Every day, an ICRC delegate somewhere in the world is faced with the reality of torture. Often he or she is the only redress or support a victim of torture has. Being “registered” by the ICRC ...

The ICRC is increasingly concerned about the conditions surrounding release operations. We strongly urge all parties, including the mediators, to take responsibility to ensure that future releases are ...

NEWS ANALYSIS. The International Committee of the Red Cross is working to refocus countries' attention on the rules laid down ...

But not the ICRC—then, anyway. Unlike the national Red Cross and Red Crescent societies in scores of countries, the ICRC was apolitical, effective, efficient, politically neutral, and staffed ...

Before joining Human Rights Watch, Salah worked as protection team leader for western Libya at the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), supervising a team of delegates and visiting ...

Dozens of them, wounded by the violence, required urgent medical care by ICRC doctors. “Our mobile surgical team has already carried out more than 250 surgeries since 8 December, and there are ...