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Over the past 150 years, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has been one of the main drivers of progressive development in international humanitarian law, whilst assuming various roles in the humanization of the laws of war. With select contributions from international experts, this book critically assesses the ICRC's unique influence in international norm creation. It provides a detailed analysis of the workings of the International Red Cross, Red Crescent Movement and ICRC by addressing the milestone achievements as well as the failures, shortcomings and controversies over time. Crucially, the contributions highlight the lessons to be learnt for future challenges in the development of international humanitarian law. This book will be of particular interest to scholars and students of international law, but also to practitioners working in the field of international humanitarian law at both governmental and non-governmental organizations.

Humanitarian law --- International Committee of the Red Cross --- Influence --- Humanitarian law. --- Influence. --- War (International law) --- Droit humanitaire. --- Guerre (droit international) --- Comité international de la Croix-Rouge --- Humanitarian conventions --- International humanitarian law --- ʼĀhgurāwi komité qayeḥ masqal --- Comité international de secours aux militaires blessés --- Comité international de la Croix-Rouge --- CICR --- C.I.C.R. --- CICV --- Comisión Internacional de la Cruz Roja --- Comitato internazionale della Croce Rossa --- Comité Internacional de la Cruz Roja --- Comitetul Internațional al Crucii Roșii --- D.E.S. --- DES --- Diethnes Komitato tou Erythrou Staurou --- Guddiga Caalamiga ah ee Laanqayrta Cas --- Guddiga Caalamiga ee Laanqeyrta Cas --- Guddiga Laanqayrta Cas ee Caalamiga --- I.C.R.C. --- ICRC --- I.K.R.K. --- IKRK --- International Red Cross Committee --- Internationales Komitee vom Roten Kreuz --- Khana Kammakān Kāchāt Rawāng Prathēt --- Kumītah-i Bayn al-Milalī-i Ṣalīb-i Surkh --- Lajnah al-Dawlīyah lil-Ṣalīb al-Aḥmar --- Mezhdunarodnyĭ komitet krasnogo kresta --- MKKK --- Red Cross. --- Red Cross, International Committee of the --- Starptautiskā Sarkanā Krusta komiteja --- Uluslararası Kızılhaç Komitesi --- 紅十字國際委員會 --- کميته بين المللى صليب سرخ

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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.

International relief. --- Grants-in-aid, International --- International grants-in-aid --- Relief, International --- Relief (Aid) --- Charities --- Economic assistance --- Public welfare --- International Committee of the Red Cross. --- International Committee of the Red Cross --- ICRC --- History. --- ʼĀhgurāwi komité qayeḥ masqal --- Comité international de secours aux militaires blessés --- Comité international de la Croix-Rouge --- CICR --- C.I.C.R. --- CICV --- Comisión Internacional de la Cruz Roja --- Comitato internazionale della Croce Rossa --- Comité Internacional de la Cruz Roja --- Comitetul Internațional al Crucii Roșii --- D.E.S. --- DES --- Diethnes Komitato tou Erythrou Staurou --- Guddiga Caalamiga ah ee Laanqayrta Cas --- Guddiga Caalamiga ee Laanqeyrta Cas --- Guddiga Laanqayrta Cas ee Caalamiga --- I.C.R.C. --- I.K.R.K. --- IKRK --- International Red Cross Committee --- Internationales Komitee vom Roten Kreuz --- Khana Kammakān Kāchāt Rawāng Prathēt --- Kumītah-i Bayn al-Milalī-i Ṣalīb-i Surkh --- Lajnah al-Dawlīyah lil-Ṣalīb al-Aḥmar --- Mezhdunarodnyĭ komitet krasnogo kresta --- MKKK --- Red Cross. --- Red Cross, International Committee of the --- Starptautiskā Sarkanā Krusta komiteja --- Uluslararası Kızılhaç Komitesi --- 紅十字國際委員會 --- کميته بين المللى صليب سرخ --- Social Sciences --- Political Science

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Reflects on humanitarian policy and action, as well as international humanitarian law, with the aim of promoting dialogue between the ICRC and other relief organizations and individuals concerned with humanitarian issues.

Red Cross and Red Crescent --- Humanitarian law --- Croix-Rouge et Croissant-Rouge --- Droit international humanitaire --- Periodicals. --- Périodiques --- Humanitarianism --- Croix-Rouge --- Humanitarian law. --- Humanitarianism. --- Red Cross and Red Crescent. --- Internet resources. --- Electronic journals. --- Comité international de la Croix-Rouge. --- Croix-Rouge. --- Arts and Humanities --- Law --- Human Rights, Women's Studies & Child Welfare --- Crime, Criminology and Law Enforcement --- Périodiques --- EJDROIT EJSOCIA EPUB-ALPHA-I EPUB-PER-FT ICRC-E --- Sociology of social care --- International cooperation. --- Public health. --- Human rights. --- International Cooperation --- Legislation as Topic --- Public Health --- Public Policy --- Human Rights --- Coopération internationale. --- Santé publique. --- Droits de l'homme (Droit international) --- public health. --- Red Crescent and Red Cross --- Red Cross --- Disaster relief --- War --- Human welfare --- Philanthropy --- Social welfare --- Charities --- Ethics --- Humanitarian conventions --- International humanitarian law --- War (International law) --- Collective Human Rights --- Equal Rights --- Linguistic Rights --- Right to Housing and Shelter --- Rights of Indigenous Peoples --- Human Rights, Collective --- Indigenous Peoples Rights --- Rights, Collective Human --- Rights, Equal --- Rights, Linguistic --- Social Justice --- Human Rights Abuses --- Affirmative Action --- Migration Policy --- Population Policy --- Social Protection --- Social Policy --- Action, Affirmative --- Migration Policies --- Policies, Migration --- Policies, Population --- Policies, Public --- Policies, Social --- Policy, Migration --- Policy, Population --- Policy, Public --- Policy, Social --- Population Policies --- Protection, Social --- Public Policies --- Social Policies --- Policy Making --- Social Control, Formal --- Community Health --- Environment, Preventive Medicine & Public Health --- Environment, Preventive Medicine and Public Health --- Health, Community --- Health, Public --- Preventive Medicine --- Education, Public Health Professional --- Constitutional Amendments --- Health Legislation as Topic --- Laws and Statutes --- Legislation, Health --- Model Legislation --- Population Law --- Statutes and Laws --- Health Legislation --- Amendment, Constitutional --- Amendments, Constitutional --- Constitutional Amendment --- Law, Population --- Laws, Population --- Legislation, Model --- Population Laws --- Treaties --- Foreign Aid --- Aid, Foreign --- Cooperation, International --- Treaty --- Basic rights --- Civil rights (International law) --- Human rights --- Rights, Human --- Rights of man --- Human security --- Transitional justice --- Truth commissions --- Community health --- Health services --- Hygiene, Public --- Hygiene, Social --- Public health services --- Public hygiene --- Social hygiene --- Health --- Human services --- Biosecurity --- Health literacy --- Medicine, Preventive --- National health services --- Sanitation --- Global governance --- Institutions, International --- Interdependence of nations --- International institutions --- World order --- Cooperation --- International relations --- International organization --- Relief of sick and wounded --- Law and legislation --- Red Cross and Red Crescent - Periodicals --- Humanitarian law - Periodicals --- Humanitarianism - Periodicals --- Croix-Rouge - Périodiques --- Droit international humanitaire - Périodiques