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Reflections on a dissemination operation in Burundi: Declaration for standards of humanitarian conduct: Appeal for a minimum of humanity in a situation of internal violence

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 January 2010

Édith Baeriswyl  and
Alain Aeschlimann
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The idea of the dissemination project described in the present article first came up at the end of 1993, when what is known as interethnic violence broke out in Burundi following the attempted coup of October 1993 and the assassination of President Ndadaye together with a number of other leading figures. Given the scale of destruction and the heavy loss of life (it is now generally acknowledged that tens of thousands of people were killed during the first few weeks), and in view of the cruelty of the acts committed, ICRC delegates were at first hesitant to embark on any specific operation to promote humanitarian principles. Initially, they confined themselves to a practical demonstration of humanitarian conduct and to the use of radio broadcasts to supply information designed to facilitate operational work.

Type
Dissemination: spreading knowledge of humanitarian rules
Information
International Review of the Red Cross (1961 - 1997) , Volume 37 , Special Issue 319: Dissemination: spreading knowledge of humanitarian rules , August 1997 , pp. 385 - 408
Copyright
Copyright © International Committee of the Red Cross 1997

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Footnotes

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Édith Baeriswyl is the head of the Youth Sector of the ICRC's Division for the Promotion of International Humanitarian Law. After 20 years' experience in teaching and educational research, she carried out several assignments as an ICRC delegate, mostly in Africa.

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Alain Aeschlimann is the deputy head of the ICRC's Division for the Central Tracing Agency and Protection Activities. In his previous capacity as a legal adviser on operational matters, his responsibilities focused particularly on Africa.

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