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ICRC surgical activities

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 January 2010

Rémi Russbach ,
Robin Charles Gray  and
Robin Michael Coupland
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The surgical activities of the International Committee of the Red Cross stem from the institution's general mandate to protect and assist the victims of armed conflict.

The war wounded are thus only one category of the victims included in the ICRC's terms of reference.

The ICRC's main role in relation to the war wounded is not to treat them, for this is primarily the responsibility of the governments involved in the conflict and hence their army medical services. The task of the ICRC is first and foremost to ensure that the belligerents are familiar with the provisions of the Geneva Conventions and apply them, that is, care for members of the enemy armed forces as well as their own and afford medical establishments and personnel the protection to which they are entitled.

Type
Special Health Protection and Medical Assistance in Disaster Situations
Information
International Review of the Red Cross (1961 - 1997) , Volume 31 , Special Issue 284: Health Protection and Medical Assistance in Disaster Situations , October 1991 , pp. 483 - 490
Copyright
Copyright © International Committee of the Red Cross 1991

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