Commercial Use of the Emblems of International Bodies: The Case of the International Committee of the Red Cross

2020 ◽  
Vol 57 ◽  
pp. 256-285
Author(s):  
JOSÉ MANUEL VELASCO RETAMOSA
Keyword(s):  
Functional Organization ◽  
Essential Element ◽  
International Committee ◽  
Third Parties ◽  
Red Cross ◽  
Governmental Organization ◽  
Commercial Use ◽  
The World ◽  
Potential Use

AbstractThe International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is an international non-governmental organization (NGO) with a functional organization based on a structure of national societies and committees that independently represent it and carry out its work in numerous countries around the world. An essential element of this NGO’s functions, which are indeed very special, is the emblem that marks all of the activities the organization carries out, a symbol that is truly known in every corner of the globe. Given the organization’s prestige and everything its emblem represents, the need to protect this symbol arises in all contexts where it might be used, whether by the ICRC itself or by third parties, with or without authorization. This article reviews the numerous international, national, and internal rules that seek to regulate this emblem and its protection in all such models of its potential use.

The ICRC and the world today - Address by Mr. Alexandre Hay, President of the ICRC, at the opening meeting of the Twenty-fourth International Red Cross Conference

1982 ◽  
Vol 22 (226) ◽  
pp. 12-16 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexandre Hay
Keyword(s):  
International Committee ◽  
The Philippines ◽  
Red Cross ◽  
World Today ◽  
The People ◽  
The World ◽  
The Government ◽  
Opening Session

Since the honour devolves upon me in my capacity as President of the International Committee of the Red Cross to take the floor at this point of the opening session of the Twenty-fourth International Red Cross Conference, I will make use of this opportunity to express all the gratitude of the ICRC to the Philippine Red Cross which, with the generous assistance of the government of this country, has prepared, organized and welcomed these sessions of the movement of the Red Cross in this marvellous setting. And I wish also to express my greetings to the people of the Philippines whose reputation for hospitality is so strikingly confirmed today.

New Member of the International Committee

1970 ◽  
Vol 10 (111) ◽  
pp. 326-326
Keyword(s):  
International Law ◽  
World Bank ◽  
Plenary Session ◽  
International Committee ◽  
Red Cross ◽  
The World Bank ◽  
The World ◽  
Assistant Director ◽  
Federal Administration

At its plenary session on 14 May 1970, the International Committee of the Red Cross elected Mr. Victor H. Umbricht as a new member.Mr. Umbricht was born at Untersiggenthal in the canton of Aargau in 1915. After studying at various universities he obtained a doctorate in international law. He was a member of the Tribunal of Baden and then, from 1941 to 1953, was in the Swiss diplomatic service. He subsequently became assistant director of operations at the World Bank, Washington, for Europe, Africa, Asia and Australia. In 1957 he was appointed Director of the Federal Administration of Finances in Bern.

Draft Model Declaration on Internal Strife

1988 ◽  
Vol 28 (262) ◽  
pp. 59-76 ◽  
Author(s):  
Theodor Meron
Keyword(s):  
International Committee ◽  
Red Cross ◽  
Governmental Agencies ◽  
Governmental Organizations ◽  
Non Governmental Organizations ◽  
The World ◽  
Draft Model ◽  
Specific Country

The tragedy of internal strife affects a large and growing number of countries throughout the world. The situations in many of these countries have been studied by UN bodies, governmental agencies and non-governmental organizations and, of course, by the International Committee of the Red Cross. On the basis of their reports, it would be possible to describe the symptoms of internal strife specific to these particular countries. However, this paper focuses on the general features characteristic of internal strife, without reference to particular countries, since accounts of the situation in any specific country inevitably prompt debate over conflicting factual allegations. Such debate would deflect us from our tasks of developing and understanding of the nature of internal strife and suggesting the necessary remedies.

Meeting of Experts at ICRC headquarters

1969 ◽  
Vol 9 (96) ◽  
pp. 132-132
Keyword(s):  
United Nations ◽  
International Committee ◽  
Practical Work ◽  
Red Cross ◽  
General Assembly ◽  
The World ◽  
The United Nations

Apart from the practical work it carries on in many regions of the world for the benefit of victims of war and internal disturbances, the International Committee of the Red Cross unremittingly pursues its mission of diminishing as much as possible the evils engendered by hostilities of all kinds. The United Nations, as is well known, has displayed its concern for this problem in a resolution adopted unanimously by its General Assembly in December 1968.

Keynote Address by Mr Cornelio Sommaruga, President of the International Committee of the Red Cross

1996 ◽  
Vol 36 (310) ◽  
pp. 20-35
Keyword(s):  
International Committee ◽  
International Federation ◽  
Armed Conflicts ◽  
Red Cross ◽  
Technological Disasters ◽  
Geneva Conventions ◽  
The World ◽  
Complementary Nature ◽  
Forms Of Violence ◽  
Day By Day

The world is weighed down by the victims of too many tragedies. Today, at this 26th International Conference of the Red Cross and Red Crescent, it is in the name of those victims, the sole reason for our presence here, that I am addressing the representatives of the States party to the Geneva Conventions and those of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement. Our Movement is faced with the challenge of protecting and assisting these hapless individuals, whose numbers, alas, are growing day by day. Moreover, the situations in which we have to take action are ever more complex, whether they result from natural or technological disasters, which often occur in developing countries where there is no proper infrastructure, or from armed conflicts and other forms of violence affecting entire populations whose authorities are generally powerless to protect them. It is our solidarity with the victims of these situations that gives us our strength — and this solidarity is expressed through the separate but complementary activities conducted by the National Societies, their International Federation and the ICRC. The complementary nature of our respective tasks, which is the result of experience and is enshrined in our Statutes, is precisely what makes us effective.

