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The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has a complex position in international relations, being the guardian of international humanitarian law but often acting discretely to advance human dignity. Treated by most governments as if it were an inter-governmental organization, the ICRC is a non-governmental organization, all-Swiss at the top, and it is given rights and duties in the 1949 Geneva Conventions for Victims of War.

This volume analyzes international humanitarian action as practiced by the International Red Cross, explaining its history and structure as well as examining contemporary field experience and broad diplomatic initiatives related to its principal tasks. Such tasks include:

• ensuring that detention conditions are humane for those imprisoned by reason of political conflict of war
• providing material and moral relief in conflict
• promoting development of the humanitarian part of the laws of war
• improving the unity and effectiveness of the movement.

Written by two formidable experts in the field, The International Committee of the Red Cross is an accessible introduction to a notoriously secretive organization. As such, it is an ideal introduction for students of international organization, humanitarian intervention, international health policy and global governance.

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The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) coordinates the world's largest private relief system for conflict situations. Yet despite its very important role, operations remain mysterious and secretive. This book examines the ICRC from mid-nineteenth century origins to the present. Taking international humanitarian law into consideration, David Forsythe focuses on the policy making and field work of the ICRC. He explores how it exercises its independence impartially to protect prisoners in Iraq, displaced and starving civilians in Somalia, and families separated by conflict in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from The National Interest, published by Thomson Gale on September 22, 2005. The length of the article is 677 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Debating the Red Cross.(International Committee of the Red Cross)
Author: Geoffrey Peter Hugh Loane
Publication: The National Interest (Magazine/Journal)
Date: September 22, 2005
Publisher: Thomson Gale
Issue: 81Page: 10(2)

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The International Committee of the Red Cross has played a key role in the effort to ban anti-personnel landmines. This book provides an overview of the work of the ICRC concerning landmines from 1955 through 1999. It contains International Committee of the Red Cross position papers, working papers, and speeches made by its representatives to the international meetings convened to address the mines issue, including the 1995SH96 Review Conference of the 1980 Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons and the diplomatic meeting that adopted the Ottawa treaty banning anti-personnel mines. ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from Westchester County Business Journal, published by Westfair Communications, Inc. on January 31, 2005. The length of the article is 711 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Red ink sinks CEO of Red Cross chapter.(Robert Lenseth, chief executive officer, International Committee of the Red Cross)
Author: Alex Philippidis
Publication: Westchester County Business Journal (Magazine/Journal)
Date: January 31, 2005
Publisher: Westfair Communications, Inc.
Volume: 44Issue: 5Page: 4(1)

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Box containing 2 folders with the above modules. Includes 2 VHS tapes ... Read more