Humanitarian Law and Traditional African Law

1976 ◽  
Vol 16 (179) ◽  
pp. 57-63 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yolande Diallo
Keyword(s):  
Far East ◽  
Red Cross ◽  
International Humanitarian Law ◽  
International Review ◽  
Humanitarian Law ◽  
The Far East ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Islamic Countries ◽  
Social Affairs

We are very pleased to publish this report by Mrs. Diallo on research into the correlations between the principles of international humanitarian law and the humanitarian principles underlying African traditions. In earlier issues of International Review, various authors have drawn attention to the fact that historically, in Islamic countries, in India and elsewhere in the Far East, in a variety of ethical doctrines and in many different types of civilization, thoughts have been expressed which compare with those of the Red Cross—leading to the conclusion that they arise from aspirations common to most of mankind. It is particularly appropriate therefore to disclose certain concordances between them and to discover, in all these different places, a unity of view and of teaching in ethical and social affairs.

The International Committee of the Red Cross and the protection of war victims

1995 ◽  
Vol 35 (307) ◽  
pp. 426-426
Author(s):  
The Review
Keyword(s):  
International Committee ◽  
International Community ◽  
Deputy Director ◽  
Red Cross ◽  
International Humanitarian Law ◽  
International Review ◽  
Humanitarian Law ◽  
War Victims

In its recent issues the International Review of the Red Cross announced the publication of a work entitled Le Comité international de la Croix-Rouge et la protection des victimes de la guerre by François Bugnion, Deputy Director of the ICRC Department of Principles, Law and Relations with the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement.The book has already become the reference work par excellence on the International Committee of the Red Cross in that it analyses, in a combined historical and legal approach, the process whereby the international community came to entrust the Committee with tasks and areas of competence relating to the protection of war victims. It also highlights the interaction between the development of ICRC practice and that of international humanitarian law.

scholarly journals Three short essays in honour of the 150th anniversary of the International Review of the Red Cross

2018 ◽  
Vol 100 (907-909) ◽  
pp. 11-21
Keyword(s):  
Red Cross ◽  
International Humanitarian Law ◽  
International Review ◽  
Humanitarian Law ◽  
150Th Anniversary ◽  
Short Essays

The Review is the oldest international publication devoted to international humanitarian law, policy and action, and it is now celebrating its 150th year. In honour of this momentous anniversary, the journal has invited three of its former editors-in-chief to reflect on their experience.

Foreword by the President of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda

1997 ◽  
Vol 37 (321) ◽  
pp. 603-604
Author(s):  
Laïty Kama
Keyword(s):  
United Nations ◽  
Ad Hoc ◽  
International Criminal ◽  
International Criminal Tribunal ◽  
Red Cross ◽  
International Humanitarian Law ◽  
International Review ◽  
Humanitarian Law ◽  
International Criminal Tribunals ◽  
Set Up

The decision to devote an issue of the International Review of the Red Cross to a series of articles on the two ad hoc International Criminal Tribunals set up by the United Nations to prosecute persons responsible for serious violations of international humanitarian law in the former Yugoslavia and in Rwanda reflects the increasing importance of these courts both for the general public and for legal experts.

Disseminating international humanitarian law in Colombia: Dissemination is everyone's job—a firsthand report by an ICRC delegate

1997 ◽  
Vol 37 (319) ◽  
pp. 421-432 ◽  
Author(s):  
Roland Bigler
Keyword(s):  
Red Cross ◽  
International Humanitarian Law ◽  
International Review ◽  
Humanitarian Law ◽  
Military Installations ◽  
Civilian Population ◽  
Missing Persons

