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

As unmanned systems have become an increasingly prominent feature of contemporary armed conflict, their increasing ...

Now more than ever, civilians pay the costly price of war. Civilians living through wars are highly dependent on the digital ...

How is cyber warfare testing humanitarian law? The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) delegation to the African ...

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 ...

Africa is the continent with the highest missing persons caseload, the highest number of unaccompanied children, and the highest number of family reunifications, based on ICRC-registered cases as from ...

Overstretched, running on thin supplies and increasingly unsafe, the health-care system in Gaza has reached a point of no return, risking the lives of thousands of wounded, sick and displaced people.

As the world urbanizes, so too do conflicts. It is estimated that some 50 million people now suffer the horrific consequences of urban warfare – a trend that is likely to continue as more and more ...

These weapons do not just kill; they leave scars that last for decades, denying people access to farmland, schools and hospitals, and forcing entire communities to live in fear. In northern Iraq, ...

“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 ...

Here in Ethiopia, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) feels those challenges every day—just as do the millions of people who rely on our support. Fortunately, we are not alone to face ...

In 2022, we stepped up our efforts to address the growing humanitarian needs generated by armed conflicts and other situations of violence around the world, particularly in communities also coping ...