International Humanitarian Law and the Red Cross performance in Latin America

Abstract

The considerations written aim to explain the International Humanitarian Law and its presence in Latin American, emphasizing the laudable efforts of the International Committee of the Red Cross in spreading humanitarian principles in these localities. In a time marked by terrorist attacks, massacres and other transnational acts that minimize human dignity, emerge the need to understand even more the nuances of the law applied in times of armed conflicts and the performance of the ICRC, its main matrix. In this context, this article will examine how the IHL is spread in nations such as Colombia and Haiti, severely affected by the dark impetus of human destruction, describing with loyalty the historical facts and political issues that caused the disruption of the equilibrium set and made the States call the support of International Humanitarian Law.