REFUGEES AND CONFLICT SITUATIONS

The protection of refugees and displaced persons is guaranteed by many universal and regional instruments of international law. The rules are there, but for several years the humanitarian organizations charged with implementing them have constantly had to face new situations brought about by the scale and frequency of mass population movements, especially in the Third World, and new types of violence which affect both the status and the possibilities for protection of the people concerned. Very often, the solutions arrived at by these bodies have taken the form of assistance rather than protection, the one not always easily distinguishable from the other.

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REFUGEES AND CONFLICT SITUATIONS author:

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Protection by Action author: Jean-Pierre Hocké

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ICRC action in aid of refugees author: Françoise Krill

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Protection and assistance for refugees in armed conflicts and internal disturbances: Reflections on the Mandates of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement and the Office of the United N... author: Vitit Muntarbhorn

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Thoughts on the relationship between International Humanitarian Law and Refugee Law, their promotion and dissemination author: Jovića Patrnogic

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The Red Cross in the USSR and the World: History and Prospects author: Dmitry D. Venedictov

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A new Directorate for the ICRC author:

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Official visits to the ICRC author:

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Death of Mr. V. H. Umbricht, honorary member of the ICRC author:

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Death of Professor D. Frei member of the ICRC author:

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Africa—Asia—Latin America—Middle East author:

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Message from the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement to the Third Special Session of the United Nations General Assembly on disarmament author: Ahmad Abu-Goura, Cornelio Sommaruga, Mario Villarroel

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