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Bringing IHL Home: Guidelines on the National Implementation of International Humanitarian Law
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The resolution is based on the widely shared recognition that better respect for international humanitarian law (IHL) is needed to protect victims of armed conflict, and that implementing IHL at the domestic level is an essential step towards achieving this goal.
This document contains guidance for States and National Societies on working together to implement the resolution at the domestic level. It sets out recommended practical measures, in the form of checklists relating to key paragraphs of the resolution. Users of this document are encouraged to select the areas that are most relevant to their context and build upon the recommendations, following the idea that national implementation of IHL is a continuous process and that additional steps are always available, regardless of the current state of implementation.
In December 2019, the 33rd International Conference of the Red Cross and Red Crescent adopted Resolution 1 (33IC/19/R1), entitled Bringing IHL home: A road map for better national implementation of international humanitarian law.The resolution is based on the widely shared recognition that better respect for international humanitarian law (IHL) is needed to protect victims of
World Red Cross and Red Crescent Day to be celebrated on May 8
World Red Cross and Red Crescent Day is an annual celebration of the principles of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement. World Red Cross Red Crescent Day is celebrated on 8 May each year.
This date is the anniversary of the birth of Henry Dunant (born 8 May 1828), the founder of International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and the recipient of the first Nobel Peace Prize.
The idea for an annual action [that] could take hold in the whole world . [that] would be a major contribution to peace was introduced just after World War I and evolved out of the Red Cross Truce, an initiative that was studied by an international commission established at the 14th International Conference of the Red Cross.