Even wars have limits: Health-care workers and facilities must be protected 8/5/2016, IHL / News releases and statements Speech given by Mr Peter Maurer, president of the ICRC, at the United Nations Security Council Briefing, 3 May 2016, New York, USA ...
Syria: Aleppo on the brink of humanitarian disaster 2/5/2016, News releases and statements News Release, 28 April 2016 Damascus/Geneva – The intense battles raging in Aleppo, which have seen a key hospital destroyed with significant loss ...
Somalia: 60,000 people affected by drought receive food 18/4/2016, News releases and statements News release, 15 April 2016 Nairobi/Geneva – The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and the Somali Red Crescent Society have begun ...
IHL: ICRC launches new guidance bolstering relevance of Geneva Conventions 23/3/2016, IHL / News releases and statements 21 March 2016, ICRC News Release Geneva – The International Committee of the Red Cross has unveiled major new guidance on the implementation ...
Syria: “Time to end this horrendous war” says ICRC president 28/2/2016, News releases and statements ICRC News Release, 26 February 2016 The president of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), Peter Maurer, has urged the parties ...
Yemen: Desperately needed medical supplies reach Taiz 14/2/2016, News releases and statements Press Release, 13 February 2016 Sana’a/Geneva – A team from the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has managed to enter ...
ICRC calls for immediate and simultaneous lifting of all sieges across Syria 17/1/2016, News releases and statements News Release – The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) says that, as a matter of urgency, and because of overwhelming humanitarian ...
Syria: key operation begins to bring aid to people in besieged areas 12/1/2016, News releases and statements News release Damascus / Geneva – The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), working alongside the Syrian Arab Red Crescent (SARC) and ...
Red Cross Red Crescent leaders and States take decisive steps to advance principled humanitarian action 14/12/2015, News releases and statements ICRC News Release Geneva, 10 December 2015 – The 32nd International Conference of the Red Cross and Red Crescent has closed with a ...
No agreement by States on mechanism to strengthen compliance 13/12/2015, News releases and statements ICRC News Release 10 December 2015 Geneva (ICRC) – After four years of extensive consultations, States have been unable to agree on a ...