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INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE OF THE RED CROSS

Washington, District of Columbia

The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) operates worldwide, helping people affected by conflict and armed violence and promoting the laws that protect victims of war.

The ICRC is an impartial, neutral and independent organization whose exclusively humanitarian mission is to protect the lives and dignity of victims of war and other situations of violence and to provide them with assistance. The ICRC responds to humanitarian needs worldwide through its network of delegations and as part of the wider International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement.

Established in 1863, its mandate stems essentially from the Geneva Conventions of 1949. It is based ... Meer lezen