Vietnam—Yemen—Laos—Nigeria—Venezuela—Latin America—Hungary—Germany

1967 ◽  
Vol 7 (70) ◽  
pp. 19-22
Keyword(s):  
Democratic Republic ◽  
The United States ◽  
International Committee ◽  
Foreign Affairs ◽  
Red Cross ◽  
Geneva Conventions ◽  
The Us ◽  
Us Navy ◽  
Gulf Of Tonkin ◽  
The Government

The International Committee of the Red Cross has continued its exchange of correspondence with the Government of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam on various humanitarian problems raised by the present conflict. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Hanoi has declared that it could not accept the proposal made by the United States to hold a conference in order to examine ways of applying the Geneva Conventions, a proposal which had been transmitted by the ICRC. The same ministry has acknowledged receiving various communications from the ICRC, in particular the nominal roll of 19 North Vietnamese seamen captured by the US Navy in the Gulf of Tonkin and the two reports drawn up following on visits made to these seamen by ICRC delegates.

Responses to the ICRC's Appeal to have the Rules of Humanity Respected in Viet Nam

1965 ◽  
Vol 5 (54) ◽  
pp. 477-478 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Military Personnel ◽  
United States Of America ◽  
Democratic Republic ◽  
The United States ◽  
International Committee ◽  
Red Cross ◽  
Viet Nam ◽  
International Review ◽  
Geneva Conventions ◽  
The Republic

As the International Review mentioned in its previous number, the International Committee of the Red Cross addressed an appeal to the Governments of the Republic of Viet Nam, of the Democratic Republic of Viet Nam and of the United States of America. This appeal was also sent to the National Front of Liberation. The ICRC reminded these authorities that they are bound by the provisions of the Geneva Conventions giving protection to military personnel placed “hors de combat” and persons not taking part in hostilities.

Response to the ICRC appeal for respect to be given to the rules of humanity in Viet Nam

1965 ◽  
Vol 5 (55) ◽  
pp. 527-528 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
The United States ◽  
International Committee ◽  
United States Government ◽  
Red Cross ◽  
Viet Nam ◽  
Geneva Conventions ◽  
The Republic ◽  
The Government ◽  
The One

It will be recalled that the International Committee of the Red Cross addressed to the Governments of the Republic of Viet Nam, of the Democratic Republic of Viet Nam, as well as of the United States of America an appeal urging them to respect, in present conditions, the humanitarian provisions of the Geneva Conventions to which these States have acceded. This appeal was also sent to the National Liberation Front. In its number of September 1965, the International Review published the replies received by the ICRC. The one dated August 10, 1965, emanated from the United States Government and the other of August 11, 1965, was sent by the Government of the Republic of Viet Nam.

Appeal by the International Committee of the Red Cross on the 20th anniversary of the adoption of the Additional Protocols of 1977

1997 ◽  
Vol 37 (320) ◽  
pp. 471-472
Author(s):  
Cornelio Sommaruga
Keyword(s):  
International Committee ◽  
Armed Conflicts ◽  
Red Cross ◽  
International Humanitarian Law ◽  
Humanitarian Law ◽  
National Liberation ◽  
Geneva Conventions ◽  
20Th Anniversary ◽  
The Government ◽  
Preparatory Work

Twenty years ago, on 11 June 1977, the plenipotentiaries of over a hundred States and several national liberation movements signed the Final Act of the Diplomatic Conference on the Reaffirmation and Development of International Humanitarian Law Applicable in Armed Conflicts. This Conference had been convened by the government of Switzerland, the depositary State of the Geneva Conventions. After four sessions held between 1973 and 1977, themselves preceded by several years of preparatory work, the Conference drew up two Protocols additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, relating to the protection of the victims of international armed conflicts (Protocol I) and of noninternational armed conflicts (Protocol II).

Geneva Conventions

1962 ◽  
Vol 2 (21) ◽  
pp. 657-657 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
International Committee ◽  
Red Cross ◽  
Geneva Conventions ◽  
The Government

The International Committee of the Red Cross has received from the Federal Political Department in Berne, the certified true copy of the instrument by which the Government of Ireland ratified the Geneva Conventions of 1949 on September 27, 1962. Such ratification will take effect from March 27, 1963.

ICRC Financial Position in 1971

1972 ◽  
Vol 12 (137) ◽  
pp. 443-460
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
United States Of America ◽  
The United States ◽  
International Committee ◽  
Red Cross ◽  
Financial Position ◽  
Considerable Impact ◽  
The Government

Two events had a considerable impact on the ICRC's financial position in 1971:(a) The message which the Swiss Federal Council addressed to the Federal Assembly, on 8 September 1971, regarding the Confederation's contributions to the International Committee of the Red Cross;(b) Payment by the Government of the United States of America of an extraordinary contribution of 1 million dollars, on 29 June 1971.

