IFRC policies and key commitments

National Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies are bound by 23 global policies that they have adopted through the bi-annual IFRC General Assembly.

The Guidance Document is intended to support National Societies to develop Statutes that enable them to carry out their humanitarian mandates and roles effectively and in accordance with the mission and Fundamental Principles of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement (hereinafter “the Movement”). It attempts to reflect the wide variety of organisational models and approaches adopted by National Societies from different legal traditions and operational contexts.

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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.