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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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Displacement in Times of Armed Conflict: How International Humanitarian Law Protects in War and Why It Matters

April 2019 | Publisher: International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) | Document type: Thematic Guidelines

Internal displacement: Some reflections on cracking the urban challenge

23 September 2018 | Publisher: International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) | Document type: Commentaries

Addressing Internal Displacement in Times of Armed Conflict and Other Violence

25 January 2018 | Publisher: International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) | Document type: Country Reports

In Democratic Republic of the Congo, new violence leads to even more displacement

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

Democratic Republic of the Congo: the plight of families fleeing the violence in Kasai

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

Myanmar: Picking up pieces and stitching a new life

5 September 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

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

Annual Report 2016 - Central African Republic

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

Annual Report 2016 - Congo, Democratic Republic of the

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

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