05-07-2021 Juba (ICRC) – The people of South Sudan have been battered by the ravages of conflict and armed violence during most of the first decade of the state’s existence. Underscoring the scale of …
01-07-2021 Kananga (ICRC) – The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) officially left the Kasai Region, in central Democratic Republic of the Congo, on 30 June 2021. After four years of …
26-06-2021 The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) strongly condemns the killing of Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) staff members in Tigray region of Ethiopia on June 25. We stand in …
24-06-2021 The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) on Thursday facilitated a second medical evacuation of wounded people that was carried out by the Ethiopian Red Cross Society (ERCS) and …
24-06-2021 Jakarta, 24 June 2021 – The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) together with the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) emphasised the need for collective adaptability …
23-06-2021 Joint statement of the Tripartite Commission At the 51 st Tripartite Commission (TC) meeting yesterday, held under the auspices of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), it …
21-06-2021 Geneva, 22 June 2021 – The humanitarian sector has a key role to play in addressing the climate and environment crises that affect people’s lives and livelihoods around the world every …
19-06-2021 Besides the vulnerability of those who work in essential services, campaign calls attention to violence, which had no truce and impacts many communities. Brasília (ICRC) – Brazil hit the …
18-06-2021 Photojournalism award The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) awarded its Visa d'Or prize for humanitarian photojournalism to independent French photojournalist Antoine …
17-06-2021 Port Moresby (ICRC) – At least 45 police officers from three police stations in Buka, Arawa and Buin will participate in a police workshop facilitated by the International Committee of the …
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Customary international humanitarian law consists of rules that come from "a general practice accepted as law" and that exist independent of treaty law.
