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About the International Committee of the Red Cross - the ICRC
Section on how to find out about the International Committee of the Red Cross. Specific sections on: the ICRC mandate, history, structure, financing and budget, working for the ICRC, funds and medals, contact addresses.
 
4-1-2008
Overview of the ICRC's operations in 2008
The ICRC is pleased to present its main operational trends and priorities for 2008. This document gives a detailed analysis of the situations encountered by some 80 field delegations and missions around the world and outlines the corresponding ICRC objectives and budgetary requirements.
(About the ICRC)
3-6-2008
Confidentiality: key to the ICRC's work but not unconditional
Confidentiality is an essential tool, which enables the ICRC to reach out to people affected by insecurity, violence and armed conflict. It allows the ICRC to build trust, communicate and influence change. But what happens if confidentiality is broken? An interview with the ICRC's deputy director of operations.
See also:The neutral intermediary role of the ICRC: at the heart of humanitarian action
(About the ICRC)
7-2-2007
ICRC strategy 2007-2010
Armed conflicts vary over time and in intensity and are devastating for the millions of people affected worldwide. In recent years, the ICRC has been confronted with and has responded to a growing variety of crisis situations
(About the ICRC)
1-4-2004
ICRC in action - who we are, how we work
This leaflet provides a simple introduction to the ICRC. It summarizes who we are, what we do, how we work and the extent of our activities worldwide. It also includes contact details for further information, making it an ideal "visiting card" to ICRC work throughout the world.
(About the ICRC)
23-4-2008
Formal opening of Nazi persecution records in Arolsen – ICRC statement
The International Tracing Service in Bad Arolsen, Germany, contains over 50 million documents regarding the persecution, exploitation and extermination of millions of civilians by the Nazis. The recent opening of the archives to historical research was marked at a ceremony on 30 April at the archive centre. See also: ICRC in WW II: the Holocaust ; Nazi abuse of ICRC travel documents
(About the ICRC)
Press article  1-10-2005
Protection of IDPs: an ICRC view
IDPs are of primary concern to the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC). Ensuring their protection lies at the core of its mandate, operational concerns and priorities - article published in Forced Migration review, IDP Supplement, October 2005. By the head of the Protection Division, ICRC.
Alain Aeschlimann
(ICRC Activities\Protection)
 
International Review of the Red Cross  31-3-2007
The ICRC: a unique humanitarian protagonist
The International Committee of the Red Cross, as a unique and respected humanitarian actor, has changed considerably since the 1970s. It has carved out an enduring place for neutral humanitarianism in conflicts, but one that is not free from controversies and challenges.
David P. Forsythe
(Info resources\International Review\2007 - No. 865)
Official Statement  26-5-2004
Swiss neutrality as viewed by the International Committee of the Red Cross
Switzerland and the ICRC both set great value on their respective policies of neutrality but important principles distinguish the two models, as the ICRC's Director for International Law and Cooperation within the Movement, François Bugnion, explains.
(About the ICRC)
International Review of the Red Cross  30-6-2001
Humanitarian action: constructing legitimacy
André Pasquier
(Info resources\International Review\2001 - No. 842)
 
News
News release  27-5-2008
Rising food prices hurting the poorest in war zones
Geneva (ICRC) – Millions of people already suffering because of armed conflicts are likely to be particularly hard hit by the current increase in food prices, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) warned today.
(News)
TV news footage  3-3-2008
ICRC TV NEWS FOOTAGE International Women's Day - Are they still alive?
Women's search for the truth. For hundreds of thousands of women, one of the worst consequences of armed conflict is the agonizing wait for news when brothers, husbands or sons have gone missing. On International Women’s Day (8 March 2008), the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), calls on states to take measures to clarify the fate of the missing and inform the women left behind. Louma from Iraq and Dzidza from Bosnia-Herzegovina have both lost husbands in the course of conflict, and explain their longing to know the truth about what happened
(News)
25-3-2004
See also
(About the ICRC)
2-2-2004
Publications
The ICRC in general - origins and history
(About the ICRC)
2-2-2004
ICRC information services
The ICRC archives, the Library and Research Service (CID)
(About the ICRC)
2-2-2004
Films about the ICRC
(About the ICRC)
2-2-2004
Job vacancies
at ICRC headquarters and in the field
(About the ICRC)


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