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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 2016 - Nigeria

23 May 2017 | Publisher: International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) | Document type: Annual Reports

Nigeria: ICRC delivers food to 25,000 people in Rann

27 January 2017 | Publisher: International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) | Document type: Country News

Nigeria: ICRC surgical teams caring for wounded after air strikes

20 January 2017 | Publisher: International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) | Document type: Country News

Nigeria: ICRC surgical teams treat bomb-blast victims in Madagali and Maiduguri

16 January 2017 | Publisher: International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) | Document type: Country News

Working towards safer access to health care in Rivers state

24 November 2016 | Publisher: International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) | Document type: Country News

Nigeria: ECOWAS member states discuss implementation of international humanitarian law

28 June 2016 | Publisher: International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) | Document type: Country News

Lake Chad: 'Not a day goes by without a child dying of malnutrition'

9 June 2016 | Publisher: International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) | Document type: Country News

Annual Report 2015 - Nigeria

9 May 2016 | Publisher: International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) | Document type: Annual Reports

Nigeria: Tears of joy as families are reunited with missing relatives

25 January 2016 | Publisher: International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) | Document type: Country News

Annual Report 2014 - Nigeria

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

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