Impact Trust • Working glossary

Auxiliary role

The special legal relationship between a National Red Cross/Red Crescent Society and its government – serving as an auxiliary to public authorities in humanitarian matters.

Details

Context introduced
Fundamental RCRC concept; widely understood within the Movement but puzzling to outsiders. Worth including because it shapes what National Societies can and cannot do.
Source
RCRC Movement, international humanitarian law
Source / First Appears In
Tbilisi Commitments / Workshop outline
Authors
Impact Trust team