Geneva (ICRC) – Mirjana Spoljaric, the President of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), arrived in the West Bank on Friday amid fears of a deepening escalation resulting in rising humanitarian needs. The West Bank is witnessing its most violent cycle in decades.
NEWS RELEASE 15 DECEMBER 2023

President Spoljaric will meet the leadership of the Palestine Red Crescent Society to discuss efforts to assist communities suffering from the effects of conflict.

She will meet with health authorities as well as representatives of Palestinian detainees, to listen and share with them the ICRC’s persistent efforts to regain access to monitor their treatment in detention.

About the ICRC

The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is a neutral, impartial and independent organization with an exclusively humanitarian mandate that stems from the Geneva Conventions of 1949. It helps people around the world affected by armed conflict and other violence, doing everything it can to protect their lives and dignity and to relieve their suffering, often alongside its Red Cross and Red Crescent partners.