The ICRC, the League and the Report on the re-appraisal of the role of the Red Cross (V): ICRC policy on operational information

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In short, while recognizing that the policy of discretion has generally served the interests of the victims, the Tansley Report suggests that in future the ICRC should make this policy more flexible by engaging in certain forms of information activity which would eventually be all the more readily accepted, as they would become an integral part of established doctrine. This development, according to the Tansley Report, could only strengthen the position of the Red Cross in the eyes of authorities which violate with impunity both humane principles and humanitarian law. This change should ultimately be in the interest of the victims.