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International Committee of the Red Cross, Le Conflict de Coree, Documents, Vol. 11, Geneva (1952). 

Of the (then) 151 States Parties, 113 attended the RevCon. Also in attendance were two signatory States (Haiti and Israel) and two non-States Parties (Libya and Angola). In addition, 5 international organizations (the European Space Agency, the International Committee of the Red Cross [ICRC], the Permanent Court of Arbitration, the Preparatory Commission for the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty and the United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research), 22 non-governmental organizations and 6 industry associations were approved to attend the RevCon. 

One S T issue which received considerable attention in the run-up to the meeting and to which the above quote from the SAB report explicitly refers, was almost completely suppressed during the Conference the question of chemical incapacitants and so-called non-lethal chemical weapons, in which some CWC states parties recently have shown a renewed interest. Although two states parties -New Zealand and Switzerland - made explicit reference to non-lethal weapons during the General Debate, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), whose statement was focusing on chemical incapacitants, was not allowed to address the plenary. As a result, the only opportunity to discuss these matters publicly arose with the Open Forum on the Chemical Weapons Convention, hosted by the TS and supported by a number of NGOs. The Open Forum included a panel discussion on The Chemical Weapons Ban and the Use of Incapacitants in Warfare and Law Enforcement. 80... 

Keywords International Committee of the Red Cross ICRC Geneva Conventions Victims of armed conflict Interpretation of international humanitarian law... 

ICRC (2009) Interpretive guidance on the notion of direct participation in hostilities under international humanitarian law. International Committee of the Red Cross, Geneva Kraska J (2012) Prize Law. In Wolfram R (gen ed) Max Planck Encyclopedia of International Law Vol VIII, Oxford University Press, Oxford pp 477 84 Levie (1992) Mine warfare at sea. Martinus Nijhoff, Dordrecht... 

For further analysis and exploration of these changes, see further Vite 2009 Browning 2002 and the International Committee of the Red Cross 2011. 

The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is in a different category, as Article 81(1) of Protocol I specifically requires the parties to a conflict to grant the ICRC all facilities within their power so as to enable it to cany out the humanitarian functions assigned to it by the Conventions and this Protocol. Therefore, while States parties to the conflict retain the authority to grant facilities to the ICRC, the sovereign right of those States to decide whether to allow or not to allow such facilities is strictly limited. However, with respect to humanitarian activities other than those specified in the Geneva Conventions and Protocol I, the ICRC s actions are subject to the consent of the Parties to the conflict concerned. ... 

Bugnion F (2003) The International Committee of the Red Cross and the protection of war victims. Macmillan Education, Oxford... 

Henckaerts J-M, Doswald-Beck L (2005) Customary intemationtd humanitarian law, vols I, II. International Committee of the Red Cross, Geneva and Cambridge University Press, Cambridge... 

International Committee of the Red Cross (1968) Help to war victims in Nigeria. International Review of the Red Cross 90 455-462... 

International Committee of the Red Cross (1969) Declaration of principles for international humanitarian relief to the civihan population in disaster situations. Int Rev Red Cross 104 632-633... 

International Committee of the Red Cross (1971) Conference of government experts on the reaffirmation and development of international humanitarian law applicable in armed conflicts (Geneva, 24 May-12 lune 1971), vols 1-Vlll. International Committee of the Red Cross, Geneva... 

International Committee of the Red Cross (1983) Conflict between Iraq and Iran. Int Rev the Red Cross 235 220-222... 

International Committee of the Red Cross (2014) ICRC Q A and lexicon on humanitarian access. International Committee of the Red Cross, Geneva International Institute of Humanitarian law (1993) Guiding principles on the right to humanitarian assistance. Int Rev Red Cross 297 519-525... 

International Committee of the Red Cross, Geneva Plattner D (1992) Assistance to the civilian population the development and present state of international humanitarian law. Int Rev Red Cross 288 249-263 Rottensteiner C (1999) The denial of humanitarian assistance as a crime under international law. Int Rev Red Cross 835 555-582... 

Sandoz Y et al (eds) (1987) Commentary on the additional protocols of 8 June 1977 to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949. International Committee of the Red Cross, Geneva Schindler D (1994) Humanitarian assistance, humanitarian interference and international law. In Macdonald R (ed) Essays in honour of Wang Tieya. Nijhotf, Dordrecht, pp 689—701 Schwendimann F (2011) The legal framework of humanitarian access in armed conflict. Int Rev Red Cross 884 993-1008... 

Van Bergen, L., Monkey-Man, Man-Monkey Neutrahty and the Discussions about the Inhumanity of Poison Gas in the Netherlands and International Committee of the Red Cross , First World War Studies, 3 (2012), pp. 1—23. 

ICMMP International Committee on Mihtary Medicine and Pharmacy ICRC International Committee of the Red Cross Imperial Cancer Research Council... 

An orthopedic technician adjusts a prosthetic leg for a war amputee at the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) orthopedic center on September 10, 2011 in Kabul, Afghanistan. (Getty Images)... 

One of the current debates concerns the issue as to whether or not it is meaningful to look at IDPs as a distinct category of concern. The International Committee of the Red Cross, for instance, maintains that ICRC does not believe that someone displaced is automatically more vulnerable than someone who is not (ICRC 2009 20) and a study by the Overseas Development Institute stressed that identifying IDPs as a distinct category has not ame ho rated their situation (Collinson, Darcy, and Waddell 2009 53). Similarly, James Hathaway has asked Why should they be treated as a category of concern distinguished from other internal human rights victims who have not been displaced (Hathaway 2007 360). 

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