"Partisan but inconclusive" reflections from David Holiday
Has there ever been a time when a report from the ICRC has been leaked to the press in its entirety? I can't remember one, in the last 20 years or so of my professional life. And has the ICRC ever commented so publicly as they have on the Iraqi prison situation in recent days? I don't think so.
I think this is an unprecedented situation which has, by and large, escaped public notice.
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I'm not sure about other cases of reports leaking out completely, or of the ICRC commenting so quickly, but the situation in Iraq has challenged the ICRC in other areas. One is security - traditionally ICRC are forbidden to travel with or use any security that is armed, as the emblem is meant to be their protection. Iraq has presented challenges to this doctrine as well and a debate is ensuing.
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