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Comité International de la Croix Rouge - History




2000-2009


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-From 2006, Haiti: the ICRC, which opened a delegation in Port-au-Prince in February 2004, carries out its activities in favor of detainees and civilians victims of political tensions preceding the February 2006 presidential elections. At Cité Soleil, one of the capital’s main slums, the ICRC assists the local Red Cross to evacuate persons injured in clashes between armed gangs. Concerned with improving the living conditions of detainees, it also facilitates the rehabilitation of prisons in Port-au-Prince, Anse-à-Veau and Cap Haïtien. Insecurity remains a problem for the ICRC, which had one employee killed and another one kidnapped in 2005.
 
-From 2007, Burma: Having succeeded in expanding its activities in prisons and rural areas thanks to the relative openness of the government under General Khin Nyunt between August 2003 and October
2004, the ICRC once again faces severe restrictions imposed by the military junta. In a communiqué dated 29 June 2007, it publicly disapproves practices that involve forcing civilians to work as porters, mine clearers and laborers in the fight against rebellions opposed to the central government.
 
-2009, Germany: In a confidential report sent to the Ministry of Defence on November 6, 2009, the ICRC blames the German expeditionary force for the collateral damage caused by the bombing of tank trucks stolen by the Taliban near Kunduz, Afghanistan, on September 4. The aerial strike, which caused a great number of civilian casualties, is described as being "contrary to international law". The scandal, which provoked the sacking of the Chief of Staff of the German army and the Minister of Defence (Franz-Josef Jung), intensifies when the ICRC report is published by the tabloid Bild, following a press leak.