The ICRC has a clear and consistent public position towards all states when it comes to using explosive weapons in populated ...

A story published in The New Yorker includes excerpts of confidential ICRC correspondence that the publication says was ...

International humanitarian law (IHL) safeguards various categories of individuals and entities in times of armed conflict; the Geneva Conventions and their Additional Protocols are instrumental in ...

Behind every statistic on displacement is a person who made a difficult choice about how to survive the hostilities: to shelter underground, to flee at the last possible moment, to carry a loved one ...

The year 2025 was marked by the consequences of more than 130 armed conflicts on the lives of people around the world. Protracted conflicts and fresh emergencies led to injuries, death and ...

South Sudan became the world's youngest nation in July 2011 with hopes of a more peaceful future. Fifteen years later, many communities continue to face the daily consequences of conflict and violence ...

On 3 July, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) convened a panel on “The Use of Unmanned Systems in Armed Conflict and Its Implications” in partnership with the Institute of ...

In autumn of 2025, Oleksandr Konstantynopolskyi and his mother were still in Kupiansk, an area close to the front line, left devastated by hostilities. Living on the little food and drinking water ...

“The explosion occurred during breaking of fast, which many of us did not have time to complete because we had to deploy to the scene,” recalls Babagana, a veteran volunteer of the Nigerian Red Cross ...

In an age when anyone can denounce violations online or on social media, the ICRC's confidential approach saves lives. Here ...

Международный Комитет Красного Креста (МККК) занимает однозначную и последовательную позицию по вопросу применения всеми ...

L’un des épisodes les plus marquants de son engagement humanitaire de longue date dans cette région du monde est la guerre ...