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Article 9 - Activities of the ICRC and Other Impartial HumanitarianOrganizations

from Part I - General Provisions

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 August 2021

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Article 9 grants impartial humanitarian organizations the right to offer, tothe Parties to an international armed conflict, to undertake humanitarianactivities. The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is explicitlymentioned as an example of an entity entitled to rely on this provision.Humanitarian activities can take the form of relief or protection.

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Commentary on the Third Geneva Convention
Convention (III) relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War
 , pp. 477 - 501
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2021

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