The Red Cross Societies of Yugoslavia, Bulgaria and Rumania visited by the President of the International Committee

1962 ◽  
Vol 2 (16) ◽  
pp. 374-376
Keyword(s):  
International Committee ◽  
Red Cross ◽  
The Balkans

Last May, the President, Mr. L. Boissier, accompanied by Mr. G. H. Beckh, Delegate, paid a short visit to the Balkans. His first port of call was Belgrade where he stayed for two days only, since his visit to Yugoslavia was not of an official nature and was only the prelude to a stay of longer duration.

Yemen — Cyprus — Laos — Indonesia — The Balkans

1965 ◽  
Vol 5 (46) ◽  
pp. 33-36
Keyword(s):  
Civil War ◽  
International Committee ◽  
Red Cross ◽  
Field Hospital ◽  
The Balkans ◽  
Medical Teams ◽  
Hospital Equipment ◽  
Operating Unit ◽  
Surgical Operations

Since the beginning of its medical programme on behalf of the victims of the civil war raging in the Yemen, the International Committee of the Red Cross has treated some 14,500 persons. Of these 9100 wounded and sick made their way by their own resources to the field hospital at Uqhd in Royalist territory in Northeast Yemen; a further 900 were admitted to the hospital; 4500 were examined and treated by the mobile medical teams in the fighting areas. We would add that 786 surgical operations have been performed at Uqhd in the complete and air-conditioned “clinobox” operating unit sent as part of the hospital equipment by the ICRC.

Night on Earth

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Davide Rodogno
Keyword(s):  
Central And Eastern Europe ◽  
Near East ◽  
International Committee ◽  
League Of Nations ◽  
Red Cross ◽  
American Red Cross ◽  
The Balkans ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
The Us ◽  
Save The Children

Night on Earth is a broad-ranging account of international humanitarian programs in Central and Eastern Europe, the Balkans and the Near East from 1918 to 1930. Davide Rodogno shows that international 'relief' and 'development' were intertwined long before the birth of the United Nations with humanitarians operating in a region devastated by war and famine and in which state sovereignty was deficient. Influenced by colonial motivations and ideologies these humanitarians attempted to reshape entire communities and nations through reconstruction and rehabilitation programmes. The book draws on the activities of a wide range of secular and religious organisations and philanthropic foundations in the US and Europe including the American Relief Administration, the American Red Cross, the Quakers, Save the Children, the Near East Relief, the American Women's Hospitals, the League of Nations and the International Committee of the Red Cross.

The dilemmas of protecting civilians in occupied territory: the precursory example of World War I

2012 ◽  
Vol 94 (885) ◽  
pp. 117-132 ◽  
Author(s):  
Annette Becker
Keyword(s):  
World War I ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
International Committee ◽  
Prisoners Of War ◽  
Red Cross ◽  
Humanitarian Law ◽  
World War ◽  
The Balkans ◽  
Occupied Territory ◽  
The Law

AbstractAdvances in the law of Geneva and the law of The Hague did not remain a dead letter during the World War I, but this was essentially with regard to the wounded and prisoners of war. Those categories of persons were better protected than civilians by treaty-based humanitarian law, which was still in its infancy. Although the ideal of humanity was realized on a large scale thanks to the efforts of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and myriad other charitable, denominational, or non-denominational organizations, none of the belligerents hesitated to infringe and violate the law whenever they could. The various occupied populations, on the Western and Eastern fronts and in the Balkans, served as their guinea pigs and were their perfect victims.

The ICRC Library goes digital

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-2
Keyword(s):  
International Committee ◽  
Red Cross ◽  
International Humanitarian Law ◽  
Humanitarian Law ◽  
Reference Library ◽  
Parallel Development ◽  
Humanitarian Action ◽  
The Core ◽  
The Past

The ICRC Library is home to unique collections retracing the parallel development of humanitarian action and law during the past 150+ years. With the core of these collections now digitized, this reference library on international humanitarian law (IHL) and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is a resource available to all, anytime, anywhere.

Hacking humanitarians: Defining the cyber perimeter and developing a cyber security strategy for international humanitarian organizations in digital transformation

2020 ◽  
Vol 102 (913) ◽  
pp. 367-387
Author(s):  
Massimo Marelli
Keyword(s):  
Cyber Security ◽  
Armed Conflict ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
International Committee ◽  
Digital Transformation ◽  
Red Cross ◽  
Digital Environment ◽  
Security Strategy ◽  
Humanitarian Action ◽  
Humanitarian Organizations

AbstractDigitalization and new technologies have an increasingly important role in today's humanitarian activities. As humanitarian organizations become more active in and reliant on new and digital technologies, they evolve from being simple bystanders to being fully fledged stakeholders in cyberspace, vulnerable to adverse cyber operations that could impact on their capacity to protect and assist people affected by armed conflict or other situations of violence.This shift makes it essential for humanitarian organizations to understand and properly map their resulting cyber perimeter. Humanitarian organizations can protect themselves and their activities by devising appropriate cyber strategies for the digital environment. Clearly defining the digital boundaries within which they carry out operations lays the groundwork for humanitarian organizations to develop a strategy to support and protect humanitarian action in the digital environment, channel available resources to where they are most needed, and understand the areas in which their operational dialogue and working modalities need to be adapted for cyberspace.The purpose of this article is to identify the unique problems facing international humanitarian organizations operating in cyberspace and to suggest ways to address them. More specifically, the article identifies the key elements that an international humanitarian organization should consider in developing a cyber security strategy. Throughout, the International Committee of the Red Cross and its specificities are used as an example to illustrate the problems identified and the possible ways to address them.

Santo Domingo-ICRC President in the Far East and Central America — Viet Nam — Yemen — Southern Rhodesia — Mission in Africa

1965 ◽  
Vol 5 (52) ◽  
pp. 351-360
Keyword(s):  
Far East ◽  
International Committee ◽  
Political Prisoners ◽  
Red Cross ◽  
Viet Nam ◽  
Santo Domingo ◽  
The Far East ◽  
Southern Rhodesia ◽  
The Government ◽  
National Reconstruction

The delegation of the International Committee of the Red Cross brought its aid to civilian and political prisoners.One of the ICRC representatives in Santo Domingo, Mr. Pierre Jequier, general delegate for Latin America, visited prisons of the “Constitutional Government” presided over by Colonel Francisco Caamano Deno and of the “Government of National Reconstruction” of General Antonio Imbert. There were no restrictions placed by either on visits.

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