The International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, the world's largest group of non-governmental organizations working on humanitarian aid, is composed of the following bodies:
The data of the members of International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies can be found on the Federation-wide Databank and Reporting System (FDRS).[1] [2] It provides data insights on the world's largest humanitarian network of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies around the world.
Faroe Islands Red Cross[3]
, in competition with the Indonesian Red Cross Society (as a sectarian religious body it is ineligible for recognition)
North Cyprus Red Crescent Society (observer)
Kurdish Red Crescent (only states are authorized to use Red Crescent or the Red Cross symbols)
Sahrawi Red Crescent (observer)[5] [6]
Belarus Red Cross (IFRC membership suspended on December 1, 2023)[7]
Peruvian Red Cross, its IFRC membership was suspended on August 12, 2022[8]
Nauru, Niue, Oman, and the Vatican City are the states without national societies, along with the states with limited recognition, such as Abkhazia, Somaliland, South Ossetia, Transnistria.
Nicaragua's National Society, Nicaraguan Red Cross, was dissolved by Nicaragua's parliament on May 9, 2023.[9]
The German Red Cross (DRK) was founded in 1921, bringing together various independent Red Cross associations that had previously operated autonomously within the German states. These regional branches trace their origins back to the former independent members of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies. Examples include the Badisches Rotes Kreuz, Bayerisches Rotes Kreuz, and the regional associations of Bremen, Hamburg, Oldenburg, Hesse, and Berlin. Some current subdivisions are direct continuations of these earlier organizations, while others resulted from mergers or divisions of the former members.