Women prisoners and the limits of humanitarian intervention: the International Committee of the Red Cross and the Irish civil war

In 1921 the International Conference of the Red Cross passed a resolution expanding its remit to encompass humanitarian intervention in civil wars on behalf of detainees. Buoyed by successes in post-war Eastern Europe, delegates hoped that ICRC expertise could override state sovereignty and uphold i...

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Main Author: Brazil, L
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: Oxford University Press 2024