Tuesday, February 26, 2008

ICRC: International humanitarian law and the challenges of contemporary armed conflicts

A report from the ICRC aims to generate reflection and debate on a number of current challenges in the field of international humanitarian law (IHL) identified by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and to outline prospective ICRC action aimed at clarifying and developing IHL.

The report follows up on a number of specific issues raised in a previous report on the same topic presented to the 28th International Conference of the Red Cross and Red Crescent in 2003 and gives an overview of new or emerging issues deserving discussion. While the report was primarily written to serve as a background document for the 30th International Conference of the Red Cross and Red Crescent, the ICRC hopes that its contents will be of interest to a wider readership as well.

The report can be downloaded from Reliefweb.

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