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Katyn and Switzerland
Les Facultés de droit, des lettres et de médecine de l'Université de Genève et le Comité international de la Croix-Rouge (CICR) se sont associés pour organiser un colloque consacré à Katyn et la Suisse : experts et expertises médicales dans les crises humanitaires, 1920-2007, du 18 au 20 avril 1007, à Genève. En partant du cas du professeur François Naville et des conséquences de sa participation à la Commission d'enquête internationale de 1943 sur Katyn, il s'est interrogé sur la question du devoir des humanitaires de dénoncer les crimes de guerre. A partir du cas exemplaire de Katyn, le colloque et les actes que nous publions analysent le poids des considérations diplomatiques, militaires, politiques, mais aussi éthiques, qui entourent l'expertise médicale.
The Humanitarians
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) coordinates the world's largest private relief system for conflict situations. Its staff operates throughout the world, and in recent years the ICRC has mounted large operations in the Balkans and Somalia. Yet despite its very important role its internal workings are mysterious and often secretive. This book examines the ICRC from its origins in the mid-nineteenth century up to the present day, and provides a comprehensive overview of a unique private organisation, whose governing body remains all-Swiss, but which is recognized in international law as if it were an inter-governmental organization. David Forsythe focuses on the policy making and field work of the ICRC, while not ignoring international humanitarian law. He explores how it exercises its independence, impartiality, and neutrality to try to protect prisoners in Iraq, displaced and starving civilians in Somalia, and families separated by conflict in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. David Forsythe received the Distinguished Scholar Award for 2007 from the Human Rights Section of the American Political Science Association.
Sociology of music and its cultural implications. Interdisciplinary insights from theoretical debate and field work
This book is the outcome of a field research carried out in a multilingual context, South Tyrol, with two perspectives, a sociological perspective and a musicology perspective on traditional music approaches of the three groups living in the area.
The American Red Cross
The iconic relief organization’s activities over a half century of history, through wars, epidemics, and other disasters: “Well-researched . . . fascinating.” —Julia F. Irwin, Bulletin of the History of Medicine In dark skirts and bloodied boots, Clara Barton fearlessly ventured onto Civil War battlefields to tend to wounded soldiers. She later worked with civilians in Europe during the Franco-Prussian War, lobbied legislators to ratify the Geneva conventions, and founded and ran the American Red Cross. The American Red Cross from Clara Barton to the New Deal tells the story of the charitable organization from its start in 1881, through its humanitarian aid during wars, natural disas...
HPCR Practitioner's Handbook on Monitoring, Reporting, and Fact-Finding
This book offers a portrait of the practice of monitoring, reporting, and fact-finding in the domain of human rights, international humanitarian law, and international criminal law. By analyzing the experiences of fifteen missions implemented over the course of the past decade, the book illuminates the key issues that these missions face and offers a roadmap for practitioners working on future missions. This book is the result of a five-year research study led by the Program on Humanitarian Policy and Conflict Research at Harvard University, Massachusetts. Based on extensive interviews conducted with fact-finding practitioners, this book consists of two parts. Part I offers a handbook that details methodological considerations for the design and implementation of fact-finding missions and commissions of inquiry. Part II - which consists of chapters written by scholars and practitioners - presents a more in-depth, scholarly examination of past fact-finding practices.
Digging for the Disappeared
The mass graves from our long human history of genocide, massacres, and violent conflict form an underground map of atrocity that stretches across the planet's surface. In the past few decades, due to rapidly developing technologies and a powerful global human rights movement, the scientific study of those graves has become a standard facet of post-conflict international assistance. Digging for the Disappeared provides readers with a window into this growing but little-understood form of human rights work, including the dangers and sometimes unexpected complications that arise as evidence is gathered and the dead are named. Adam Rosenblatt examines the ethical, political, and historical foun...
A Companion to International History 1900 - 2001
A comprehensive overview of the most important international events, movements, and controversies of the 20th century. Written by distinguished scholars, each an authority in their field Explores influential, underlying themes such as imperialism, nationalism, internationalism, technological developments, and changes in diplomatic methods Addresses a broad range of topics, including diplomacy of wartime and peacemaking, the cold war era and the "new world order", the end of European empires, the rise of nationalism in the Third World, globalization, and terrorism Chronological organization makes the volume easily accessible Includes useful guides for further reading and research
150 ans de passion humanitaire
Glorieuse fondation que celle de la Croix-Rouge genevoise, qui a été créée trois fois. En 1864, à l'initiative des pères fondateurs du premier comité international, dont le général Dufour et Henry Dunant. En 1889, avec le lancement de la Société des Dames de la Croix-Rouge et en 1914 avec la fondation de l'institution telle qu'on la connaît aujourd'hui. Pendant 150 ans, en temps de guerre comme en temps de paix, la CRG a aidé des centaines de milliers de blessés, de prisonniers, d'enfants, de mères, de personnes âgées et d'adultes vulnérables à Genève. Elle a été à l'origine de la promotion de la santé et de la prévention des maladies. Elle a aussi lancé les premier...
