Human dignity, the ICRC, and the Swiss Government : the lessons of history debated / David P. Forsythe
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Human dignity, the ICRC, and the Swiss Government : the lessons of history debated
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David P. Forsythe
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In the past the, ICRC was not careful about establishing full independence from the Swiss government in Bern. This was especially true in the 1930s and 1940s, when ICRC policy closely mirrored Bern’s preferences on key issues arising in relations with Italy and Germany. More recently, the ICRC drew the lesson that it should have had a more independent and dynamic discreet diplomacy, not that it should have necessarily engaged in public denunciations. This historical lesson about independent and dynamic quiet representations concerning specific problems guides ICRC diplomacy today. However, some recent developments raise anew the issue of full independence from Bern.
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- Human rights quarterly : a comparative and international journal of the social sciences, humanities, and law / ed. by the Urban Morgan Institute for Human Rights, University of Cincinnati, College of Law
- Human rights quarterly : a comparative and international journal of the social sciences, humanities, and law [Vol. 44, no. 2, May 2022] / ed. by the Urban Morgan Institute for Human Rights, University of Cincinnati, College of Law