The ICRC is an impartial, neutral and independent organization whose exclusively humanitarian mission is to protect the lives and dignity of armed conflict and other situations of violence and to provide them with assistance.
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The ICRC also endeavours to prevent suffering by promoting and strengthening humanitarian law and universal humanitarian principles. Established in 1863, the ICRC is at the origin of the Geneva Conventions and the international Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement.