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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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Mali: thousands affected by fighting in the north 8 February 2012

Category: Country Information | Publisher: International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) | Document type: Country News

Democratic Republic of the Congo/South Sudan: 61 children reunited with their families 6 February 2012

Category: Country Information | Publisher: International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) | Document type: Country News

Israel and the occupied territories: another year without change 6 February 2012

Category: Country Information | Publisher: International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) | Document type: Country News

Mali/Niger: people displaced by fighting flee towards Niger 3 February 2012

Category: Country Information | Publisher: International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) | Document type: Country News

Iraq: improved rehabilitation services for people with disabilities in Nasiriya 31 January 2012

Category: Country Information | Publisher: International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) | Document type: Country News

Mexico: health-care workers on the front line 30 January 2012

Category: Country Information | Publisher: International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) | Document type: Country News

Syria: Syrian Arab Red Crescent secretary-general killed 25 January 2012

Category: Country Information | Publisher: International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) | Document type: Country News

Nigeria: helping surgeons to enhance their skills 24 January 2012

Category: Country Information | Publisher: International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) | Document type: Country News

Somalia: mortars hit Mogadishu's Keysaney Hospital 23 January 2012

Category: Country Information | Publisher: International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) | Document type: Country News

Sudan: animal health - a matter of life and death in Darfur 20 January 2012

Category: Country Information | Publisher: International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) | Document type: Country News


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