Humanitarian protection: The International Committee of the Red Cross and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees

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Author(s)
Forsythe, D.
Publication language
English
Pages
24pp
Date published
01 Sep 2001
Publisher
International Review of the Red Cross Volume 83 Number 843
Type
Articles
Keywords
Development & humanitarian aid, Protection, human rights & security

Humanitarian protection — the effort to protect the fundamental well-being of individuals caught up in certain conflicts or “man-made” emergencies — has moved from the periphery of world affairs to centre stage over the past few decades.This is both good and bad. It is good in the sense that the welfare of persons in dire straits because of war and forced displacement is receiving more attention from various actors. It is bad in the sense that many millions of persons each year continue to wind up in dire straits from these and similar emergencies.