IFRC policies
National Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies are bound by 23 global policies that they have adopted through the bi-annual IFRC General Assembly.
Health policies
- Essential drugs and medical supplies policy (49 Kb, 3 pages)
- First aid policy (40 Kb, 3 pages)
- Health policy (54 Kb, 4 pages)
- HIV/AIDS policy (57 Kb, 5 pages)
- Malaria control policy (48 Kb, 3 pages)
- Psychological support policy (48 Kb, 3 pages)
- Promoting Safe and Sustainable National Blood Systems (194 kb, 7 pages)
- Water and sanitation policy (50 Kb, 3 pages)
Disaster policies
- Disaster preparedness policy (57 Kb, 2 pages)
- Emergency response policy (55 Kb, 2 pages)
- Food security and nutrition policy (61 Kb, 2 pages)
- Post-emergency rehabilitation policy (56 Kb, 2 pages)
- Integrating relief, rehabilitation and development policy (80 Kb, 2 pages)
Social policies
- Migration policy (84 Kb, 11 pages)
- Social welfare policy (50 Kb, 3 pages)
- Gender policy (46 Kb, 3 pages)
Institutional strength policies
- Development cooperation policy (62 Kb, 6 pages)
- Development policy (35 Kb, 2 pages)
- Fund-raising policy (44 Kb, 2 pages)
- Humanitarian diplomacy policy (84 kb, 6 page)
- Protection of National Societies’ integrity policy (49 Kb, 5 pages)
- Volunteering policy (20 Kb, 2 pages)
- Youth policy (30 Kb, 2 pages)
Other commitments
National Societies and the IFRC have also taken on a number of further commitments, both through Movement and external fora. Click below for a representative list.
IFRC principles
Recent resolutions
Recent external commitments
- Global Task Force on Cholera Control, Declaration on Ending Cholera (2017)
- The Grand Bargain (2016) * Movement Pledges on the Grand Bargain
- Charter on Inclusion of Persons with Disabilities in Humanitarian Action (2016)
- Compact for Young People in Humanitarian Action (2016)
- Sendai Framework on Disaster Risk Reduction (2015)
- Call to Action on Gender-Based Violence in Emergencies (2013)
