Cambodia

For the past six decades, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has supported and worked closely with the Cambodian authorities as they address both long-standing and contemporary challenges facing the country.

The ICRC celebrates the 30th anniversary of its physical rehabilitation programme in Battambang, Cambodia.

Our work in 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.

ICRC offices supporting the region: Our work in Cambodia is supported by our regional delegation in Thailand. For more information, please refer to the Thailand country page.

Contact us

Address

#8, Street 178, S.K. Phsar Thmey 3 Khan Daun Penh, Phnom Penh, Cambodia

Our work with the Cambodian Red Cross Society

The ICRC in Cambodia works with the Cambodian Red Cross Society to enhance its capacity in tracing missing people, raising awareness of mine risks and promoting the basic rules of IHL and of the Fundamental Principles of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement.