The International Committee of the Red Cross
The International Committee of the Red Cross actively supports conflict victims, strengthens and promotes humanitarian efforts, and raises awareness of universal values among its constituents. In the contemporary world, political violence and conflict have become all too common, affecting an increasing number of people who frequently ask for help with their finances, food, and housing. As a result, stakeholders are crucial in supplying the aforementioned requirements. Stakeholders are grouped according to their influence and motivation. The World Health Organization (WHO), the World Food Program (WFP), UNHCR, and the UNICEF are the major partners that significantly contribute resources to the ICRC. The Director-general, who serves as a major stakeholder, concentrates among other priorities such as strengthening accountability and performance management across ICRC. In this case, the key players have a responsibility of establishing strategic direction and ensuring that the organization can lead regarding performance and accountability because they also serve as primary financing entities (Australian Multilateral Assessment, 2012). In other words, most of the ICRC stakeholders are geared towards results-based management, and that motivates them to support the implementation and management of resources to further their humanitarian goals.
Stakeholders of ICRC
Stakeholders of ICRC most especially those working in the office of the General Director seeks to support and influence performance and accountability approaches. There is also an important role played by the Performance and Accountability Advisory Group (PAAG) in the planning structure of ICRC. As such, the PAA contribute to the overall performance and work towards strengthening the institutional accountability and performance (Australian Multilateral Assessment, 2012).
ICRC's Role in the Global Humanitarian System
As a responsive organization charged with the responsibility to assist, protects and support individuals impacted by disasters, the ICRC works under difficult circumstances since it has to navigate politically unstable regions to reach the affected people. For this reason, ICRC developed a trusted and sound reputation for assisting in situations where other organizations cannot survive (Australian Multilateral Assessment, 2012). As such, ICRC occupies a very differential and critical role when it comes to the global humanitarian system.
Access to Conflict Victims
Security presumes acceptance of ICRC activities and presence by all belligerents since all stakeholders support the organization to promote a peaceful world. As such, the most significant operational challenge that is facing most international organizations, especially ICRC, is ensuring access to conflict victims. Like in Syria (Australian Multilateral Assessment, 2012). Therefore, access to the victims is paramount since it will help the organization to comprehend their situation and address the victims' needs. However, the establishment of such contacts and accessibility may be useless if the capability to deliver the service expectations is limited or restricted of ICRC mandate and presence.
Conclusion
In conclusion, ICRC has tried to fill a gap in digesting and provision of data on International Humanitarian Law and the process by ensuring that it promotes its practices and principles. Additionally, through ICRC stakeholders, it has drawn on its vast experience to develop a manual that is instrumental in implementing International Humanitarian Law. In this case, the manual helps the stakeholders and other policymakers in executing the instruments of International Humanitarian Law. However, just like many other international organizations, ICRC stakeholders incur a challenge of accessing victims of violence. This is due to the security breaches which have been a major stumbling block when it comes to executing out the roles and responsibilities of the ICRC. Therefore, it is important for its stakeholders to ensure that they establish strategies that will make sure that they get access to the victims of violence and get to comprehend what they face.
Reference
Australian Multilateral Assessment. (2012). International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), 1-16. Retrieved from https://dfat.gov.au/about-us/publications/Documents/icrc-assessment.pdf
