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Introduction—On the Fundamental Principles of the Movement and International Humanitarian Law

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 January 2010

Extract

In its November-December 1989 issue the International Review of the Red Cross inaugurated a series of articles on the Fundamental Principles of the Movement. By inviting eminent theoreticians and active members of the National Societies and the League to give their views, and by publishing planned ICRC studies on the subject, the Review intends to contribute to the broad reflection which the Movement has been carrying out for the past three years and to the collection of treatises and case studies on various means of implementing the Principles.

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Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © International Committee of the Red Cross 1990

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