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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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More needs to be done to clarify the fate of over 1,600 people missing in relation to conflict in Kosovo

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

Venezuela: People must have access to health-care services at all times

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

Philippines: No let-up in fighting in Marawi City

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

Iraq: Wounded civilians trapped in Mosul must be evacuated, treated

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

Syria: ICRC condemns attack on humanitarian convoy

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

Democratic Republic of the Congo: Two Red Cross members released

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

Yemen: Health system at breaking point as cholera spreads at unprecedented rate

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

More than 350,000 people face acute water shortage in eastern Ukraine

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

Philippines: Increased health risks feared among people displaced by Marawi fighting

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

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

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