Description: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 warproviding material and moral relief in conflict promoting development of the humanitarian part of the laws of warimproving the unity and effectiveness of the movement.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The International Committee of the Red Cross: A Neutral Humanitarian Actor (Global Institutions). To get started finding The International Committee of the Red Cross: A Neutral Humanitarian Actor (Global Institutions), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.
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The International Committee of the Red Cross: A Neutral Humanitarian Actor (Global Institutions)
Description: 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 warproviding material and moral relief in conflict promoting development of the humanitarian part of the laws of warimproving the unity and effectiveness of the movement.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The International Committee of the Red Cross: A Neutral Humanitarian Actor (Global Institutions). To get started finding The International Committee of the Red Cross: A Neutral Humanitarian Actor (Global Institutions), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.