The role of the international committee of the Red Cross as a watchdog for compliance with international humanitarian law

Abstract

Introduction: Humanitarian rights arise from the Second World War, where the International Committee of the Red Cross promotes its key role in the mediation and approval of international regulations in favor of safeguarding and monitoring those human rights are not violated under any scenario of internal violence in the different states participating in the conventions or treaties. Objective: Under this approach, the article seeks to delimit and analyze the role of the International Committee of the Red Cross as a guardian of international humanitarian rights, with the objective of analyzing compliance with this provision granted to this entity. Methodology: The methodology applied for the research is purely of bibliographic and historical normative review, under a quantitative exploratory approach. Result: The implementation by the ICRC of violations of international humanitarian law, that is, ensuring that violations are duly prosecuted and do not go unpunished. Conclusion: The research concludes that the historical and future role of this institution as an impartial entity is to seek the respect and dissemination of human rights in the general population without any kind of discrimination, the results are intended to present the importance of international rights and the main surveillance entity at the time of monitoring their compliance as is the International Committee of the Red Cross.