Practitioner Community

Guide for Parliamentarians

María Martínez July 27, 2017
This guide is designed to provide information and understanding with a view to building on the existing strong and valuable relationships between parliamentarians and Red Cross Red Crescent National Societies in addessing humanitarian needs.
 
Areas examined include:
  • What is the Red Cross Red Crescent Movement?
  • What does ‘auxiliary role’ mean?
  • Examples of services that National Societies provide.
  • What do I need to know about international humanitarian law (IHL), international disaster response law (IDRL) and other areas of disaster law?
  • Why are the Red Cross, Red Crescent and Red Crystal emblems important?
  • What is humanitarian diplomacy?
  • What can you do as a parliamentarian to strengthen and support your National Society?
Are you sure you want to delete this "resource"?
This item will be deleted immediately. You cannot undo this action.
Confirm Cancel
File Name File Size Download
1230700-guide_for_parliamentarians_en-hr.pdf 3 MB

Related Resources

Guidance material
Hurricane Safety Checklist. French
26 Jun 2014
Hurricane Safety Checklist that includes ‘What should I do?”, “What supplies do I need?” and “What do I do after a hurricane?” sections. French
Tags: Guidance material, Hurricane / Typhoon / Cyclone
Guidance material
Confirming/Changing your Country Google Play Store (Android)
30 Jul 2015
It is important that you are in the correct Country Store to view your app. The GDPC does not release the apps globally, and the app will only be released in your country’s store. This means you must have an account for your own country’s...
Tags: Guidance material
Guidance material
دليل الحد من مخاطر الكوارث
13 May 2014
يعرض هذا المورد دليل للحد من مخاطر الكوارث، بما في ذلك قسم تقييم الضعف والمقدرات في الشرق الأوسط
Tags: Guidance material