IDSA01H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Henry Dunant, Welfare, List Of Red Cross And Red Crescent Societies
25 May 2016
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Week 2: ngo"s diviners, enforcers, and gatekeepers. Slide 2 image of war battle of solferino. 24 june 1859 war waged between french and italians (winners) between austrio hungarians: henry dunant, a swiss business man is passing by and sees the scene, organized first aid for both sides, all are brothers . 1862 publishes a memory of solferino : proposed there should be independent and objective medical aid in wars. The icrc is based in geneva, switzerland and was founded in 1863. Originally it was a committee of five, which consisted of influential geneva families called the geneva society of. They came together for a conference and made several proposals including; the foundation of national relief societies for wounded soldiers, neutrality and protection for wounded soldiers, the utilization of volunteer forces for relief assistance on the battlefield and. Dunant set about a process that led to the geneva conventions and the establishment of the.
