Abstract
Abstract
In order to ensure adherence to respect for "international humanitarian law" and the application of its rules "during armed" conflicts, there must be institutional mechanisms to ensure that this is achieved. The Geneva Conventions of 1949 and their two annexed protocols of 1977, according to which it was granted a legal status that makes it the guardian of "the implementation of international humanitarian law".
However, "the International Committee of the Red Cross" faces many obstacles that hinder its work, which reflects negatively on its effectiveness in monitoring "the implementation of the rules of international humanitarian law". In order to solve this problem, it was necessary to shed light on the legal basis on which the committee relies in performing its work, and to indicate the most important tasks entrusted to it during armed conflicts, in order to identify the most important obstacles that it faces in terms of organizational and financial terms or in terms of the tasks it performs, and then propose appropriate solutions to deal with it.