Rural areas of northern Ethiopia that have experienced heavy fighting in the past years remain heavily contaminated by unexploded ordnance. Weapon contamination poses severe risks for civilians, especially children.

Seventeen metric tons of urgently needed medical supplies have arrived in Beirut via air cargo from the ICRC.

The ICRC has launched a partnership with Kharkiv University Clinic and Ukraine’s Ministry of Health to provide physical rehabilitation support for the growing number of people in need due to amputations and disability caused by the armed conflict.

The Geneva Conventions, crucial international treaties regulating armed conflict, mark their 75th anniversary on August 12. These treaties form the backbone of international humanitarian law, a set of rules seeking to limit the effects of armed conflict, limiting the means and methods of warfare and safeguarding those not or no longer taking part in hostilities.