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5 - The Red Cross Movement

Part I – The Swiss and the Rest

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 February 2024

David P. Forsythe
David P. Forsythe
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University of Nebraska, Lincoln
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The ICRC is presented as having three identities: a Swiss private organization, a member of the global Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, and an entity recognized with rights and duties in public international law. Details of each identity and how identity affects policy are provided. Concrete examples are given of the interplay of the three identities. The crux of the chapter is an analysis of the uniqueness of the ICRC, an analysis that leads into a deeper study of the relationship between the ICRC and the RC Movement in the following chapter.

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SwitzerlandICRCInternational Red Cross and Red Crescent Movementinternational humanitarian lawRC Council of DelegatesRC Standing CommissionMovement frictionMovement cooperationSevilla agreement
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The Contemporary International Committee of the Red Cross
Challenges, Changes, Controversies
 , pp. 88 - 113
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2024

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  • The Red Cross Movement
  • David P. Forsythe, University of Nebraska, Lincoln
  • Book: The Contemporary International Committee of the Red Cross
  • Online publication: 01 February 2024
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009387002.006
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  • The Red Cross Movement
  • David P. Forsythe, University of Nebraska, Lincoln
  • Book: The Contemporary International Committee of the Red Cross
  • Online publication: 01 February 2024
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009387002.006
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  • The Red Cross Movement
  • David P. Forsythe, University of Nebraska, Lincoln
  • Book: The Contemporary International Committee of the Red Cross
  • Online publication: 01 February 2024
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009387002.006
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