May 25, 2013
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The International Committee of the Red Cross is a humanitarian institution based in Geneva, Switzerland and a three-time Nobel Prize Laureate. States parties to the four Geneva Conventions of 1949 and their Additional Protocols of 1977 and 2005, have given the ICRC a mandate to protect victims of international and internal armed conflicts. Such victims include war wounded, 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 and 186 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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![Syrian border quiet after Israel, Syria exchange fire [IBA, Israel]](/images/image_cache/base-14146000/14146529/thumbnail.width=304,height=171,grow=1,crop=center.jpg?sig=5906bca385ea014b91292454d1f9a36c)
![Palestinian footballer al-Sarsak declines Barcelona FC invite due to attendance of Gilad Shalit [Palestine TV, Ramallah]](/images/image_cache/base-11485000/11485537/thumbnail.width=304,height=171,grow=1,crop=center.jpg?sig=8a87a408d09d7a313a6b7fe49194d579)
![Assad holds talks with the head of the Red Cross as violence claims 74 lives across Syria [BBC Arabic, UK]](/images/image_cache/base-9843000/9843104/thumbnail.width=304,height=171,grow=1,crop=center.jpg?sig=2e3b150db7cbc9f864b086b5c287bc58)
![Israel starts 'pilot' prison visits from Gaza relatives for first time in seven years [Al Jazeera, Qatar]](/images/image_cache/base-7215000/7215982/thumbnail.width=304,height=171,grow=1,crop=center.jpg?sig=4fb456a4884086f85edfb2b03b00871f "The mother of a Palestinian prisoner on her way to visit her son jailed in Israel waves from inside a bus as it leaves Gaza City July 16, 201: REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa")
![Israel continues to deny Palestinian prisoners visitation rights [Palestine TV, Ramallah]](/images/image_cache/base-6925000/6925215/thumbnail.width=304,height=171,grow=1,crop=center.jpg?sig=75bb6a2990004fef09ec4754a41c7038)
![Syrian pilot defects after landing in Jordan [BBC Arabic, UK]](/images/image_cache/base-6053000/6053083/thumbnail.width=304,height=171,grow=1,crop=center.jpg?sig=b2b1aa4474a96486f7dd51809dd172dc)
![Relatives of Palestinian hunger strikers slam Red Cross for 'negative' role [Al Jazeera, Qatar]](/images/image_cache/base-4227000/4227609/thumbnail.width=304,height=171,grow=1,crop=center.jpg?sig=113e052094995efbedc02423541812d6)