Part I – The Swiss and the Rest
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 01 February 2024
The ICRC is presented as having three identities: a Swiss private organization, a member of the global Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, and an entity recognized with rights and duties in public international law. Details of each identity and how identity affects policy are provided. Concrete examples are given of the interplay of the three identities. The crux of the chapter is an analysis of the uniqueness of the ICRC, an analysis that leads into a deeper study of the relationship between the ICRC and the RC Movement in the following chapter.
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