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Yardım Kuruluşu Olmanın Ötesinde Bir Örgüt: Uluslararası Kızılhaç Komitesi
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Abstract:
This article stems from the fact that the closure of Ankara
liaison office of the Interna-tional Red Cross Committee (ICRC) in 2012
has attracted almost no attention on the national media. Organization’s
not being adequately known by the public can be con-sidered as a
reason for the lack of interest in the subject. On the other hand, it can be
argued that some political reasons as well can explain the Organization’s
restricted ac-tivities in Turkey. Therefore, it is necessary to increase public
awareness of the ICRC. Humanitarian aid works that the ICRC has carried
out in general and its collaborations with other organizations in this
field veil sometimes the real mission and the role the ICRC in the field of
humanitarian law: humanitarian aid in environments of armed con-flict
and violence. However, both its role in compiling rules of humanitarian
law and transmitting these rules into positive law and the duty it has
undertaken in overseeing these rules makes the ICRC one of the foremost
guarantors of humanitarian law. When we consider the nonstop threat
of armed conflict hanging on the head of international community, the
national and international conflicts ongoing throughout a significant part
of the world, and the length of the road still to be travelled on the way
to disarmament and international peace, it is evident that the duty and
mission of the ICRC that has worked with devotion up to date has not been
completed yet. To this end, it is espe-cially important to raise awareness
regarding the principles of neutrality and impartiality which comprise the
mission statement of the Committee, while maintaining the principle of
confidentiality implemented in all oversight works as a standard procedure
in order to continue collaborations with governments. When we take into
consideration the ICRC’s organic ties with the international institutions
and establishments as well as its role in their works, it is clear that both
international community and individual governments should continue to
give top level aid and support to the ICRC. It will be significantly beneficial
to Turkey, which has been dealing with the refugee problem, if it makes
use of the experience and knowledge of the ICRC immediately.
Keywords:
International Committee of the Red Cross, The
International Red Cross and Red Cres-cent Movement, the International
Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, National Red Cross
and Red Crescent Societies, international humanitarian law, huma-nitarian
aid, armed conflict, civil war, non-international armed conflict, the Red
Crescent, refugees.
Uluslararası Kızılhaç Komitesi’nin
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, Ankara’da 2003 yılından beri
faaliyette olan İrtibat Bürosu’nun
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, 2012 yılı Mart ayında, çalışmaları-
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İngilizce adı “The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), Fransızcada
ise, “Comité interna-tional de la Croix-Rouge (CICR)” olan Uluslararası Kızılhaç
Komitesi, işbu makalede zaman zaman Komite olarak anılmakta olup, zaman za-
man ise, “UKK” olarak kısaltılmıştır.
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Bkz. 58 Numaralı 8 Nisan 2003 tarihli, Uluslararası Kızılhaç Komitesi´nin (ICRC)
Ankara´da geçici bir misyon açmasına dair Anlayış Muhtırası. Muhtıra’nın İçeri-
ğine, Dışişleri Bakanlığı internet sitesinden ulaşılabilir:
http://www.mfa.gov.tr