Mon 17 March 2008 | 6:30pm - 8:30pm
Australian Red Cross
23 – 47 Villiers Street,
North Melbourne
VIC
Cost: $10 payable at the door. RSVP by Friday 14 March: bpatterson@redcross.org.au
What is the legal mandate and special places of the ICRC? What does it mean to be neutral intermediary, Protecting Power, custodian/guardian of the Geneva Conventions? How does the ICRC operate in the field, especially in response to breaches of the law? The presenter of this session if a former ICRC delegate with filed experience (particularly water/sanitation) in numerous war zones, including Rwanda and the former Yugoslavia. Â