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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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Refugees, returnees and displaced persons: ICRC statement to the United Nations, 2013

6 November 2013 | Publisher: International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) | Document type: Speeches/Statements

Democratic Republic of the Congo: Growing concern for victims of fighting in North Kivu

1 November 2013 | Publisher: International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) | Document type: Country News

Syria: Over 2,000 civilians leave besieged town near Damascus

14 October 2013 | Publisher: International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) | Document type: Country News

Georgia/South Ossetia: Surviving the peace

24 September 2013 | Publisher: International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) | Document type: Country News

Philippines: Aid reaches thousands hit by violence in Zamboanga

12 September 2013 | Publisher: International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) | Document type: Country News

Cameroon: Population Movement (as of 3 September 2013)

3 September 2013 | Publisher: International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) | Document type: Maps

Cameroon: Population Movement (as of 3 September 2013)

3 September 2013 | Publisher: International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) | Document type: Maps

Tanzania: Improving the lives of disabled people

14 June 2013 | Publisher: International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) | Document type: Country News

Niger: Emergency aid for 2,400 people fleeing violence in Nigeria

21 May 2013 | Publisher: International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) | Document type: Country News

Senegal: Income-generating projects for displaced people in Casamance

2 May 2013 | Publisher: International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) | Document type: Country News

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