Latest ICRC News

Water price increases add further pressure to housing and development costs in the ACT
Joint call by the President of the ICRC, the Director-General of WHO and the International President of MSF
Yemen: The ICRC stands ready to support detainee releases between conflict parties following agreement
Results of the ICRC Writing Competition VI: Upholding Humanity
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Jordan and the ICRC convene a high-level regional conference to advance global commitment to international humanitarian law
Uzbekistan: CIS policy makers discuss challenges of IHL and national implementation during the Eighth Regional IHL Implementation Seminar in Tashkent
Egypt: Arab Region IHL Course Launches in Luxor Amid Rising Global Conflicts
AHTF, ICRC Secure $1M Grant from Saudi Fund to Boost Agriculture & Food Security in Afghanistan
Colombia: ICRC president calls for respect for IHL to avert deepening humanitarian crisis
ICRC president begins official visit to Colombia
ICRC: 204 million people live in areas controlled or contested by armed groups
ICRC to focus on front line work amid rising conflicts and financial constraints
ICRC War Surgery Courses Globally Accessible On SURGhub
Democratic Republic of the Congo: Ituri civilians trapped in a murderous cycle
ICRC president: World leaders must act to end the indiscriminate killing in Sudan
Israel And Occupied Territories: ICRC Facilitates Return Of 20 Hostages And 1,809 Detainees As Part Of Ceasefire Agreement
Israel And Occupied Territories: ICRC Begins Operation To Facilitate Return Of Hostages, Detainees As Part Of Ceasefire Agreement
ICRC Elects New Vice-president
ICRC President: Gaza Ceasefire Critical To Saving Lives And Reuniting Families
World leaders urged to join forces in a new UN declaration to protect aid workers in deadliest year yet
International Day of the Disappeared: Conflict in Sudan drives missing persons cases in Africa
Philippines: ICRC president highlights need to make international humanitarian law a political priority to support peace and stability
ICRC president: “If states invest in defence, they must also budget for international humanitarian law”
Philippines: States in Asia Pacific region commit to greater support for rules of war during regional conference
Thailand and Cambodia: ICRC welcomes ceasefire and stands ready to conduct further detainee visits
Israel and the occupied territories: ICRC calls for an agreement between the parties to enable humanitarian action in Gaza
Israel and the Occupied Territories: ICRC appalled by harrowing videos of Israeli hostages in Gaza
Sudan: Attacks in Kordofan states cause hundreds of deaths, mass displacement and the collapse of essential services
Syria: ICRC gains access to Sweida, calls for sustained humanitarian response
Nigeria: Hunger deepens as farmers in the conflict-affected northeast struggle to survive
DRC: The ICRC stands ready to support detainee releases between conflict parties
Russia is labelling Oscar Jenkins a ‘mercenary’, not a prisoner of war. What’s the difference – and why does this matter?
Numbers Continue Rising Six Years After Security Council Adopted Resolution 2474 (2019) on Missing Persons in Armed Conflict, Speakers Warn, Urging Action…
Humanitarian Assistance To Myanmar 30 March
31 Organisations Call On All UN Member States To Take Urgent Steps To Protect People Deprived Of Their Liberty Across Occupied Palestinian…
UN Special Committee on Israeli practices in occupied territories concludes field mission
The ICRC’s Assembly elects a new member
Families of people missing or captured in the Russia-Ukraine international armed conflict visit ICRC headquarters
Searching for people missing in connection with the 1992-1993 armed conflict in Abkhazia
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
Ukraine: As fighting intensifies around Kharkiv, ICRC increases support for displaced people
Red Cross opens new 60-bed field hospital in Gaza
Gaza: ICRC calls for protection of civilians while hoping for an agreement amidst evacuations, military operations and negotiations
Sudan: Two ICRC drivers killed by gunmen
Gender equality is a marker of peace and security
Algeria: ICRC president meets with Algerian authorities
Humanitarian support for Ethiopia and Somalia