Name: The Humanitarians
Brand: Cambridge University Press
SKU: 9780521612814
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Author: David P Forsythe
ISBN: 9780521612814

The Humanitarians The International Committee of the Red Cross

By David P Forsythe

Cambridge University Press August 2005

Specifications

ISBN-13: 9780521612814
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication: August 2005
Format: Paperback
Jurisdiction: International ? Countri(es) for reference only

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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.