Physical rehabilitation programme in Afghanistan
Multiple layers of armed conflict and entrenched socio-cultural dynamics have left Afghanistan with one of the highest disability rates in the world. We have been supporting the Afghan people since …
Multiple layers of armed conflict and entrenched socio-cultural dynamics have left Afghanistan with one of the highest disability rates in the world. We have been supporting the Afghan people since …
In May 2021, the ICRC adopted the Climate and Environment Charter for Humanitarian Organizations, highlighting our commitment to help communities enduring conflict and other violence adapt to a …
08-05-2022 Geneva (ICRC) – After weeks of living largely underground with dwindling food, water and medicine, more than 170 civilians from Azovstal and the Mariupol area arrived in Zaporizhzhia on …
"Tutti Fratelli!" We are brothers and sisters, exclaimed the women of Castiglione after the devastating battle of Solferino in 1859. With these very words, they sparked the flame of Humanity among …
08-05-2022 Papua New Guinea (PNG), 8 May 2022 – Today we are celebrating World Red Cross and Red Crescent Day, a day dedicated to recognizing the support given by Red Cross/Red Crescent staff and …
06-05-2022 Geneva (ICRC) – The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) facilitated the repatriation of 117 detainees on Friday from Saudi Arabia to Yemen, following a request from the Joint …
To ensure the continued provision of basic health-care services for 28,000 detainees in Muntinlupa City's New Bilibid Prison (NBP), a 150-bed temporary hospital was inaugurated today by officials of …
Despite the long-term desire of the international community to explore and use outer space for peaceful purposes, space systems have been employed for military purposes since the dawn of the space …
Statement Speech given by Mr Peter Maurer, President of the International Committee of the Red Cross, at the High-Level International Donors’ Conference for Ukraine; Warsaw, 5 May 2022, on behalf of …
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is delighted to invite you to the launch of the report ' " My father and cows will go to court, not me." Male Perceptions of Sexual Violence in …
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