The Contemporary International Committee Of The Red Cross

Author : David P. Forsythe
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 873 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2024-02-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781009386999

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The Contemporary International Committee of the Red Cross by David P. Forsythe Pdf

The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) was founded in 1863 and is often considered the gold standard in humanitarian action. Despite its many positive achievements over more than 150 years, some former ICRC officials believe that the organization is now in decline because of a series of recent policy choices. Their view is that the organization has undermined its reputation for independent and neutral humanitarian action, while growing too fast and too large, which has weakened its reputation for quick, tightly focused, and effective action in the field. David P. Forsythe revisits the ICRC policy decisions of recent decades and suggests that the organization is not in fatal decline, but that it does need to reconsider some of its policies at the margins. Though some errors have been made and some corrections are in order, Forsythe argues that its obituary is premature.

Author : David P. Forsythe,Barbara Ann Rieffer-Flanagan,Barbara Ann J. Rieffer-Flanagan
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 129 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2007-05-07
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781134281084

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The International Committee of the Red Cross by David P. Forsythe,Barbara Ann Rieffer-Flanagan,Barbara Ann J. Rieffer-Flanagan Pdf

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. Written by two formidable experts in the field, this book 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 or 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.

Author : David P. Forsythe,Barbara Ann J. Rieffer-Flanagan
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2007-05-03
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 020348021X

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The International Committee of the Red Cross by David P. Forsythe,Barbara Ann J. Rieffer-Flanagan Pdf

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. Written by two formidable experts in the field, this book 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 or 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.

Author : Robin Geiß,Andreas Zimmermann,Stefanie Haumer
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 281 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2017-06-15
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781107171350

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Humanizing the Laws of War by Robin Geiß,Andreas Zimmermann,Stefanie Haumer Pdf

An analysis of the role of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in international norm creation and the progressive development of international humanitarian law.

Author : David P. Forsythe,Barbara Ann Rieffer-Flanagan
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 154 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2016-02-26
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781317289036

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The International Committee of the Red Cross by David P. Forsythe,Barbara Ann Rieffer-Flanagan Pdf

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. Written by two formidable experts in the field, this book 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 or 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 Fully updated throughout, the new edition will also include brand new material on: armed actors who do not accept humanitarian restrictions on their actions, including expanded coverage of the Islamic State (ISIL, ISIS), Al Shabab, and Boko Haram, among others Syrian internationalized civil war issue of drone strikes and targeted killings, and the continuing push for regulation of what is called cyber war the question of the field of application of international humanitarian law (what is the battlefield?). Particularly when states declare "war" on "terrorist groups" operating inside other states regulation of new weapons and new uses of old weapons

Author : Rainer Baudendistel
Publisher : Berghahn Books
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2006-05-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781782388722

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Between Bombs and Good Intentions by Rainer Baudendistel Pdf

The wars in Afghanistan and Iraq have highlighted again the precarious situation aid agencies find themselves in, caught as they are between the firing lines of the hostile parties, as they are trying to alleviate the plight of the civilian populations. This book offers an illuminating case study from a previous conflict, the Italo-Ethiopian war of 1935-36, and of the humanitarian operation of the Red Cross during this period. Based on fresh material from Red Cross and Italian military archives, the author examines highly controversial subjects such as the Italian bombings of Red Cross field hospitals, the treatment of Prisoners of War by the two belligerents; and the effects of Fascist Italy’s massive use of poison gas against the Ethiopians. He shows how Mussolini and his ruthless regime, throughout the seven-month war, manipulated the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) – the lead organization of the Red Cross in times of war, helped by the surprising political naïveté of its board. During this war the ICRC redefined its role in a debate, which is fascinating not least because of its relevance to current events, about the nature of humanitarian action. The organization decided to concern itself exclusively with matters falling under the Geneva Conventions and to give priority to bringing relief over expressing protest. It was a decision that should have far-reaching consequences, particularly for the period of World War II and the fate of Jews in Nazi concentration camps.

Author : David P. Forsythe
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2005-08-11
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1139446320

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The Humanitarians by David P. Forsythe Pdf

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.

Author : Hugo Slim
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2015-01-09
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780190613327

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Humanitarian Ethics by Hugo Slim Pdf

Humanitarians are required to be impartial, independent, professionally competent and focused only on preventing and alleviating human suffering. It can be hard living up to these principles when others do not share them, while persuading political and military authorities and non-state actors to let an agency assist on the ground requires savvy ethical skills. Getting first to a conflict or natural catastrophe is only the beginning, as aid workers are usually and immediately presented with practical and moral questions about what to do next. For example, when does working closely with a warring party or an immoral regime move from practical cooperation to complicity in human rights violations? Should one operate in camps for displaced people and refugees if they are effectively places of internment? Do humanitarian agencies inadvertently encourage ethnic cleansing by always being ready to 'mop-up' the consequences of scorched earth warfare? This book has been written to help humanitarians assess and respond to these and other ethical dilemmas.

Author : Henry Dunant
Publisher : DigiCat
Page : 64 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2022-07-20
Category : Fiction
ISBN : EAN:8596547092438

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The Origin of the Red Cross: "Un souvenir de Solferino" by Henry Dunant Pdf

After noticing the suffering of thousands of wounded soldiers at the Battle of Solferino in 1859, Henry Dunant decided to write 'A Memory of Solferino'. Its publication proved conclusive in founding the International Committee of the Red Cross. In this influential book, Dunanat brilliantly described the battle, the sufferings, and the aid organization.

Author : International Committee of the Red Cross
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 67 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 1945
Category : International relief
ISBN : OCLC:42057178

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The Work of the International Committee of the Red Cross by International Committee of the Red Cross Pdf

Author : John Carey,William Dunlap,Pritchard
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 385 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2004-01-06
Category : Law
ISBN : 9789004296749

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International Humanitarian Law: Challenges by John Carey,William Dunlap,Pritchard Pdf

International humanitarian law is seminal to the functioning of attempts to establish a just world order. This title is part of a three volume set which charts the history, practice and future of international humanitarian law.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 3034 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2021-09-09
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781108981705

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Commentary on the Third Geneva Convention by Anonim Pdf

The application and interpretation of the four Geneva Conventions of 1949 and their two Additional Protocols of 1977 have developed significantly in the seventy years since the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) first published its Commentaries on these important humanitarian treaties. To promote a better understanding of, and respect for, this body of law, the ICRC commissioned a comprehensive update of its original Commentaries, of which this is the third volume. The Third Convention, relative to the treatment of prisoners of war and their protections, takes into account developments in the law and practice in the past seven decades to provide up-to-date interpretations of the Convention. The new Commentary has been reviewed by humanitarian law practitioners and academics from around the world. This new Commentary will be an essential tool for anyone involved with international humanitarian law.

Author : Kuno Meyer
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 72 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 1905
Category : Children
ISBN : CORNELL:31924029642984

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Cáin Adamnáin by Kuno Meyer Pdf

Author : François Bugnion
Publisher : MacMillan Education, Limited
Page : 1300 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : History
ISBN : UVA:X004807638

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The International Committee of the Red Cross and the Protection of War Victims by François Bugnion Pdf

Author : David P. Forsythe
Publisher : Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 1977
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015002144171

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Humanitarian Politics by David P. Forsythe Pdf