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How ICRC field activities serve to protect the victims of violence
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 13 January 2010
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The ICRC was represented at the second World Conference on Human Rights which took place in Vienna from 14 to 25 June 1993. (See under the heading “Miscellaneous”, pp. 319–324 the article on the work and Final Declaration of the Conference, including the address by the President of the ICRC.)
- Type
- International Committee of the Red Cross
- Information
- International Review of the Red Cross (1961 - 1997) , Volume 33 , Issue 295 , August 1993 , pp. 300 - 307
- Copyright
- Copyright © International Committee of the Red Cross 1993
References
1 See “Humanitarian law and human rights law — alike yet distinct” by Meurant, Jacques, “International humanitarian law and human rights law”Google Scholar by Doswald-Beck, Louise and Vité, Sylvain, and “Implementation of human rights and humanitarian law in situations of armed conflict”Google Scholar by Weissbrodt, David and Hicks, Peggy L., in IRRC, No. 293, 03–04 1993, pp. 89–138.Google Scholar
2 See “Action taken by the International Committee of the Red Cross in situations of internal violence” by Harroff-Tavel, Marion and “Humanitarian standards for internal strife — a brief review of new developments”, in IRRC, No. 294, 05–06 1993, pp. 195–226.Google Scholar
3 Since the conflict broke out the ICRC has visited 13,000 detainees, forwarded over 700,000 family messages, distributed surgical materials worth 8,360,000 Swiss francs and provided half a million people with 25,000 tonnes of relief supplies.