Report on the Use of Armed Protection for Humanitarian Assistance

In 1993, the Council of Delegates, in its resolution V, called upon the International Committee of
the Red Cross and the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies to form a joint working group to study the issue of armed protection for humanitarian assistance and for that working group to report back to the ICRC and the International Federation, as well as to the Advisory Commission.

The working group formed by the ICRC and the International Federation transmitted its report as
requested by the above mentioned resolution V in August 1995. The present report is based up the findings and recommendations of the working group. It is divided into four main sections: I.
Background; II. Methods and procedures matters; III. Findings and principles; IV. Conclusions.