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Work for ICRC Video | Armed Forces & Non-State Armed Groups Delegate Interview with Katherine Stewart, Armed Forces Delegate Work with Us Pamphlet – Armed Forces and Non-state armed groups delegate
What we do The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) works worldwide to provide protection and humanitarian assistance to people affected by conflict and armed violence. We take action in response to emergencies and, at the same time, promote respect for international humanitarian law. We are an independent and neutral organization, and our mandate stems essentially from the Geneva Conventions of 1949. We work closely with National Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies and with their International Federation in order to ensure a concerted, rational and rapid humanitarian response to the needs of the victims of armed conflict or any other situation of internal violence. We direct and coordinate the international activities conducted in these situations.
Role description The Armed Forces and Non-State Armed Groups (NSAGs) Delegate supports ICRC’s dialogue with armed forces, law enforcement agencies, NSAGs and other arms carriers by sharing their knowledge and experience, across the full range of ICRC activity. We strive to improve the ICRC’s positioning and access as well as encourage legally compliant behavior in military operations, in order to limit or prevent suffering of people affected by armed conflict and other situations of violence.
Our Delegates act as operational adviser on military affairs, procedures and conduct, in support of the full range of ICRC operations, drawing on the delegate's knowledge and experience. The delegate supports the development and application of strategies to engage with weapons bearers of all backgrounds, to promote and encourage legally compliant behavior including, where necessary, capacity building programmes and facilitate ICRC’s safe access to areas of conflict.
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