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/
- Abduction 2
- Access to water 4
- Arbitrary arrest and detention 1
- Armed forces / Military 3
- Border crossers 1
- Civil war 13
- Conflict situation 6
- Disappeared persons 2
- Evacuation 5
- Extrajudicial executions 5
- Family reunification 1
- Generalized violence 1
- Humanitarian assistance 30
- Internal armed conflict 15
- Internally displaced persons (IDPs) 10
- International armed conflict 1
- International humanitarian law (IHL) / Geneva Conventions 4
- Military operations 1
- Opposition 1
- Persecution based on class/wealth/occupation 5
- Persons with disabilities 1
- Political situation 2
- Pre-trial detention 2
- Prison or detention conditions 4
- Protection of civilian persons in time of war 18
- Public health 7
- Refugees 1
- Security forces 1
- Security situation 11
- Torture 1
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