Recognition of the Red Crescent Society of the People's Democratic Republic of Yemen

1984 ◽  
Vol 24 (242) ◽  
pp. 284-285
Author(s):  
Alexandre Hay
Keyword(s):  
Democratic Republic ◽  
International Committee ◽  
Red Cross ◽  
Public Authorities ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Government ◽  
Ministerial Decree

We have the honour to inform you that on 30 August 1984 the International Committee of the Red Cross officially recognized the Red Crescent Society of the People's Democratic Republic of Yemen.The new Society officially applied for recognition by the International Committee of the Red Cross on 28 May 1984. Its request was supported by various documents, including a copy of its most recent report on its activities, the text of its Statutes and an authenticated copy of the ministerial decree of 21 February 1984 certifying that the Government had recognized the Red Crescent Society as a voluntary aid society auxiliary to the public authorities and as the only Red Crescent Society of the People's Democratic Republic of Yemen.

Africa — Latin America — Asia — Europe – Middle East

1975 ◽  
Vol 15 (169) ◽  
pp. 188-193
Keyword(s):  
Latin America ◽  
Middle East ◽  
Addis Ababa ◽  
International Committee ◽  
Foreign Affairs ◽  
Red Cross ◽  
Civilian Population ◽  
The Government

The delegates of the International Committee of the Red Cross who have been in Addis Ababa for several weeks have not yet been authorized to go to Asmara. To the ICRC's offers to provide the victims of the conflict in Eritrea with assistance and protection, the Ethiopian Minister for Foreign Affairs has replied that the Government has the situation in hand and that there is no emergency. The ICRC is still prepared to play its traditional humanitarian role on behalf of the victims of the present conflict: the wounded and the sick, prisoners, and the civilian population.

New participants in the Geneva Conventions

1965 ◽  
Vol 5 (49) ◽  
pp. 197-197
Keyword(s):  
International Committee ◽  
Red Cross ◽  
Geneva Conventions ◽  
The Government

The International Committee of the Red Cross has received from the Federal Political Department at Berne a communication informing it that the Government of Jamaica gave notification on July 17,1964, to the Swiss Federal Council of that State's accession to the Geneva Conventions of 1949, accession which took effect on August 6,1962, the date on which that country became independent.

India and Pakistan—Viet Nam—The President of the ICRC in the Irish Republic and in Great Britain

1965 ◽  
Vol 5 (56) ◽  
pp. 599-601
Keyword(s):  
Great Britain ◽  
Country Of Origin ◽  
International Committee ◽  
Prisoners Of War ◽  
Red Cross ◽  
Viet Nam ◽  
Geneva Conventions ◽  
Irish Republic ◽  
The Government

Prisoners of War. — Delegates of the International Committee of the Red Cross in both India and Pakistan have been permitted to visit prisoners of war; both governments have demonstrated their intention to apply the Geneva Conventions of 1949 on the protection of victims of war. Mr. Roger Du Pasquier in India and Mr. Michel Martin in Pakistan were therefore given access to several places of internment and were authorized to interview prisoners without witnesses. The delegates' reports were conveyed each time to the Detaining Power and the government of the prisoners' country of origin. Mr. Du Pasquier was also able to see prisoners of war who had been wounded in the course of the fighting.

MISTREATMENT OF THE WOUNDED, SICK AND SHIPWRECKED BY THE ICRC STUDY ON CUSTOMARY INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN LAW

2008 ◽  
Vol 11 ◽  
pp. 175-219
Author(s):  
James P. Benoit
Keyword(s):  
The United States ◽  
International Committee ◽  
The State ◽  
Red Cross ◽  
International Humanitarian Law ◽  
Traditional Theory ◽  
Humanitarian Law ◽  
The Us ◽  
State Practice ◽  
The Guardian

AbstractIn 2005, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) completed a ten-year study on customary international humanitarian law, based on an assessment of the State practice of over 150 nations over the preceding thirty years. Somewhat surprisingly, but perhaps owing to the sheer size of theICRC Study, only two states have officially responded to the ICRC: the United States and Israel. Although an analysis of the US response is beyond the scope of this paper, it generally criticizes theICRC Study'sunorthodox methodology, including both the State practice it considered, and its lack of proof ofopinio juris.The ICRC is a venerable organization, traditionally viewed as the guardian of international humanitarian law. Its study is a monumental work compiling a surfeit of State practice. Nevertheless, theICRC Studyarticulates ‘rules’ that are not sustainable under the traditional theory of customary international law formation, as may be seen by the examination in Section 3 of the three seemingly uncontroversial rules proposed for handling the wounded, sick and shipwrecked.

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