The International Committee of the Red Cross: An International Interest Group

FAIN: FB-11381-72

University of Nebraska, Lincoln (Lincoln, NE 68503-2427)
David P. Forsythe (Project Director: September 1972 to present)

The ICRC operates as a lobby on an international scale, interacting with goverments direct and through the forum of the United Nations. Little is known about its operations. Applicant will use the private archives of the ICRC to gain humanistic knowledge about protection of human rights in war, civil violence, and natural disasters. Such knowledge should also imporve the quality of national life in the United States.