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Ukraine conflict: Families of all POWs need answers on their loved ones
As per its mandate given by the Third Geneva Convention, and in agreement with all parties, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is visiting prisoners of war (POWs) on all sides of the international armed conflict in Ukraine.| News release -
African Union and ICRC Marks 30 years of Partnership on Humanitarian Issues
This has generated humanitarian suffering including displacement, food insecurity, detention, wounded, and loss of family contacts.| Statement -
How does ICRC use forensic science for humanitarian purposes?
Can you tell us what forensic science is?Forensic science is the application of science to the field of law.| Article -
Ukraine: ICRC registers hundreds of prisoners of war from Azovstal plant
A team from the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has registered hundreds of Ukrainian prisoners of war (POWs) this week from the Azovstal plant in Mariupol.| News release -
Myanmar: Women who code — breaking boundaries
From a room in a Yangon office, the small team that works in this complex coding ecosystem continues to break biases.| Article -
Launch of IHL Handbook for Malaysian Parliamentarians
The Geneva Conventions of 1949 are at the core of international humanitarian law (IHL), which seeks to limit the humanitarian effects of war by protecting people who are not and no longer participating in hostilities and by regulating weapons and the| Article -
COVID-19: People living in conflict zones cannot be forgotten in global vaccination effort
People living in warzones are at risk of being the very last in the world to have access to COVID-19 vaccines.| News release -
COVID-19 Vaccination: Support to people affected by armed conflict and violence and those living in hard-to-reach areas
The ICRC is working with Red Cross and Red Crescent partners around the world to support COVID-19 vaccination in armed conflicts as well as hard-to-reach and volatile areas.| Article -
Fear of Displacement Hovering Over Masafer Yatta
Masafer Yatta is a semi desert area located southeast of Hebron district in the West Bank.| Article -
Mexico: 100,000 missing persons highlights need to strengthen existing search mechanisms
Mexico City (ICRC) – Mexico has now officially registered more than 100,000 reported missing person cases since 1964.| News release -
ICRC, Egyptian Red Crescent celebrate Red Cross, Red Crescent day
This comes in light of the global celebration of the work of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement’s staff and volunteers, and the diverse humanitarian services they provide in different communities.| Article -
Requests for information about people held during Spanish Civil War or Second World War: Quarterly limit reached
Regarding a request for information about someone held as a prisoner of war or civilian internee during the Spanish Civil War or the Second World War.The maximum number of requests that our staff can deal with has been reached (Learn more).| Article -
Requests for information about people held during Spanish Civil War or Second World War
Regarding a request for information about someone held as a prisoner of war or civilian internee during the Spanish Civil War or the Second World War.In accordance with the ICRC's regulations on access to its archives, the Agency Archives may have in| Article -
Red Cross extends support to families separated by violence and conflict
Budapest/Geneva, 13 May 2022 Ahead of the International Day of Families on 15 May, the Red Cross Red Crescent Movement is expanding its family reunification services with a new initiative.The Reunification Pathways for Integration (REPAIR) project is| Article -
Syria: In societies shattered by conflict, civilians pay a high price for years
A statement from Peter Maurer, president of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), following a trip to Syria this week: Damascus (ICRC) – It takes years, sometimes decades, for societies shattered by conflict to recover.| News release -
‘Reframed’: a photo exhibition to see Sudan with renewed eyes
This does not mean that people got used to living in this situation, nor have they stopped going through complex moments that affect their daily lives amid several humanitarian consequences such as internal displacements, sexual violence, family sepa| Article -
Egypt: ICRC, Ain Shams University sign MoU on International Humanitarian Law
The MoU will see the two entities cooperating in the field of IHL through organizing conferences, workshops, lectures and joint research projects.The MoU was signed by Vice President of Ain Shams University Abdel-Fattah Saud and head of the ICRC Cair| News release -
Sahel: A food crisis fueled by conflict is set to worsen during lean period
More than 10.5 million people in Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger and Mauritania are at risk of facing hunger during the upcoming agricultural lean period -- the time between harvests when food stocks are most depleted -- as conflict worsens an ongoing foo| News release