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The Legal Status of National Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 April 2010

Christophe Lanord
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Croix-Rouge et Croissant-Rouge/Red Cross and Red Crescent
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International Review of the Red Cross , Volume 82 , Issue 840 , December 2000 , pp. 1053 - 1077
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Copyright © International Committee of the Red Cross 2000

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References

1 See the Handbook of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, 13th ed., Geneva, 1994Google Scholar, for the text of official documents.

2 At 30 June 2000.

3 Convention for the Amelioration of the Condition of the Wounded and Sick in Armed Forces in the Field, of 12 August 1949.

4 Protocol Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, and relating to the Protection of Victims of International Armed Conflicts (Protocol I), 8 lune 1977

5 Protocol Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, and relating to the Protection of Victims of Non-International Armed Conflicts (Protocol II), 8 June 1977

6 Fundamental Principles of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement — see Handbook, supra (note 1).

7 See Hutchinson, John, Champions of Charity, War and the Rise of the Red Cross, Westview Press, Boulder, 1996.Google Scholar

8 Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War, 12 August 1949.

9 Statutes of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, October 1986.

10 IRRC, No. 836, 12 1999, pp. 880–895.Google Scholar

11 Ibid., p. 929.

12 Supra, note 9.

13 At the time of drafting this article a procedure for changing the Statutes was under way, with a view to introducing a third emblem.

14 Pictet, Jean, Les principes de la Croix-RougeGoogle Scholar, Librairie Droz, Genève, 1955 (in English: Red Cross Principles, ICRC, Geneva, 1956).Google Scholar

15 See Board of Governors, XIXth session (Oxford, 1946), Resolution 12, Principles, ch. 9: “…to carry out its aims it is essential the a Red Cross Society should be organized on a truly democratic basis”.

16 Governing Board, 1st Session, 1999, Decision 5. – Text available (in French and in English) from: International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, Ch. des Crêts, CH-1211 Geneva 19.

17 Constitution of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, Article 5 (latest revision: 1999).

18 Ibid.

19 Constitution of the Federation, Article 6(3).

20 Tansley, Donald, Final Report: An Agenda for Red Cross, Joint Committee for the Re-appraisal of the Role of the Red Cross, 1975, pp. 97–98.Google Scholar

21 26th International Conference of the Red Cross and Red Crescent, Report: Strengthening capacity to assist and protect the most vulnerable, Annex III: “Characteristics of a well-functioning Society”.

22 Supra, note 11.