IRRC No. 288

“Droit” or “devoir d'ingérence”

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Humanitarian issues have hardly ever before been given so much publicity by debates over what some people have described as the “droit” or “devoir d'ingérence”, which is then linked with the notion of the right to assistance. At the various levels at which the problem is perceived, the public at large, the media and legal experts have become involved in lively and even heated debates.

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“Droit” or “devoir d'ingérence” author: Yves Sandoz

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From humanitarian assistance to “intervention on humanitarian grounds”? author: Maurice Torrelli

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Assistance to the civilian population: the development and present state of international humanitarian law author: Denise Plattner

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Swiss neutrality, ICRC neutrality: are they indissociable? An independence worth protecting author: Cornelio Sommaruga

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Neutral mariners and humanitarian law: a precedent for protecting neutrals in armed conflict author: Michael Harris Hoffman

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Bosnia-Herzegovina: ICRC delegate dies in Sarajevo author:

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A tribute to Frederic Maurice author: Jean de Courten

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Presidential missions author:

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The Red Cross and Red Crescent at Expo '92 in Seville: Meeting the Challenge of the Future author: Carmen Mestre Vergara

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The Movement in Seville (8 May 1992) author:

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World Red Cross and Red Crescent Day 1992: Joint message of the International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies and of the International Committee of the Red Cross author:

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Meetings in Cordoba (5–10 May 1992) author:

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