The new ICRC Institutional Strategy presents an aligned vision for the period 2024–2027. We take stock of the challenging environment in which we operate and restate who and what we stand for. We ...

Kinshasa (ICRC) – Armed clashes in several parts of South Kivu continue to cause deaths and to force thousands of families to flee, leaving everything behind. Some have fled to other areas in the east ...

A new report by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) finds that the humanitarian situation in Colombia reached ...

Worldwide, the number of armed conflicts has more than doubled in the last 15 years, with around 130 active conflicts at the start of 2026. The parties involved are challenging international ...

Across various parts of the country, armed clashes intensified and, in many cases, took place in populated areas or near ...

When I learnt that I would begin my mission in Colombia, it was impossible not to think about everything I had to do. The ...

“Millions of people in Iraq continue to endure the consequences of wars and must be spared from further cycles of violence,” ICRC President Mirjana Spoljaric said on the conclusion of her two-day ...

In 2025, the ICRC documented 845 alleged violations of IHL. This figure corresponds only to the cases known to the organization and does not necessarily reflect all situations that occurred in ...

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They are part of a broader pattern of disregard for international humanitarian law, for the protection owed to medical and ...