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Red Cross assistance and protection

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 January 2010

Jacques Moreillon
Jacques Moreillon*
Affiliation:
Director of the Department of Principles and Law in the ICRC
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Extract

Assistance is the essence of all Red Cross actions; protection and assistance are the essence of all ICRC actions.

To approach the subject of this paper “Red Cross assistance and protection”, one should recall a few basic rules and concepts as guidelines in this study.

Firstly it should be clear that we shall not deal here with situations of natural disasters, which normally require Red Cross assistance only. Nor shall we deal with situations of internal disturbances or tensions, which involve mainly the ICRC and its activities in favour of persons detained for political or security reasons.

Type
Research Article
Information
International Review of the Red Cross (1961 - 1997) , Volume 21 , Issue 224 , October 1981 , pp. 263 - 268
Copyright
Copyright © International Committee of the Red Cross 1981

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Footnotes

1

Introductory speech read at the Second Asian Regional Conference of the Red Cross, Djakarta, 4–11 February 1981.