ICRC

Staying neutral allows us to do our job. It is not indifference: it is a deliberate choice.

Our mission comes from the Geneva Conventions, universal laws that preserve a degree of humanity, even in war. Today, 163 years since our founding, neutrality remains as crucial as ever.

📍Yemen | For patients with serious injuries, timely medical care is a matter of life or death.

The medical supplies @ICRC_ye just delivered to Taiz are a vital step towards meeting urgent needs, but sustained access remains essential to keep hospitals supplied and patients treated in time.

Even during armed conflicts, nature must not become a casualty without limits.

International humanitarian law sets boundaries on the damage parties to armed conflict can inflict on the natural environment. On the International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in Armed Conflict, we remind all parties that these protections must be respected.

Protecting the natural environment is not only an environmental concern, but also a legal obligation for parties to armed conflicts.

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2026 is a decisive year. States have a critical opportunity at the Seventh Review Conference of the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons (CCW), on 16–20 November 2026, to move from discussion to negotiation on new international rules to regulate autonomous weapons systems.

The world cannot afford further delays in regulating autonomous weapons.

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