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The International Fact-Finding Commission: The ICRC's role

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 January 2010

Françoise Krill
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To ensure that it is respected, international humanitarian law (IHL) requires mechanisms for its implementation. Most of these are known and have proved their worth, whether as means of prevention, control or repression. They do however have their limitations and, in this sense, the International Fact-Finding Commission provided for in Article 90, Protocol I, fills a gap.

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International Review of the Red Cross (1961 - 1997) , Volume 31 , Issue 281 , April 1991 , pp. 190 - 207
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Copyright © International Committee of the Red Cross 1991

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