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  • 13 - Has the Traditional Focus Been Lost?

  • David P. Forsythe, University of Nebraska, Lincoln
  • Book:
    The Contemporary International Committee of the Red Cross
    Published online:
    01 February 2024
    Print publication:
    01 February 2024, pp 266-295

  • Summary

    This chapter continues to examine the critics’ complaint that the modern ICRC has become distracted from its previous areas of expertise through its expanded activities in “other violence,” arguably neglecting in relative terms international humanitarian law and political prisoners. This chapter addresses the organization in the context of IHL. The chapter’s original contribution, beyond the way the background information is presented, is to analyze recent ICRC activity on two IHL subjects: customary IHL; and cyber warfare. On the first, the author finds the ICRC study on customary IHL absolutely central to recent developments, which fits with other third parties who find the ICRC “authoritative” in this legal domain. On the second, cyber warfare, the author finds the ICRC active, involved, and very much au courant about emerging developments. Neither aspect of IHL has been ignored or forgotten.