Policy paper

Performance Agreement: between the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the International International Committee of the Red Cross

Performance agreement with the British Red Cross to ensure the UK’s investment achieves the maximum possible impact.

• From: Department for International Development
• Published: 3 July 2018

This was published under the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

Documents

Performance Agreement: between the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the International International Committee of the Red Cross

PDF, 467 KB, 7 pages

Details

The ICRC is part of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement (RCM). Its mission is rooted in international humanitarian law and it plays a unique role as the accepted guardian of the Geneva Conventions, which form the basis of international humanitarian law. It aims “to protect the lives and dignity of victims of armed conflict and other situations of violence and to provide them with assistance”. The ICRC currently has a presence in approximately 80 conflict affected countries.

Published 3 July 2018