ICRC elects new vice-president
10-10-2025 Geneva (ICRC) –The Assembly, the governing body of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), announced today that it has elected Jürg Lauber as the ICRC's next vice-president. …
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COP30: The ICRC's call to strengthen climate action and finance in conflict settings
Climate change is an existential threat to humanity. Warming of the atmosphere, oceans and land – driven by human activity – is causing climate variations and extremes throughout the world. More than …
ICRC president: Ceasefire agreement offers chance to save lives, reunite families
10-10-2025 The following is a statement attributable to the president of the International Committee of the Red Cross, Mirjana Spoljaric, on the ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas. Geneva …
Chad: Psychosocial support heals the invisible wounds carried by Sudanese refugees
The civil war in Sudan has forced hundreds of thousands of men, women and children to flee their homes. They arrive in the eastern provinces of Chad, where precarious conditions await them, and they …
UN General Assembly 80th Session: Statement at the Third Committee General Debate
Delivered by Christopher Harland, Deputy Permanent Observer of the ICRC to the United Nations. Mr. Chair, Distinguished Delegates, Colleagues, The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) …
Kyrgyzstan: Signature of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons а positive step in strengthening commitment to international humanitarian law
09-10-2025 Tashkent (ICRC) – The signature of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) by the Kyrgyz Republic on 26 September 2025 is an important step in reaffirming the country’s …
UN General Assembly 80th Session: Statement at the Sixth Committee meeting on measures to eliminate international terrorism
Chair, The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) unequivocally condemns all acts of terrorism, whether in times of armed conflict or not, and regardless of the perpetrators. Terrorism is …
Frequently asked questions: ICRC’s work in Israel and the occupied territories
The ongoing hostilities in Gaza, Israel and the Golan Heights have caused immense suffering. Civilians have been killed, injured, and taken hostage. Families have lost loved ones, homes, and access …
Israel and the occupied territories: Addressing misconceptions and false information
With the escalation of violence in Israel, and the occupied Palestinian territory of Gaza and West Bank, including East Jerusalem, there has been a proliferation of dehumanizing language and of false …
Frequently asked questions on ICRC and the hostages held in Gaza
Families of hostages have lived through a nightmare. Children, spouses, siblings, and parents have all waited anxiously, every day, for the release of their loved ones, or at minimum for news of …
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