International Committee of the Red Cross and Its Mandate to Protect and Assist
Subtitle: Law and Practice
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 216
ISBN-13: 9781509908172
Subjects: International law
Description: The purpose of this book is to consider the legality of the changing practice of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC). It provides extensive legal analysis of the ICRC as an organisation, legal person, and humanitarian actor. It draws on the law of organisations, International Humanitarian Law, International Human Rights Law, and other relevant branches of international law in order to critically assess the mandate and practice of the ICRC on the ground. Includes a case study of the work of the ICRC in the Democratic Republic of Congo.