International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)

International Organisations
Website: http://www.icrc.org/
Email: webmaster.gva@icrc.org

Address: Information Centre, 19 avenue de la Paix, CH 1202 Geneva, Switzerland
Phone: +41-22 734 60 01
Fax: +41-22 733 20 57

As part of its mandate to assist victims of armed conflict, ICRC works to alleviate the suffering of mine victims and mine-affected communities throughout the world. At the local level, ICRC focuses its efforts on providing curative care and prosthetic services to mine victims. It provides specialised training in the management of war wounds, including sessions on how to treat mine injuries. It also conducts mine/uxo risk education programmes to help reduce the threat to those living in a mine/UXO-contaminated environment. Its programmes seek to reduce the number of casualties caused by mines and unexploded ordnance, and can be found in a number of regions throughout the world. At the national and international levels, ICRC works closely with Governments, international agencies and non-governmental organisations to universalise and implement the Amended Protocol II to the CCW and the Antipersonnel Mine Ban Convention (APMBC). In this context, ICRC regularly organises and participates in national and regional conferences to promote understanding of and adherence to these and other international humanitarian law (IHL) instruments. It also assists Governments in developing national legislation to implement their IHL obligations. For more information, the ICRC website can be found at www.icrc.org

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