The role of the ICRC in the implementation of IHL at the international and national levels and the challenges of IHL in the world today. brief history of the ICRC.The formation of the ICRC dates back to 1863, when there was a need to provide relief and reduce the suffering of people involved in armed conflicts and other disasters and to develop laws and regulations to govern the conduct of those who took part in these armed conflicts, in accordance with international humanitarian law. .Henry Dunant on his way to Italy to meet Napoleon III to discuss the difficulty of doing business in Algeria then under French control witnessed the Battle of Solferino in the small town of Solferino where in one night of battle, up to 40,000 men died and many more. were left injured without medical attention or any kind of relief. Abandoning his original plan, Dunant began organizing medical care and more relief for the wounded on the battlefield. He then made proposals to major European countries where a committee was formed which later became the ICRC. In 1863, in August 1864, the committee persuaded governments to adopt the first Geneva Convention, "Convention for the Amelioration of the Condition of the Wounded." in Armies in the Field", a legally binding treaty which obliged armies to treat the wounded without discrimination according to the camp in which they were located, it also introduced a unified emblem for the medical services which was incidentally a red cross on a white background. context.The original role and mandate and the evolution of the role of the ICRC.The role of the ICRC since its creation has gradually evolved from a simple organization responsible for providing relief in times of humanitarian conflict to that of a humanitarian body of immense si ...... middle of document ......C also enjoys a right of initiative, recognized in the Statutes of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement. Thus, wherever international humanitarian law does not apply, the ICRC can offer its services to governments without this offer constituting interference in the internal affairs of the State concerned...