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Algerian Red Crescent Society
The Algerian Red Crescent is an Algerian humanitarian volunteer organization founded in 1957. It has been recognized by the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement only since 1963. History Context Behind the ICRC and CRA The Algerian War (1 November 1954 – 19 March 1962), “an asymmetrical war of national liberation,” saw the presence of mass casualties and war crimes (including civilian massacre, rape, and torture) from both the Algerian National Liberation Front (''Front de libération nationale'', FLN) and the French Army (Király, 2023) Given France’s colonial claims over Algeria, from 1954-1956 the French government refused to acknowledge “the presence of an armed conflict in Algeria,” instead characterizing the developing resistance as “an internal armed conflict” (Peret and Bugnion, 2011; Király, 2023) Within the sphere of human rights treaties, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) played a vital role in fighting for the politica ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aid Agency
An aid agency, also known as development charity, is an organization dedicated to distributing aid. Many professional aid organisations exist, both within government, between governments as multilateral donors and as private voluntary organizations or non-governmental organisations. The International Committee of the Red Cross is the world’s second oldest humanitarian organisation and is unique in being mandated by international treaty to uphold the Geneva Conventions. The Sovereign Order of Malta, established in 1099 as the Order of St. John of Jerusalem, has an unbroken tradition of over 900 years of hospitaller activities, continuing to this day. Even in its modern guise under international law, it was recognized at the Congress of Verona of 1822, and since 1834 headquartered in Palazzo Malta in Rome, decades before the Red Cross. Aid can be subdivided into two categories: humanitarian aid (emergency relief efforts, e.g. in response to natural disasters), and development ai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
