not go far enough for the sake of “maintaining good relationships with its contacts” (johnson, 2016) in doing so, the “icrc made tepid recommendations for improvements but, overall, remained a passive observer to these pressing issues” (johnson, 2016) johnson further acknowledges that if the icrc sent assistance or suggested conducting missions, “ had to make requests through the european governments, not the nationalist organizations, for the countries were not yet sovereign” (johnson, 2016) specifically, toward understanding the criticism of monitoring of internment camps, the core features of the iric missions was supposed to be unsupervised conversations with detainees; instead, johnson found that the “iric team was only allowed to speak to algerian detainees without french supervision half of the time” (johnson, 2016) david forsythe, who wrote about the history of the icrc, further argues that “the vast majority of icrc literature is neither self-critical nor self-reflective” (johnson, 2016) within the camps, these reports did not stress “particular sites around algeria that needed better sanitation, nor did it condemn french police brutality” (johnson, 2016) while the icrc’s repeated actions led to improvements in prison conditions and establishment of military interment camps, critics of the icrc argue that their missions did not stop the practice of torture during interrogations of prisoners. thus, because every aspect of the icrc visit was controlled by the colonial administration, the relationship between france at the icrc served more as a reference point that demonstrated french commitment to humanitarian principles, not its adherence. algerian red crescent missions since the formation of the algerian red crescent in 1957, the organization has remained active in providing humanitarian assistance throughout algeria. as pierre gaillard remarked from his personal experience with the algerian red crescent when an israeli plane from the airline el al was hijacked to algiers in 1962, the algerian red crescent was active in receiving the icrc delegate as well as directing those responsible for prosecution, effectively preserving the safety of algerians. more recently, on october 18, 2008, the algerian red crescent responded to a catastrophic mudslide in the region of ghardaïa that resulted in a dozen casualties, as well as the displacement of over one thousand algerians. over four-hundred and fifty algerian red crescent members contributed to the relief effort by evacuating civilians, providing first aid and distributing emergency relief including temporary housing, water purification tablets, sanitary supplies, blankets, kitchen utensils, basic health care and psychological support programs. on june 3, 2016, the organization provided five hundred parcels of nutritional aid to the communities of tizi mahdi, bouaichoune, bouchrahil, and guelb el kebir in the wilaya de médea region after the already socially-stratified sub-village settlements (hameaux) were hit by an earthquake.