Thursday, August 10, 2006

ICRC

The International Committee of the Red Cross or ICRC is a secretive institution of humanitarian in Geneva, Switzerland. To defend the fatalities of international and internal armed conflicts, ICRC has an exclusive ability based on the international humanitarian law of the Geneva. Thee victims include the war wounded, prisoners, refugees, civilians, and other non-combatants in common. ICRC is one among the part of the Red Cross Movement, beside to this there are many other participants like International Federation and 185 National Societies. This is the most oldest and the pleased organization within the Movement and one of the most widely recognized organizations in the world, having won three Nobel Peace Prizes in 1917, 1944, and 1963.