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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 - Lebanon

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

Lebanese authorities must pass a law on missing persons

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

Lebanon: Families of missing have waited long enough

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

Lebanon: Collection of biological samples renews hope for families of the missing

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

Annual Report 2015 - Lebanon

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

Lebanon: Time is running out

30 August 2015 | Publisher: International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) | Document type: Country News

Lebanon: Missing persons and their families

28 August 2015 | Publisher: International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) | Document type: Country News

Annual Report 2014 - Lebanon

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

Annual Report 2013 - Lebanon

14 May 2014 | Publisher: International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) | Document type: Annual Reports

Lebanon: Giving Syrian war amputees prostheses and hope

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

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