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The Outlook in the Perspective of the International Committee of the Red Cross

The Outlook in the Perspective of the International Committee of the Red Cross THE OUTLOOK IN THE PERSPECTIVE OF THE INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE OF THE RED CROSS Jean-Philippe Lavoyer Head, Legal Division, International Committee of the Red Cross I would like to start by warmly thanking Professor Hieronymi for his kind invitation to take part in this important conference. The three pillars of the international law intended to protect human dignity, ie . refugee law, human rights law and international humanitarian law, have received frequent mention here. It has repeatedly, and quite rightly, been stressed that these bodies of law complement one another. In my brief presentation I would like to explain the reasons why humanitarian law will be of such great importance in the years to come, in particular in the realm of forced displacement I will touch on the fol- lowing two issues: • first, the question whether the rules of humanitarian law are still adequate to meet present protection needs; • second, how to exploit humanitarian law's potential for preventing forced displacement in the first place and protecting people who find themselves displaced. Given the very serious violations of humanitarian law in many of today's armed conflicts, we have to ask ourselves a frank question: Is that body of law http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Refugee Survey Quarterly Oxford University Press

The Outlook in the Perspective of the International Committee of the Red Cross

Refugee Survey Quarterly , Volume 20 (2) – Jan 1, 2001

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Oxford University Press
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1020-4067
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1471-695X
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10.1093/rsq/20.2.176
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THE OUTLOOK IN THE PERSPECTIVE OF THE INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE OF THE RED CROSS Jean-Philippe Lavoyer Head, Legal Division, International Committee of the Red Cross I would like to start by warmly thanking Professor Hieronymi for his kind invitation to take part in this important conference. The three pillars of the international law intended to protect human dignity, ie . refugee law, human rights law and international humanitarian law, have received frequent mention here. It has repeatedly, and quite rightly, been stressed that these bodies of law complement one another. In my brief presentation I would like to explain the reasons why humanitarian law will be of such great importance in the years to come, in particular in the realm of forced displacement I will touch on the fol- lowing two issues: • first, the question whether the rules of humanitarian law are still adequate to meet present protection needs; • second, how to exploit humanitarian law's potential for preventing forced displacement in the first place and protecting people who find themselves displaced. Given the very serious violations of humanitarian law in many of today's armed conflicts, we have to ask ourselves a frank question: Is that body of law

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Refugee Survey QuarterlyOxford University Press

Published: Jan 1, 2001

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