ICRC vice-president: States must end flow of weapons that fuels human suffering 22/8/2016, News releases and statements Geneva (ICRC) – The vice-president of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has appealed for States around the world to cease ...
ICRC responses to recent attacks against its Jerusalem mission 21/8/2016, News releases and statements Jerusalem/Geneva: Over the last two weeks, the International Committee of the Red Cross in Israel and the occupied territories has been faced with ...
Syria: Aleppo “One of the most devastating urban conflicts” 16/8/2016, News releases and statements The president of the International Committee of the Red Cross, Peter Maurer, has described the fight for the Syrian city of Aleppo as ...
Iraq: Up to one million people could be forced to flee their homes as fighting intensifies 31/7/2016, News releases and statements News release, 29 July 2016 The International Committee of the Red Cross believes that up to a million more people could be forced ...
The Missing from the conflict between Israel and Hamas: Two Years On 5/7/2016, Missing - Israel and the Occupied Territories / News releases and statements The Missing and their families must not be forgotten. Clinging to glimmers of hope that ...
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 ...