"Decisions made by the ICRC are often crucial to humanitarian protection. This book analyses the challenges confronting the organization and the complex decisions it takes as it responds to human needs stemming from political violence. Have its recent policy choices affected its reputation for independent and neutral humanitarian action?"--
"Decisions made by the ICRC are often crucial to humanitarian protection. This book analyses the challenges confronting the organization and the complex decisions it takes as it responds to human needs stemming from political violence. Have its recent policy choices affected its reputation for independent and neutral humanitarian action?"--
David P. Forsythe is Professor Emeritus, University Professor and Charles J. Mach Distinguished Professor of Political Science at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. He is a past consultant to the Red Cross Movement and the UN refugee office, as well as author of multiple publications about the ICRC, including the first independent book, Humanitarian Politics: The International Committee of the Red Cross (1977).
Inhaltsangabe
Preface: who and why 1. The contemporary ICRC and its critics: the slippery slope of decline? 2. The ICRC and the global humanitarian system: the critics in context 3. History: Part I - The gentlemen of Geneva and Dunant's dream 4. History: Part II - From the death of Moynier to the end of the Cold War 5. The Red Cross movement: Part I - The Swiss and the rest 6. The Red Cross movement: Part II - Seville and Syria 7. ICRC relations with Bern: Part I - Losing the moral compass 8. ICRC relations with Bern: Part II - More controversy 9. Humanitarians and business: Part I - For humanity? 10. Humanitarians and business: Part II - The World Economic Forum 11. Interpreting the mandate: Part I - From relief to resilience 12. Interpreting the mandate: Part II - Urban violence and migration 13. Has the traditional focus been lost?: Part I - Laws of war 14. Has the traditional focus been lost?: Part II - Political prisoners 15. ICRC governance and management: Part I - The top level 16. ICRC governance and management: Part II - On down the line 17. Conclusion: Part I - Summing up 18. Conclusion: Part II - The future Epilogue: The war in Ukraine ¿ challenges and controversies Annex A: ICRC organizational chart.
Preface: who and why 1. The contemporary ICRC and its critics: the slippery slope of decline? 2. The ICRC and the global humanitarian system: the critics in context 3. History: Part I - The gentlemen of Geneva and Dunant's dream 4. History: Part II - From the death of Moynier to the end of the Cold War 5. The Red Cross movement: Part I - The Swiss and the rest 6. The Red Cross movement: Part II - Seville and Syria 7. ICRC relations with Bern: Part I - Losing the moral compass 8. ICRC relations with Bern: Part II - More controversy 9. Humanitarians and business: Part I - For humanity? 10. Humanitarians and business: Part II - The World Economic Forum 11. Interpreting the mandate: Part I - From relief to resilience 12. Interpreting the mandate: Part II - Urban violence and migration 13. Has the traditional focus been lost?: Part I - Laws of war 14. Has the traditional focus been lost?: Part II - Political prisoners 15. ICRC governance and management: Part I - The top level 16. ICRC governance and management: Part II - On down the line 17. Conclusion: Part I - Summing up 18. Conclusion: Part II - The future Epilogue: The war in Ukraine ¿ challenges and controversies Annex A: ICRC organizational chart.
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