At an ICRC seminar on training and information techniques a few years ago an instructor described the position of a dissemination delegate within an ICRC delegation, and hence of dissemination work in general, as follows:“Within an ICRC delegation, the delegate responsible for disseminating international humanitarian law generally has his office at the end of a long corridor, right at the back between the office supplies cupboard and the toilets. But most of the time you won't find him there, as he (or she) is constantly out giving courses or suchlike, either at military installations or universities or among the National Red Cross Society's volunteers. And when you do find him for a short while in his office, he's fiddling around with scissors, paper and glue trying to put together a leaflet or a poster, or perhaps even a small brochure. His colleagues, the delegates dealing with the distribution of relief supplies, the tracing service or prison visits, smile indulgently when they see the dissemination delegate busy with work like that. They speak well of him because he regularly reads the International Review of the Red Cross and knows the ins and outs of international humanitarian law and ICRC policy; he is a good talker, so he always has to step in where armed protagonists in local conflict fail to observe the rules protecting the civilian population. He must often beware of being torn to pieces and is expected to be everywhere at once, because what he does, he alone can do. Many ICRC delegates admire the dissemination delegate; sometimes he gets called “the professor”, “the clown” or “the artist”. His work is a one-man show, and yet those delegates who distribute rice, visit prisoners or try to trace missing persons could not and would not want to do his job themselves.”

Reaffirmation and Development of International Humanitarian Law Applicable in Armed Conflicts — Conference of Government Experts

1971 ◽  
Vol 11 (123) ◽  
pp. 311-315
Keyword(s):  
The Netherlands ◽  
Armed Conflicts ◽  
Red Cross ◽  
International Humanitarian Law ◽  
International Review ◽  
Humanitarian Law ◽  
The Hague

In its issue of April 1971, International Review printed an account of the Conference of Red Cross experts convened by the ICRC that had taken place at The Hague, in co-operation with the Netherlands Red Cross, from 1 to 6 March 1971. A report on its work was submitted to the Conference of Government Experts on the Reaffirmation and Development of International Humanitarian Law, it, too, convened by the ICRC, which opened in Geneva on 24 May 1971.

Introduction—On the Fundamental Principles of the Movement and International Humanitarian Law

1990 ◽  
Vol 30 (275) ◽  
pp. 83-85
Author(s):  
The Review
Keyword(s):  
Case Studies ◽  
Red Cross ◽  
International Humanitarian Law ◽  
International Review ◽  
Humanitarian Law ◽  
The Past ◽  
The Subject

In its November-December 1989 issue the International Review of the Red Cross inaugurated a series of articles on the Fundamental Principles of the Movement. By inviting eminent theoreticians and active members of the National Societies and the League to give their views, and by publishing planned ICRC studies on the subject, the Review intends to contribute to the broad reflection which the Movement has been carrying out for the past three years and to the collection of treatises and case studies on various means of implementing the Principles.

A special international status for civil defence personnel

1964 ◽  
Vol 4 (41) ◽  
pp. 440-442
Keyword(s):  
International Committee ◽  
Red Cross ◽  
International Humanitarian Law ◽  
International Review ◽  
Humanitarian Law ◽  
Civil Defence ◽  
International Status

In its issue of October 1962, the International Review of the Red Cross mentioned the studies being undertaken by the ICRC with a view to strengthening the guarantees which international humanitarian law could confer on civil defence personnel. The encouragement which the International Committee has received to pursue this objective, from the International Red Cross Council of Delegates at its 1963 meeting, from National Societies of the Red Cross, and even from governments, has induced it to convene a meeting of Experts for this forthcoming autumn at which will be present, in particular, representatives from governments having declared themselves in favour of this work. The purpose of the meeting is to lay the foundation for a set of draft regulations concerning an internationally recognized status for civil defence. It is intended to submit this draft to the next International Red Cross Conference.

Dissemination of Knowledge of the Geneva Conventions

1971 ◽  
Vol 11 (123) ◽  
pp. 325-329
Keyword(s):  
International Committee ◽  
Red Cross ◽  
International Humanitarian Law ◽  
International Review ◽  
Humanitarian Law ◽  
International Conference ◽  
University Courses ◽  
Geneva Conventions

In its preceding issue, International Review had announced, after publishing the text of two letters in which the ICRC drew the attention of National Societies to the importance of an ever-wider diffusion of the Geneva Conventions, that a further letter would be printed relative to University courses on international humanitarian law. This runs as follows:In its circular sent in January 1971, the International Committee of the Red Cross had the honour to inform you, in a provisional account, of the action undertaken by some thirty National Societies in the important realm of the dissemination of knowledge on the Geneva Conventions, consistent with resolution IX adopted by the XXIst International Conference of the Red Cross at Istanbul.

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