria: ICRC warns of deteriorating humanitarian conditions in Sweida and southern Syria

Friday, July 18, 2025 - 18:07

ICRC voices: Life and Death in the Red Cross Field Hospital

Monday, July 21, 2025 - 13:26

The ICRC and China: cooperation in humanitarian forensics

Wednesday, July 16, 2025 - 08:08

ICRC mourns colleague killed in Gaza

Wednesday, July 16, 2025 - 11:03

ICRC accompanies Iranian Red Crescent Society to locations affected by hostilities

Monday, July 14, 2025 - 16:37

Humanitarian Exemptions in Domestic Counterterrorism Legislation - Factsheet

Tuesday, July 15, 2025 - 12:50

Yemen: A new medical clinic opens at Sa’ada New Remand Prison to improve health and living conditions of detainees

Monday, July 14, 2025 - 10:42

Israel and the occupied territories: Red Cross Field Hospital in Rafah receives unprecedented influx of fatalities

Sunday, July 13, 2025 - 10:16

Philippines: Understanding challenges in detention through Health Information System

Friday, June 20, 2025 - 10:00

Israel and the occupied territories: ICRC outraged by attack that wounded ICRC staff, PRCS volunteer during Gaza rescue mission

Friday, July 11, 2025 - 15:13

Srebrenica: 30 Years of Remembrance and Search for Missing Family Members Continues

Friday, July 11, 2025 - 08:32

OEWG: ICRC address to the final meeting on IHL and ICT activities during armed conflict

Wednesday, July 9, 2025 - 19:18

Delivered by Noa Schreuer, Legal Advisor, at the 11th substantive session of the Open-Ended Working Group on security of and in the use of information and communications technologies 2020-2025 in New York.

China: Experts call for international cooperation to regulate the use of AI in armed conflict

Monday, July 7, 2025 - 03:29

Ukraine: DNA and Dignity for the Deceased

Wednesday, July 9, 2025 - 08:00

Philippines: Strengthening the protection of health care workers in Mindanao

Tuesday, June 24, 2025 - 09:00

To improve delivery of health care services in Mindanao, health care workers must be accorded better safeguards

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