Are you following #AFCON2023📷? You must have spotted #Senegal's Koulibaly Kalidou. Together with him, let's defend the most vulnerable to conflict and the rules of war. Watch our #DefendIHL film 👇🏾 youtube.com/watch?v=7f0-qI…

🔴 Opportunity for Brussels-based journalists The ICRC will organize a workshop to promote understanding & respect for International Humanitarian Law, which is crucial in armed conflict situations. 📅March 4 2024 📍Brussels ℹ️forms.office.com/pages/response…

In Ukraine, 14.6 million people are in need of urgent humanitarian assistance, particularly in areas close to the frontline. Through Sida, Sweden is making an additional donation of approximately EUR 6.6 million to ICRC and the Ukraine Humanitarian Fund.

The ICRC has been contacted over 100,000 times by families searching for their loved ones since Feb. 2022. "This gives an idea of just the amount of suffering that this creates on both sides" Beautiful The Associated Press piece on the plight of families in #Ukraine 👇 apnews.com/article/russia…

“We have to strive to preserve humanity at all times... And then train your armed forces so that they know the rules.. Because war is not a lawless space...You cannot win the war at all cost, at the expense of the civilian population". ICRC President speaks with CGTN Europe 👇

An honor to be part of اللجنة الدولية للصليب الأحمر في لبنان first #podcast with the amazing edmondsassine ادمون ساسين moderated by our rising star Carla Abiakl. Drawing on our respective career paths to dissect communication during conflict from journalism to humanitarian comms.

Olivier Ray is in #Brussels to discuss how to take forward our partnership with the European Union. 🇪🇺 The #EU is a leading humanitarian donor and an important ICRC partner. EU Civil Protection & Humanitarian Aid 🇪🇺's support for our #IHL activities is a great example of that. Watch the video 📽️ 🔽 🔽 🔽

Democratic Republic of Congo - massive forced displacement, civilians maimed and killed in fighting, spreading sexual violence, healthcare in danger. The parties to the conflict must respect international humanitarian law to protect civilians in #Kivu, #Goma, #Saké. #IHL

À Famalé, au #Niger, nous avons rencontré Fati et Adama. Toutes les 2 font partie des 230 femmes, déplacées et résidentes, qui font courageusement face aux conséquences combinées du conflit et du #changementclimatique. Elles racontent. #JournéeDesDroitsDesFemmes

Tarpaulins are key to humanitarian aid. They protect, shelter and wrap. But they are mostly made of plastic: not great for the planet! So UNHCR is rolling out a new eco-tarp with ICRC and IFRC. It will cut carbon emissions by 40% and reduce plastic use by 1 million kg/year.

Deeply saddened to hear of the passing of Mrs. Khairoonisa Molu, the longest-surviving member of the Kenya Red Cross until her passing, with over seventy years of dedicated service, beginning when it was known as the Kenya Branch of the British Red Cross 🧡. Mrs. Molu's

My fascination with the Gardner heist spans nearly 25 yrs. I’ve read, watched and listened to just about everything about it. And still today, I read this hoping for a break in the case: The New York Times nytimes.com/2024/03/18/art…

📸We invite all photojournalists to participate in our Visa d’or award. Proposals will be accepted till June 9th, 2024, capturing the theme: 'Civilians, the primary victims of armed conflicts'. Read more: ms.spr.ly/6011Yc9wF

For every person missing, countless people are missing them. Families deserve to know what happened and where their loved ones are.

Mediation is key in addressing the fate of missing persons. It can help resolve existing cases and prevent disappearances. With the support of #Switzerland🇨🇭@‌ICRC launched a Guidance for mediators. Thank you @‌NorwayUN for hosting this event. ➡️ 📃 bit.ly/3zbLT4M

This year we mark the 75th anniversary of the Geneva Conventions, international treaties that set limits for armed conflicts. Parties to armed conflicts are the only ones with enough power to enforce the rules of war, transform them into reality, and save lives 👇🏽

💙Take a walk through #humanity 💙 In #Geneva, 50 portraits of #humanitarian objects bear witness to the activities of the International Red Cross & Red Crescent Movement since its birth in 1863. It echoes the 75th anniversary of the Geneva Conventions ICRC IFRC

New video "Focal Point - a discussion on field photography" produced by Lucie Parrinello from our audiovisual archives, is about the experience of six ICRC photographers who capture conflicts and humanitarian work ⬇️ avarchives.icrc.org/Film/29673

"...the most excruciating pain people experience is being separated from a loved one with no knowledge of where or how they are, or what has happened to them" Learn more about another tragedy that comes with conflict👇 theguardian.com/world/article/…

"Where are the peacemakers? ... The faithful application of international humanitarian law can bolster peace initiatives": Mirjana Spoljaric, ICRC President, on the 75th anniversary of the Geneva Conventions. Read full speech here: ms.spr.ly/6010loRfj