In 2025, ensuring access to health care has remained a central pillar of the ICRC’s work for people affected by armed conflict, particularly where health systems have been damaged, overwhelmed or deprived of essential resources. Across contexts such as …
The ICRC organized the first-ever expert workshop with the Shariah courts on the missing under Islamic law. The workshop which took place online on 4 December 2025 aimed at discussing with Shariah Court judges, prosecutors, Islamic law professors and …
The course covers multiple disciplines, including forensic science, psychology, law, public health, disaster management, weapons contamination, CBRN (chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear) hazards, and media communication. During the five-day …
The first progress report of the Global Initiative documents the achievements since the launch of this collective process one year ago. All the speakers who took the floor expressed deep concern over ongoing violations and emphasized that upholding IHL is …
The meeting focused on addressing the challenges facing international humanitarian law (IHL) in contemporary armed conflicts, examining the role of NCIHLs in the national implementation of IHL, and exploring mechanisms to strengthen their capacity to …
Kinshasa (ICRC) – Armed clashes in several parts of South Kivu continue to cause deaths and to force thousands of families to flee, leaving everything behind. Some have fled to other areas in the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), others …
My time in Darfur has recalibrated my perspective on things I have previously taken for granted: peace, the rule of law, public services. In the UK, as in many other parts of the world, we grow up expecting a safety net because it has always been there. …
The ICRC works alongside families of the missing, offering different type of support (mental health and psychosocial, economic, orientation, referring them to relevant service providers) and facilitating the search for answers (for which, the ICRC collects …
Every day, thousands of people cross a bridge over the Lamia River north-eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda, either to trade, to visit family or to seek refuge from armed conflict. Now, with the Busunga-Sindila water supply system in Bundibugyo, …
The event was inaugurated by ICRC President Mirjana Spoljaric and Air Chief Marshal Fayyadh Al Ruwaili, at the Saudi National Defence University (SANDU). This marks the first time Saudi Arabia hosts SWIRMO, highlighting its growing role in advancing …
Madam President, Excellencies, Distinguished Delegates, The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is pleased to participate in this High-level Meeting of the General Assembly for the WSIS+20 review. The mandate of the ICRC, as set out in the …
Iryna Shtypa describes cold as a lack of colour. “You don’t enjoy life, you walk all huddled up, your mind doesn’t function properly,” she says. “When it’s warm, you are fully capable of thinking, you perceive the world differently, in all its colours – …
Support to frontline communities In its ongoing humanitarian response, the ICRC continues to assist the most vulnerable communities, including the elderly, people with disabilities or mobility issues, single-parent families and the unemployed in remote …
States have a decisive role to play in preventing the world from sliding further into unrestrained warfare. The ICRC urges governments to act now: 1. Sustain principled humanitarian action Provide predictable support for neutral, impartial and independent …
Over the past eight years, ICRC surgical teams have performed over 25,000 surgeries on about 5,000 people wounded by weapons. For most patients, surgery is only one step of a long and difficult recovery. In 2025, more than 3,700 people received physical …
The persistent presence, sound or sight of drones can have serious psychological effects on civilians. It can cause fear, stress and anxiety, especially when it is unclear whether the drones are being used for military, security or humanitarian purposes. …
Madam President, The number of armed conflicts being fought around the world has more than doubled in the last 15 years, to around 130 today. All too often, we see the rules of war violated – direct attacks against civilians, children recruited to fight, …
The event marks a key milestone in the Global Initiative to Galvanize Political Commitment to international humanitarian law – a joint effort launched by Brazil, China, France, Jordan, Kazakhstan, South Africa and the ICRC to make IHL a political priority …
The ICRC urgently calls for restraint and de-escalation. All parties must uphold their obligations under international humanitarian law, which are intended to limit harm to the population, especially loss of civilian life and damage to civilian objects …
Sexual violence is any act of a sexual nature committed against the person by force, threat of force or coercion. It has a lot of varying impacts or consequences on both the victim/survivor, the family and society at large. These consequences can be …
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