The International Red Cross and Red Crescent's mission is to help victims of armed conflicts. 

Presenters:

• Mike HannaGuests:Bertrand Taithe, executive director of the humanitarian and conflict response institute at the University of Manchester. Dhananjayan Sriskandarajah, secretary general of CIVICUS, the World Alliance for Citizen Participation.
• David Forsythe, professor emeritus of political science at the university of Nebraska.