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Philippines: Eight years after Marawi Conflict, unresolved issues of displaced, missing people hamper lasting peace
Manila (ICRC) – The path to lasting peace remains fragile in Marawi City in southern Philippines because of unresolved issues ...
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“We arrived from Sudan with nothing but our lives”
“Some of the children were left behind, and they haven’t arrived yet,” said Khadija Adam Youssouf, a refugee who managed to ...
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ICRC president: “It is possible to protect civilians in war”
The Geneva Conventions were born out of the smoldering ruins of war—out of genocide, out of mass suffering—to sear into ...
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DRC: 1,359 disarmed members of government forces and their families have arrived safe and well in Kinshasa, with the support of the ICRC
Goma (ICRC) – Between 30 April and 15 May, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) helped transport 1,359 ...
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Israel and the occupied territories: ICRC facilitates hostage release, calls for renewed and sustainable ceasefire agreement
Geneva (ICRC) – The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) today successfully facilitated the safe transfer of a ...
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Colombia: "Most Colombians are engulfed in the conflict against their will"
Patrick Hamilton leads ICRC's operations in Colombia and has two decades’ experience in protecting people in armed conflicts.
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Afghanistan: Physical rehabilitation programme leaflet 2024
In 2024, the ICRC in Afghanistan assisted over 200,000 patients by providing them with prosthetics, orthotics, physiotherapy, ...
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Burundi: Fleeing violence, families face the agony of separation
In the chaos of conflict and flight, families are torn apart - sometimes in moments, sometimes during the course of days of ...
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Preserving human control over the use of force: A call to regulate lethal autonomous weapon systems under international law
In October 2023, the Secretary-General of the United Nations and I issued a joint appeal to states to act now to preserve ...
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Standing behind communities, to do more and better together
In an increasingly polarized and complex world, where more and more people struggle to meet their basic needs, this shared ...
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Ukraine: ‘We lost a part of our soul, not just a hospital’
When the hospital was damaged by a strike in 2024, for the second time in a few months, the decision was taken to transfer all remaining assets to Mykolaivka, Odesa Region, with the support of the ...