What's new in law and case law around the world?

2014 ◽  
Vol 96 (895-896) ◽  
pp. 1093-1114
Keyword(s):  
Relevant Information ◽  
Case Law ◽  
International Committee ◽  
Red Cross ◽  
International Humanitarian Law ◽  
Humanitarian Law ◽  
National Legislation ◽  
Exchange Of Information ◽  
The World ◽  
International Instruments

The biannual update on national legislation and case law is an important tool in promoting the exchange of information on national measures for the implementation of international humanitarian law (IHL). In addition to a compilation of domestic laws and case law, the biannual update includes other relevant information related to regional events organized by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), to the development of national committees for the implementation of IHL or similar bodies and to accession and ratification of IHL and other related international instruments.

The Red Cross Contribution to Peace

1970 ◽  
Vol 10 (112) ◽  
pp. 359-364
Author(s):  
Alain Modoux
Keyword(s):  
International Committee ◽  
Red Cross ◽  
The World ◽  
Necessary Evil ◽  
Harmful Effects

The Red Cross was born over a hundred years ago on the field of battle. Aid to the wounded was the first mission it undertook. From the outset it thus restricted the scope of its ambition. By its desire to achieve that objective before anything else, the International Committee of the Red Cross acted with wisdom. So long as its work had not attained a certain degree of importance, so long as it was not universally recognized, the Committee decided its mission should be kept within certain limits and not get out of hand. The International Committee certainly had no desire thereby to justify war as a necessary evil. Its aim was essentially to combat war by limiting the distress it caused, for although its supreme objective was to ensure peace in the world, the Red Cross could not itself, with the forces at its command, have any illusions that it could stem the tide of war. It therefore endeavoured first and foremost to attenuate its harmful effects. As Louis Appia, one of the Red Cross founders, said, “Let us declare aloud our keen regret, our grief, at not being able to do more; let us protest against the great collective iniquity known as war, which is but one of the forms of evil in the world”.

Formation of Contract and Stipulations for Third Parties in Indonesia

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gary F Bell
Keyword(s):  
The Netherlands ◽  
Common Law ◽  
Civil Law ◽  
Essential Element ◽  
Contract Law ◽  
Third Parties ◽  
Legal Tradition ◽  
The World ◽  
The Common ◽  
The Law

Indonesia is one of the most legally diverse and complex countries in the world. It practises legal pluralism with three types of contract law in force: adat (customary) contract laws, Islamic contract laws (mostly concerning banking), and the European civil law of contract, transplanted from the Netherlands in 1847, found mainly in the Civil Code (Kitab Undang-Undang Hukum Perdata). This chapter focuses on European civil law as it is the law used for the majority of commercial transactions. The civil law of contract is not well developed and there is a paucity of indigenous doctrine and jurisprudence, since most significant commercial disputes are settled by arbitration. The contours of the law are consistent with the French/Dutch legal tradition. In the formation of contracts, the subjective intention of the parties plays a greater role than in the common law. As with most jurisdictions with a Napoleonic tradition, the offer must include all the essential element of the contract, there is no concept of ‘invitations to treat’ or of ‘consideration’, the common law posting rule is rejected, and the contract is formed only when the acceptance is received. There are generally few requirements of form but some contracts must be in writing and some in a notarial deed.

A balancing act: The revised rules of access to the ICRC Archives reflect multiple stakes and challenges

2018 ◽  
Vol 100 (907-909) ◽  
pp. 373-394 ◽  
Author(s):  
Valérie McKnight Hashemi
Keyword(s):  
International Committee ◽  
Armed Conflicts ◽  
Red Cross ◽  
Historical Overview ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Past ◽  
The World

AbstractThe International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) revised the access rules to its archives in 2017 for reasons that are complex, fascinating and deeply contemporary to our times. As these rules define when and to what extent the ICRC Archives are made available to the public, their contents are important for the institution as well as for wider audiences. The ICRC must ensure that it can implement its humanitarian mandate to protect and assist victims of armed conflicts and other situations of violence and preserve confidentiality, while sharing its past with the world at large. This article offers a historical overview of the ICRC Archives and the development of their access regulations until their latest revision in 2017. It shows that both today and in the past, the rules of access to the archives have resulted from choices made by the ICRC on how to balance its mandate and long-standing interests with contemporary opportunities and risks related to independent scrutiny.

Address by His Holiness Pope John Paul II on the occasion of his visit to the ICRC

1982 ◽  
Vol 22 (229) ◽  
pp. 199-201
Keyword(s):  
Middle East ◽  
El Salvador ◽  
International Committee ◽  
Red Cross ◽  
Pope John Paul Ii ◽  
Native Land ◽  
Holy See ◽  
John Paul Ii ◽  
The World

I thank you most warmly for your kind words about the work of the Holy See and my own personal endeavours. I have listened very carefully to all you have said about my native land, about El Salvador and the Middle East, and about peace in general, for these are matters very close to the hearts of Catholics, whose representative I am, and they are constantly in my prayers.It is a great joy for me to be able to greet the leading representatives of an organisation to which humanity owes so much, at the headquarters of the International Committee of the Red Cross itself! Since its foundation by Henry Dunant over a century ago, this institution, which took root in the hearts of a few generous Swiss citizens, has met with a commendable response all over the world.

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