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Swiss neutrality, ICRC neutrality: are they indissociable? An independence worth protecting

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 January 2010

Cornelio Sommaruga
Cornelio Sommaruga*
Affiliation:
President International Committee of the Red Cross
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Extract

As the Swiss people ponder over their European destiny and the future of Switzerland's status of permanent neutrality, some commentators have raised the question whether the ICRC will be able to maintain complete independence — whichever way Switzerland turns — in conducting its humanitarian operations based on the fundamental principles of the Red Cross.

Type
Neutrality
Information
International Review of the Red Cross (1961 - 1997) , Volume 32 , Issue 288 , June 1992 , pp. 264 - 273
Copyright
Copyright © International Committee of the Red Cross 1992

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