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The International Committee of the Red Cross
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 23 November 2010
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In this issue International Review of the Red Cross commences the publication of a recent work, entitled “The International Committee of the Red Cross”, by André Durand, former ICRC delegate-general and author of a history of the ICRC.
The original version, in French, was first published by the Centre de Recherches européennes, attached to Lausanne University, under the direction of Professor Henri Rieben.
The full version of the book will be printed in the International Review and we extend our warmest thanks to the author and the director of the Centre de Recherches européennes for having kindly given permission to reproduce the book in the Review.
In the English and Spanish editions of International Review the text has been translated by the staff of the ICRC translation service.
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- Information
- International Review of the Red Cross (1961 - 1997) , Volume 21 , Issue 221 , April 1981 , pp. 59 - 75
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- Copyright © International Committee of the Red Cross 1981
References
page 60 note 1 J.-J. Rousseau, Ecrits biographiques, Bibliothèque de la Pléiade, Œuvres complètes, t.I., p. 1190.
page 60 note 2 Inter arma caritas, the ICRC motto, was suggested by Gustave Moynier.
page 65 note 1 In this chamber was arbitrated on 14 September 1872 the dispute between the United States and Great Britain over the confederate vessel, the “Alabama”.
page 67 note 1 Minutes of the International Committee for Relief to Wounded Combatants, meeting of 17 March 1863, in International Review of the Red Cross, 1963, p. 67.Google Scholar
page 67 note 1 Compte rendu de la Conférence Internationale de Genève, 1863, p. 145.Google Scholar
page 74 note 1 The Protecting Power is a neutral State whose function in wartime is to represent the interests of a belligerent Power in the adversary's country.