IRRC No. 888

ICRC: 150 years of humanitarian action

30 articles

IRRC No. 888 ICRC: 150 years of humanitarian action

30 articles

In 2013, the 150th anniversary of the ICRC provides an opportunity to reflect on 150 years of humanitarian action and current challenges. The Review took part in this reflection through a special edition with contributions from key personalities sharing their perspective on the organization. A series of articles explores the history of humanitarian action as well as current legal and operational challenges.

Table of contents

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Editorial: The quest for humanity 150 years of international humanitarian law and action

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Interview with Peter Maurer, ICRC President

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Observations on the 150th anniversary of the ICRC

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A Guantanamo detainee’s perspective

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The indispensable organization

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Forced displacement and the role of the ICRC: perspectives for the twenty-first century

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Thirty years of working within the Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement in a country affected by conflict

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The ICRC and the changing humanitarian landscape

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The ICRC at 150: reflections of an Asian admirer

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A beneficiary’s perspective on the ICRC

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Zarmina Popalzai, beneficiary of the ICRC orthopaedic programme in Afghanistan

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Reflections on the ICRC’s present and future role in addressing humanitarian crises

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Working towards a better world

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An institution standing the test of time? A review of 150 years of the history of the International Committee of the Red Cross

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Birth of an idea: the founding of the International Committee of the Red Cross and of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement: from Solferino to the original Geneva Convention (1859–1864)

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1863: the creation of the first National Society at the beginning of the Movement’s history

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Looking back over 150 years of humanitarian action: the photographic archives of the ICRC

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The ICRC and the detainees in Nazi concentration camps (1942–1945)

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‘Organising the unpredictable’: the Nigeria–Biafra war and its impact on the ICRC

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Complementarity between the ICRC and the United Nations and international humanitarian law and international human rights law, 1948–1968

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New technologies and new policies: the ICRC’s evolving approach to working with separated families

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A new challenge or a new role? The ICRC in Northern Ireland

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Challenges to international humanitarian law: Israel’s occupation policy

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International humanitarian law, ICRC and Israel’s status in the Territories

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Médecins Sans Frontières and the ICRC: matters of principle

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Humanitarian care and small things in dehumanised places

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Bringing the Commentaries on the Geneva Conventions and their Additional Protocols into the twenty-first century

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International Tracing Service: Respect for the past, responsibility for the future

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Book review - Henry Dunant: La croix d’un homme

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New publications in humanitarian action and the law (Winter 2012)