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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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Missing Israeli nationals: Hamas must abide by international humanitarian law

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

Annual Report 2016 - Israel and the Occupied Territories

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

Detainees' contacts with families are Israel's obligation under IHL

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

Concern about deteriorating health of Palestinian detainees hospitalized in Israel

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

Flowers of Tomorrow: The stone of hope for Gaza youth

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

Annual Report 2015 - Israel and the Occupied Territories

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

Palestinian hunger striker in critical state

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

Annual Report 2014 - Israel and the Occupied Territories

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

Annual Report 2013 - Israel and the occupied territories

14 May 2014 | 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

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