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1 Online-Ressource (xv, 356 pages)
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ISBN:
9780511755958
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The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) coordinates the world's largest private relief system for conflict situations. Its staff operates throughout the world, and in recent years the ICRC has mounted large operations in the Balkans and Somalia. Yet despite its very important role its internal workings are mysterious and often secretive. This book examines the ICRC from its origins in the mid-nineteenth century up to the present day, and provides a comprehensive overview of a unique private organisation, whose governing body remains all-Swiss, but which is recognized in international law as if it were an inter-governmental organization. David Forsythe focuses on the policy making and field work of the ICRC, while not ignoring international humanitarian law. He explores how it exercises its independence, impartiality, and neutrality to try to protect prisoners in Iraq, displaced and starving civilians in Somalia, and families separated by conflict in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. David Forsythe received the Distinguished Scholar Award for 2007 from the Human Rights Section of the American Political Science Association
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Part 1 Historical analysis 11 -- 1 The ICRC during its early years 13 -- 2 The ICRC during the Cold War 51 -- 3 The ICRC after the Cold War 96 -- 4 The ICRC and the US "war" against terrorism 129 -- Part 2 Policy analysis 155 -- 5 ICRC principles and policies 157 -- 6 ICRC structure and management: personnel, policy making, resources 201 -- 7 The ICRC and international humanitarian law 242 -- 8 Conclusion: the ICRC and the future 281 -- Annexe A The ICRC and the Red Cross movement 316 -- Annexe B The ICRC and selected private relief agencies 317 -- Annexe C The ICRC: one of the Big Four relief agencies 318 -- Annexe D The ICRC and selected advocacy groups 319 -- Annexe E The ICRC organizational chart 320.
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780521848282
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780521612814
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Forsythe, David P., 1941 - The humanitarians Cambridge, UK [u.a.] : Cambridge Univ. Press, 2005 ISBN 0521848288
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0521612810
Language:
English
Subjects:
Law
Keywords:
Internationales Komitee vom Roten Kreuz
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Humanitäres Völkerrecht
DOI:
10.1017/CBO9780511755958
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Forsythe, David P. 1941-
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