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Structure

The ICRC is governed by an Assembly, an Assembly Council (a subsidiary body with certain delegated powers) and a Directorate (the executive body). Both the Assembly, with up to 25 co-opted members of Swiss nationality, and the Assembly Council are chaired by Dr. Jakob Kellenberger, Ph.D, who has been President of the ICRC since 2000. He is assisted by two Vice-Presidents, Mr. Olivier Vodoz and Ms. Christine Beerli.

The Directorate, with five members, is chaired by the Director-General, Mr. Yves Daccord.

The ICRC's governing structure

  • From left to right: Charlotte Lindsey-Curtet, Philip Spoerri, Helen Alderson, Yves Daccord, Pierre Krähenbühl, Caroline Welch-Ballentine ICRC Directorate

    The members of the ICRC Directorate are appointed by the Assembly for four-year terms. The new executive team took up its duties on 1 July 2010.


  • ICRC decision-making structures

    The Assembly is the supreme governing body of the ICRC. It oversees all the ICRC's activities. It formulates policy, defines general objectives and strategy, and approves the budget and accounts. It nominates the directors and the head of Internal Audit. Composed of between 15 and 25 co-opted members of Swiss nationality, the Assembly is collegial in character. Its President and two Vice-Presidents are the President and Vice-Presidents of the ICRC.


  • The members of the International Committee of the Red Cross

    Brief biographies of the 15 members (as of January 2011) of the Assembly, the ICRC's supreme governing body.


  • International Advisers of the ICRC, 2008 - 2011

    The purpose of the group of International Advisers, set up by the ICRC for a four-year period to provide it with counsel and support in its activities and policy decisions, is to seek appropriate ways to enhance respect for IHL in armed conflicts, to help the ICRC better understand and deal with the political issues it encounters in carrying out its mandate and to assist it in analysing the environment for humanitarian endeavour.


Red Cross Red Crescent Magazine

  • Red Cross Red Crescent Magazine A thin red line

    New director general Yves Daccord says the ICRC needs to focus on core principles while adapting to change. Article published in the Red Cross Red Crescent Magazine, No 2, 2010.


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