Contemporary armed conflicts show, in appalling and devastating ways, that IHL faces enormous challenges in providing effective and meaningful protection for affected people. To reverse this downward spiral of disrespect for IHL and despair, in September 2024, the ICRC launched – together with Brazil, China, France, Jordan, Kazakhstan, and South Africa – a global initiative to galvanize political commitment to IHL. This initiative will culminate in a landmark meeting to uphold humanity in war by the end of 2026 (more details here).
The objectives of this initiative are to make IHL a political priority, at global, regional and domestic levels; to re-center the debate about armed conflicts on the urgent need to set higher expectations by the international community to parties to conflict for the universal, uniform and faithful application of IHL; and, to start a process to discuss challenges on specific IHL topics, such as prevention of violations or conduct of hostilities rules, in order to make clear recommendations to address them.
The initiative is composed of seven workstreams running in parallel and involves consultations with States, military audiences, national societies, academic experts and others, producing concrete and practical recommendations.
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