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Beyond the Red Cross: the protection of independent humanitarian organizations and their staff in international humanitarian law

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 August 2007

Kate Mackintosh
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Abstract

Members of independent humanitarian organizations have less protection, legally speaking, than most of them probably think. Two key features of their work – their neutrality and independence – as well as practical steps they take to implement these principles, actually place them outside much of the protection afforded to either civilians or authorized medical staff. This article examines the international legal protection currently available to independent humanitarian organizations, and considers whether there is scope for improvement of both the content of this framework and respect for the same.

Type
Humanitarian Actors
Information
International Review of the Red Cross , Volume 89 , Issue 865: Humanitarian Actors , March 2007 , pp. 113 - 130
Copyright
Copyright © International Committee of the Red Cross 2007

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