International Humanitarian Law, from Global to Local?
International Humanitarian Law, from Global to Local?
International Humanitarian Law, from Global to Local?
Videoconference, March 22, 2006
A video conference between the teams of Claude Brüderlein, director of the Harvard Program on Humanitarian Policy and Conflict Research, and Professor Naz K. Modirzadeh, American University of Cairo discussed ways on how to improve the compliance to International Humanitarian Law. International humanitarian law, also known as the law of war, is the legal corpus "comprised of the Geneva Conventions and the Hague Regulations, as well as subsequent treaties, case law, and customary international law." It defines the conduct and responsibilities of belligerent nations, neutral nations and individuals engaged in warfare, in relation to each other and to protected persons, usually meaning civilians.
As many violators of international humanitarian law no longer have strong affiliations towards a nation state, new locally accepted approaches have to be found and embedded in a globally recognized–but too often violated–legal structure. SHARE is happy to serve as a facilitator in the exchange of new ideas with the aim of limiting the suffering of both civilians and combatants.
