The briefer provides an overview of the humanitarian consequences of conflict on essential services, explains the ICRC's ...

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

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

These efforts aim to complement and support the essential work performed by the Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS) in providing urgent care. Since the beginning of hostilities, PRCS staff and ...

A year ago, we launched the Global Initiative to galvanize political commitment for IHL. We were driven by a deep sense of responsibility and urgency to act decisively to stem the tide of violations ...

For more than 160 years, we have held the principles of neutrality, independence, and impartiality. Neutrality is not a concept that is always understood but we see it, in short, as the this most ...

The ICRC published an Opinion Paper in 2008 on the topic, which outlines how the notion of armed conflict has been interpreted in jurisprudence and doctrine since the drafting of the Geneva ...

Every minute without a ceasefire risks civilian lives. The level of suffering inflicted on civilians because of warfare conducted indiscriminately and the extreme deprivation of the essentials for ...

On 23 March, PRCS volunteers were responding to casualties when the PRCS lost contact with them. Since that day, the ICRC has been in regular contact with PRCS and the parties to the conflict, ...

When Zainab arrived at the nutritional stabilization centre in Damaturu, in Yobe State, Nigeria, her 22-month-old son, Umar was barely conscious in her arms. His face and feet were so swollen that his ...