Research Catalog

Title

The International Committee of the Red Cross : a neutral humanitarian actor / David P. Forsythe and Barbara Ann J. Rieffer-Flanagan.

Author

Forsythe, David P., 1941-

Publication

London ; New York : Routledge, 2007.

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Additional Authors

Rieffer-Flanagan, Barbara Ann J.

Description

xvi, 122 p.; 23 cm.

Summary

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.

Series Statement

Routledge global institutions

Uniform Title

Global institutions series ; 13.

Subjects

• Voluntary Health Agencies
• Red Cross
• International relief
• Humanitarian assistance
• International Committee of the Red Cross

Note

• Series numbered retrospectively.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. [116]-118) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Introduction -- Historical development -- Organization and management -- The ICRC and international humanitarian law -- Humanitarian assistance and restoration of family ties -- Detention visits -- Conclusion: the future of the ICRC.

ISBN

• 9780415346139 (hardback)
• 0415346134 (hardback)
• 9780415341516 (pbk.)
• 0415341515 (pbk.)
• 9780203480212 (ebook)
• 020348021X (ebook)

LCCN

^^2006034327

OCLC

• 73993518
• SCSB-9932070

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library