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International Committee of the Red Cross

1863 establishments in SwitzerlandHenry DunantHuman rights organisations based in SwitzerlandInternational Red Cross and Red Crescent MovementNobel laureates with multiple Nobel awards
Organisations based in GenevaOrganizations awarded Nobel Peace PrizesOrganizations established in 1863Swiss Nobel laureatesUnited Nations General Assembly observersUse Oxford spelling from November 2017Vague or ambiguous time from January 2013Vague or ambiguous time from November 2010
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The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC; French: Comité international de la Croix-Rouge) is a humanitarian organization which is based in Geneva, Switzerland, and it is also a three-time Nobel Prize Laureate. State parties (signatories) to the Geneva Convention of 1949 and its Additional Protocols of 1977 (Protocol I, Protocol II) and 2005 have given the ICRC a mandate to protect victims of international and internal armed conflicts. Such victims include war wounded persons, prisoners, refugees, civilians, and other non-combatants.The ICRC is part of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, along with the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) and 192 National Societies. It is the oldest and most honoured 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).

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