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Our latest humanitarian operations around the world

South Africa: The 6th Commonwealth Conference

Article

03-07-2024

image of the 6th Commonwealth Conference participants

International Humanitarian Law and China: Historical Timeline

Article

01-07-2024

IHL and china: historical timeline

Humanitarian Visa d’Or: Hugh Kinsella Cunningham wins for documenting the plight of civilians in the DRC

Article

21-06-2024

Congolese army units drive past displacement camps. 08 April, Sake, North Kivu Province, Democratic Republic of Congo. Sake was a key objective of an M23 offensive seeking to isolate the city of Goma.

“I was afraid to tell anyone” – supporting survivors of sexual violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo

Article

14-06-2024

Odette's hands

Torture and ill treatment: The position of the ICRC

Article

11-06-2024

ICRC work in detention

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Latest press releases and statements

Families of people missing or captured in the Russia-Ukraine international armed conflict visit ICRC headquarters in Geneva

News release

19-06-2024

A flag of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC).

DR Congo: The ICRC suspends food aid for displaced people in Kanyabayonga

News release

04-06-2024

Embassy of Canada and ICRC Conclude Insightful Alumni Discussion on Humanitarian Efforts to Mark World Red Cross Day

News release

29-05-2024

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Latest report and publications

Counting the dead 2020–2021: A new report on the migrants dying on Europe’s borders

Geneva Conventions and its protocols

The Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949

Evaluation report: Community Contact Centers

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December

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ICRC Weapon Wounded Care Conference

Geneva International Conference Center

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