François Bugnion

Number of articles written: 22 articles

François Bugnion

Number of articles written: 22 articles

François Bugnion is an independent consultant in international humanitarian law and humanitarian action. He joined the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in 1970 and served as a delegate in Israel and the occupied territories, Bangladesh, Turkey, and Cyprus, and then as head of mission in Chad, Viet Nam, and Cambodia. From 2000 to 2006, he was Director for International Law and Cooperation at the ICRC. He has been a member of the ICRC Assembly since May 2010. He is the author of more than fifty books and articles on international humanitarian law and on the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement.

Published articles

article IRRC No. 317

ICRC action during the Second World War author: François Bugnion

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article IRRC No. 311

The arrival of Bourbaki's army at Les Verrières: The internment of the First French Army in Switzerland on 1 February 1871 author: François Bugnion

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article IRRC No. 308

Red Cross law author: François Bugnion

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article IRRC No. 307

The composition of the International Committee of the Red Cross author: François Bugnion

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article IRRC No. 306

Remembering Hiroshima author: François Bugnion

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article IRRC No. 305

From the end of the Second World War to the dawn of the third millennium — The activities of the International Committee of the Red Cross during the Cold War and its aftermath: 1945–1995 author: François Bugnion

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article IRRC No. 303

The International Committee of the Red Cross and the Indochina War — From the Japanese defeat to the Geneva Agreements (1945–1954) author: Florianne Truninger, François Bugnion

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article IRRC No. 272

The red cross and red crescent emblems author: François Bugnion

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article IRRC No. 203

Title article - 03-1978 author: François Bugnion

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article IRRC No. 195

The Emblem of the Red Cross - A Brief History (III) author: François Bugnion

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