Cambodia

The ICRC first started working in Cambodia in 1965 when the war in neighbouring Viet Nam began to spill over the border, triggering a major humanitarian crisis in Cambodia and across the wider Indochinese Peninsula. In the post-conflict era, many of our efforts were focused on supporting the government in providing prosthetic limbs, physiotherapy and other medical care to people affected by accidents involving landmines and other unexploded ordnance, as well as tracing missing people, reuniting families and improving the welfare of detainees held in Cambodian prisons. We also collaborate with the authorities, academic institutions and the armed and security forces to promote adherence to international humanitarian law (IHL).