Journal

ICRC protection and assistance activities in situations not covered by international humanitarian law

International Review of the Red Cross, Volume 70, Issue 769: Troubles et Tensions Internes, February 1988 , pp. 9-38
Author
ICRC
Publication Year
1988
Region
Global
Thematic Area
Families
Topic
Psychosocial Support / Prevention / Enforced Disappearance / Detention / Children
Access
Open access

In a sporadic way since 1919, then systematically from the late 1960s, the ICRC has endeavoured to carry out its humanitarian activities in situations of internal disturbances and tensions, in particular to give protection and assistance to persons imprisoned in such circumstances and commonly referred to as “political detainees”.The ICRC's rules of conduct in such situations were presented at the Twenty-third International Conference of the Red Cross (Bucharest, 1977) as part of the document entitled “The ICRC, the League and the Report on the Re-appraisal of the Role of the Red Cross”.