International Committee of the Red Cross
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humanitarian organization
international organization
non-governmental organization
nonprofit organization
The International Committee of the Red Cross is a neutral, independent humanitarian organization that protects and assists victims of armed conflict and promotes international humanitarian law worldwide.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| International Committee of the Red Cross canonical | 86 |
| International Committee of the Red Cross headquarters | 2 |
| ICRC | 1 |
| International Committee of the Red Cross commentaries | 1 |
| Red Cross | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T20891 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: International Committee of the Red Cross Context triple: [Geneva, isSeatOf, International Committee of the Red Cross]
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A.
UNHCR
UNHCR is the United Nations agency responsible for protecting and supporting refugees, asylum-seekers, and stateless people worldwide.
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B.
World Health Organization
The World Health Organization is a specialized international agency that directs and coordinates global health efforts, including disease control, health policy, and emergency response.
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C.
United Nations
The United Nations is an international organization founded in 1945 that brings together most of the world’s countries to promote peace, security, cooperation, and human rights.
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D.
Carnegie Hero Fund
The Carnegie Hero Fund is a philanthropic organization that recognizes and financially supports individuals who perform extraordinary acts of civilian heroism.
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E.
Nansen Refugee Award
The Nansen Refugee Award is a prestigious humanitarian honor presented by the United Nations to individuals, groups, or organizations for outstanding service to refugees, displaced, or stateless people.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: International Committee of the Red Cross Target entity description: The International Committee of the Red Cross is a neutral, independent humanitarian organization that protects and assists victims of armed conflict and promotes international humanitarian law worldwide.
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A.
UNHCR
UNHCR is the United Nations agency responsible for protecting and supporting refugees, asylum-seekers, and stateless people worldwide.
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B.
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights is the UN’s principal body responsible for promoting and protecting human rights worldwide through monitoring, advocacy, and support to states and international mechanisms.
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C.
World Health Organization
The World Health Organization is a specialized international agency that directs and coordinates global health efforts, including disease control, health policy, and emergency response.
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D.
United Nations
The United Nations is an international organization founded in 1945 that brings together most of the world’s countries to promote peace, security, cooperation, and human rights.
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E.
United Nations Development Programme
The United Nations Development Programme is the UN’s global development agency that works to eradicate poverty, reduce inequalities, and support sustainable development in countries worldwide.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
humanitarian organization
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international organization ⓘ non-governmental organization ⓘ nonprofit organization ⓘ |
| cooperatesWith |
International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement
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surface form:
International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement ⓘ
surface form:
National Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
|
| corePrinciple |
humanity
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impartiality ⓘ independence ⓘ neutrality ⓘ unity ⓘ universality ⓘ voluntary service ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Switzerland ⓘ |
| foundedBy |
Guillaume-Henri Dufour
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Gustave Moynier ⓘ Henry Dunant ⓘ Louis Appia ⓘ Théodore Maunoir ⓘ |
| hasMainMission |
assistance to victims of armed conflict
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promotion of international humanitarian law ⓘ protection of victims of armed conflict ⓘ supervision of compliance with the Geneva Conventions ⓘ |
| hasOfficialLanguage |
Arabic
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Chinese ⓘ English ⓘ French ⓘ Russian ⓘ Spanish ⓘ |
| hasRole |
advising states on implementation of international humanitarian law
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disseminating knowledge of international humanitarian law ⓘ monitoring compliance with international humanitarian law ⓘ providing medical assistance in conflict zones ⓘ providing relief supplies in armed conflicts ⓘ tracing missing persons in armed conflicts ⓘ visiting prisoners of war ⓘ |
| hasSymbol | red cross on white background ⓘ |
| headquartersCountry | Switzerland ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation | Geneva ⓘ |
| inception | 1863 ⓘ |
| legalStatus | private association under Swiss law ⓘ |
| motto | Inter arma caritas ⓘ |
| mottoLanguage | Latin ⓘ |
| operatesIn | worldwide ⓘ |
| partOf | International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement ⓘ |
| politicalAlignment | neutral ⓘ |
| recognizedAs | guardian of international humanitarian law ⓘ |
| recognizedBy | Geneva Conventions ⓘ |
| religiousAffiliation | none ⓘ |
| shortName |
International Committee of the Red Cross
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
ICRC
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How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: International Committee of the Red Cross Description of subject: The International Committee of the Red Cross is a neutral, independent humanitarian organization that protects and assists victims of armed conflict and promotes international humanitarian law worldwide.
Referenced by (91)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
First Geneva Convention of 1864
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draftedWithSupportFrom
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International Committee of the Red Cross
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Statutes of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement
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appliesTo
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International Committee of the Red Cross
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Statutes of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement
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publisher
→
International Committee of the Red Cross
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subject surface form:
Louis Appia
subject surface form:
Guillaume-Henri Dufour
subject surface form:
Guillaume-Henri Dufour
subject surface form:
United Nations Mine Action Service
Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration
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collaboratesWith
→
International Committee of the Red Cross
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subject surface form:
Annex I to the Third Geneva Convention
this entity surface form:
Red Cross
this entity surface form:
International Committee of the Red Cross commentaries
High Contracting Parties to the Geneva Conventions
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isMonitoredBy
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International Committee of the Red Cross
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