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International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)

The ICRC has a legal mandate from the international community. That mandate has two sources: the Geneva Conventions, which task the ICRC with visiting prisoners, organizing relief operations, re-uniting separated families and similar humanitarian activities during armed conflicts; the ICRC's Statutes, which encourage it to undertake similar work in situations of internal violence, where the Geneva Conventions do not apply. The Geneva Conventions are binding instruments of international law, applicable worldwide. The ICRC Statutes are adopted at the International Conference of the Red Cross and Red Crescent, which takes place every four years, and at which States that are party to the Geneva Conventions take part, thereby conferring a quasi-legal or “soft law” status on the Statutes.  Website: www.icrc.org/
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Annual Report 2014 - Egypt

9 June 2015 | Publisher: International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) | Document type: Annual Reports

Annual Report 2014 - Jordan

9 June 2015 | Publisher: International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) | Document type: Annual Reports

ICRC Annual Report 2012 - Israel and The Occupied Territories

May 2013 | Publisher: International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) | Document type: Annual Reports

Israel and the occupied territory: ICRC concerned about plight of civilians

20 November 2012 | Publisher: International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) | Document type: Country News

Israel/occupied territories: three Palestinian detainees on hunger strike risk death

14 September 2012 | Publisher: International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) | Document type: Country News

Israel and the occupied territories: another year without change

6 February 2012 | Publisher: International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) | Document type: Country News

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