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The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is a Swissbased impartial, neutral and independent organization ensuring humanitarian protection and assistance for victims of war and other situations of violence.
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- International Criminal Court
- International Criminal
- Geneva Convention
- Supreme Council
- Humanitarian Protection
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Forsythe, David P., The Humanitarians: The International Committee of the Red Cross. 2005
Forsythe, David P. and Rieffer-Flanagan, Barbara Ann J., The International Committee of the Red Cross: A Neutral Humanitarian Actor. 2007
Moorehead, Caroline, Dunant’s Dream: War, Switzerland and the History of the Red Cross. 1998
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Heath-Brown, N. (2015). International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC). In: Heath-Brown, N. (eds) The Statesman’s Yearbook 2016. The Statesman’s Yearbook. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-57823-8_32
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