print email comment close International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) URL: http://www.icrc.org/eng Description: Information about the organization, "whose exclusively humanitarian mission is to protect the lives and dignity of victims of war and internal violence and to provide them with assistance." The site features news and background material on such topics as biotechnology and weapons, children in war, landmines, and displacement of civilians in areas of conflict. The texts of the main treaties of International Humanitarian Law (the four Geneva Conventions and their Additional Protocols) are also on the site. Available in several languages. Searchable. Publisher: International Committee of the Red Cross Extra Keywords IHL Library of Congress Subject Headings: Humanitarian assistance Humanitarian law Red Cross LII Database Information: Record 7275 created by Carole Leita on 05/31/1999 Last modification on 12/19/2004 Published: 05/31/1999   Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/7275