Gaza: on the frontlines of climate change
While climate is changing everywhere, it is people living in fragile environments who are most severely affected. We recently co-organised a workshop with thinktank INSS to explore the issue. Fathi …
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Towards more Effective Humanitarian Operations in Urban Areas of Protracted Armed Conflicts
This report documents a process that the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is developing to achieve more effective operations in cases of protracted urban armed conflict. The duration …
Ukraine: ICRC facilitates safe transport of more than 1,000 civilians to Zaporizhzhia
06-04-2022 Geneva (ICRC) – An International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) team has led a convoy of buses and private cars carrying more than 1,000 people to Zaporizhzhia. The civilians …
After two years apart, Gaza families visit their loved ones in detention
"I spent all night yesterday thinking of the moment I will finally see my dad again. I wanted to tell him about school, my friends and how difficult life is without him, but also how good of a …
Internally displaced persons and international humanitarian law – Factsheet
International humanitarian law (IHL) is a set of rules that, in times of armed conflict, seeks – for humanitarian reasons – to protect persons who are not, or are no longer, directly participating …
NEW Request for Information regarding the design and prototyping of alternatives to Polypropylene woven bags
In 2021, the ICRC, together with its Partners UNHCR and WFP, launched a project to identify and test more sustainable alternatives to the polypropylene woven bag that is commonly used as packaging …
Nigeria: Armed Conflict and Camp Closure Continues to Displace People in the Northeast
Families recently arrived in an internally displaced camp in Gwoza Over the past few months, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has observed increasing humanitarian needs due to the …
Across Africa, a disaster goes largely unnoticed as 1 in 4 people face food security crisis
05-04-2022 Nairobi (ICRC) – More than a quarter of Africa’s people – 346 million – are facing a food security crisis that has millions of families skipping meals every day, an alarming hunger …
War Surgery - Working With Limited Resources In Armed Conflict And Other Situations Of Violence Volume 1
ICRC surgical programmes for war victims have been developed over many years, based on "appropriate" responses for a given situation. This often involves making the best of limited resources in an …
What you need to know about our action in Ukraine
As the international armed conflict between Russia and Ukraine enters its fifth week, the level of death, destruction, and suffering that continues to be inflicted on civilians is abhorrent and …
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