ICRC Activities in Egypt: Facts & Figures 2023
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is an impartial, neutral and independent organization whose exclusively humanitarian mission is to protect the lives and dignity of victims of …
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is an impartial, neutral and independent organization whose exclusively humanitarian mission is to protect the lives and dignity of victims of …
15-03-2024 Statement by Patrick Youssef, International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) Regional Director for Africa, following his visit to Burkina Faso Ouagadougou (ICRC) – During my visit to …
14-03-2024 ICRC Geneva - The 19th meeting of the Coordination Mechanism seeking to clarify the fate and whereabouts of people missing in relation to the armed conflicts of the 1990s and August 2008 …
Beijing (ICRC) – On March 9, 2024, the 22nd Red Cross International Humanitarian Law (IHL) Moot Court Competition for the Asia-Pacific Region, jointly organized by the International Committee of the …
In close collaboration with the Panamanian Red Cross, we work to provide a humanitarian response to migrants after their journey through the Darien region. Learn more in our 2024 activity report. The …
12-03-2024 Maputo (ICRC) – Nearly 100,000 people, more than half of them children, have been displaced in one month due to an escalation of armed violence in Cabo Delgado province of Mozambique. The …
The upsurge in armed conflict and other situations of violence in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is taking a devastating humanitarian toll, especially in the east of the country. Read our …
“We are 100 per cent sure we will win this competition,” said Tao Chanda, a player in the Cambodian women’s wheelchair basketball team, just ahead of a 5x5 match against the Laotian team at the …
With escalating risks of armed conflicts and clashes at sea, which are vital trade routes for many countries in the Asia-Pacific, the need for effective law enforcement at sea has become paramount. …
10-03-2024 Geneva (ICRC) – The president of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) visited Qatar on Sunday to discuss the desperate humanitarian situation in relation to the armed …
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