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      ICRC president: “Humanity is failing in Gaza”
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    • Marwo Abdikarim consoles her 11-month-old, Ahmed Hussein Mohamed, at the stabilization centre in Kismayo.
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ICRC president: Humanity is failing under our collective watch

Statement
19-06-2025
Mirjana Spoljaric at the 2025 ECOSOC humanitarian affairs segment at the Palais des Nations in Geneva on 19 June 2025

Statement from ICRC's Near & Middle East regional director following the escalations of hostilities between Israel and Iran

News release
17-06-2025
World Humanitarian Day: ICRC President on attacks against aid workers

DRC: Health-care system on verge of collapse in North and South Kivu

News release
17-06-2025
Juin 2025, Kalehe, Sud-Kivu – Centre de santé de Bushushu, territoire de Kalehe, Sud-Kivu. Cette structure qui couvre une aide de santé de 25.000 habitants, a été victime de pillage lors des récentes hostilités. Grâce au soutien du CICR, les enfants de 0 à 15 ans et autres personnes vulnérables y sont soignés gratuitement.
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Sexual violence in conflict: Victims and survivors need more than words

Article
19-06-2025
Henriette, survivor of sexual violence in the DRC.

Frequently asked questions about the ICRC’s work in Yemen

Article
17-06-2025
Two humanitarian workers (one from the ICRC and another one from the Yemeni Red Crescent) stand near each other surrounded by many piles of bags and boxes of food items

Ethiopia: Surgeons trained to save weapon-wounded people’s lives in Amhara and Oromia

Article
17-06-2025
Drs. on practical training session

Syria: the post-release emergency programme

Article
17-06-2025
Rima spent nine long months in a security branch detention facility with her 25-year-old mother, leaving them both physically and emotionally impacted and with no access to the outside world, including family, legal representatives, and health care. Rima was born with a complex congenital heart malformation—a condition that, under normal circumstances, would demand vigilant care, monitoring, and early intervention.

Table of National Committees and other national bodies on international humanitarian law

Article
17-06-2025
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ICRC Partnering Framework 2025
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ICRC Partnering Framework 2025

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ICRC in Syria: Year in Review 2024

Activity Report: Iraq 2024
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Activity Report: ICRC in Iraq 2024

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