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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The World YWCA is the umbrella organization of the global network of the YWCA, a movement of women working for social and economic change around the world. It advocates for young women?s leadership, peace, justice, human rights and sustainable development, both on a grassroots and global scale. It is the largest women?s organization in the world, and the second oldest organization of its kind, second only to the Relief Society. The full name of the organization is the World Young Women's Christian Association and is currently based in Geneva, Switzerland. ... Read more

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The Red Cross and the Holocaust presents a new assessment of the role of the world's most famous charity in World War II. Was the Red Cross aware of the appalling sufferings of the victims of the concentration camps? How much did its International Committee know about the deportation and extermination of the Jews in Europe? Did it try to protect the persecuted Jews? In what ways could it have helped them, given the neutrality that was the basis of its foundation? These questions have remained unanswered for more than fifty years and have sparked bitter debates. Jean-Claude Favez here presents a fundamental reappraisal, informed by unrivaled access to the archives of the Red Cross. This magisterial work includes a chronology, indices, biographical notes, and a statement by the charity's current leaders: anyone interested in the complexity and tragedy of the Holocaust will find this compelling reading. ... Read more

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Reconstructs the postwar strategy of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), which was under attack for its failure to help the victims of Nazi concentration camps.Uncovers the political objectives of the ICRC's members in the context of the wording of the Geneva Conventions and in the statutes of the International Red Cross and its finances. ... Read more

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- Best, Geoffrey, International Affairs, The Royal Institute of International Affairs, Number 4, October 1996. (Best Geoffrey, St Antony'sCollege, Oxford). - Bettati Mario, Bibliographie critique, Revue générale de droit international public, juillet-septembre 1996. ... Read more

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The International Committee of the Red Cross's Customary International Humanitarian Law by Jean-Marie Henckaerts and Louise Doswald-Beck (Cambridge University Press, 2005) contains a unique collection of evidence of the practice of States and non-State actors in the field of international humanitarian law, together with the authors' assessment of that practice and their compilation of rules of customary law based on that assessment. The Study invites comment on its compilation of rules. Perspectives on the ICRC Study on Customary International Humanitarian Law results from a year-long examination of the Study by a group of military lawyers, academics and practitioners, all with experience in international humanitarian law. The book discusses the Study, its methodology and its rules and provides a critical analysis of them. It adds its own contribution to scholarship on the interpretation and application of international humanitarian law. ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from UN Chronicle, published by Thomson Gale on March 1, 2007. The length of the article is 1126 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: Sixty-first General Assembly: Sixth Committee (legal).(addition of the Red Crystal, a new symbol to identify national Red Cross and Red Crescent societies, the International Federation and the International Committee of the Red Cross)
Author: Gale Reference Team
Publication: UN Chronicle (Magazine/Journal)
Date: March 1, 2007
Publisher: Thomson Gale
Volume: 44Issue: 1Page: 44(2)

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How was it possible that almost all of the nearly 300,000 British and American troops who fell into German hands during World War II survived captivity in German POW camps and returned home almost as soon as the war ended? In Confronting Captivity, Arieh J. Kochavi offers a behind-the-scenes look at the living conditions in Nazi camps and traces the actions the British and American governments took--and didn't take--to ensure the safety of their captured soldiers.

Concern in London and Washington about the safety of these POWs was mitigated by the recognition that the Nazi leadership tended to adhere to the Geneva Convention when it came to British and U.S. prisoners. Following the invasion of Normandy, however, Allied apprehension over the safety of POWs turned into anxiety for their very lives. Yet Britain and the United States took the calculated risk of counting on a swift conclusion to the war as the Soviets approached Germany from the east. Ultimately, Kochavi argues, it was more likely that the lives of British and American POWs were spared because of their race rather than any actions their governments took on their behalf. ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR), published by The Register Guard on September 8, 2002. The length of the article is 577 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: Ready for anything takes planning.(Disasters)(Emergency: The American Red Cross offers many helpful tips for disaster preparedness.)
Publication: The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR) (Newspaper)
Date: September 8, 2002
Publisher: The Register Guard
Page: A12

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