Cambodia

The ICRC first started working in Cambodia in 1965 when the impact of the war in neighbouring Viet Nam began to spill over across the border, triggering a major humanitarian crisis in Cambodia and across the wider Indo-Chinese Peninsula. In the post-conflict era, much of our effort focused on supporting the government in providing prosthetic limbs, physiotherapy services and medical care to people affected by accidents involving landmines and other unexploded ordnance, besides tracing missing people, reuniting families and improving the condition of detainees held in Cambodian prisons. We also partner with the authorities, academic institutions and the armed and security forces to promote compliance with international humanitarian law.