Contemporary International Committee of the Red Cross - Challenges, Changes, Controversies

The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) was founded in 1863 and is often considered the gold standard in humanitarian action. Despite its many positive achievements over more than 150 years, some former ICRC officials believe that the organization is now in decline because of a series of recent policy choices. Their view is that the organization has undermined its reputation for independent and neutral humanitarian action, while growing too fast and too large, which has weakened its reputation for quick, tightly focused, and effective action in the field. David P. Forsythe revisits the ICRC policy decisions of recent decades and suggests that the organization is not in fatal decline, but that it does need to reconsider some of its policies at the margins. Though some errors have been made and some corrections are in order, Forsythe argues that its obituary is premature.

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• Authors: David P. Forsythe, David P. (University of Nebraska Forsythe
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.01.2024
• EAN: 9781009387019
• ISBN: 978-1-0-0938701-9
• No. of pages: 488
• Dimensions: 150 mm x 230 mm x 15 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Social education, social work; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Human Rights, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Human Rights, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Disasters & Disaster Relief, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General, LAW / International, LAW / Public, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Civil Rights, Aid & relief programmes, Civil rights & citizenship, International institutions, Human rights, civil rights, International humanitarian law, Public international law: humanitarian law, Aid and relief programmes