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4-5 June 2007 - Geneva - Switzerland. Call for Papers - Exploring Criteria and Conditions for Engaging Armed Non-State Actors to Respect Humanitarian Law and Human Rights Law.

17 October 2006 - Imphal, Manipur (India): Workshop Report “Landmine Challenges to Humanity & Environment”. This report provides a summary of discussions held during a landmine ban awareness raising workshop held in Imphal, Manipur, India, in October 2006. The workshop was co-organized by Geneva Call, the Indian Campaign to Ban Landmines/Indian Initiative for Peace, Disarmament and Environmental Protection and the Manipur Committee for Social Concern.

10 April 2006 - Zurich, Switzerland: Advancing Mine Action in Sri Lanka - Mobilising the Sri Lankan Expatriate and Tamil Diaspora Communities. Organised by Geneva Call and the Centre for Just Peace and Democracy.

18 February 2006 - Guwahati, Assam (India): Workshop Report “Landmine Challenges to Humanity & Environment”. This report provides a summary of discussions held during a landmine ban awareness raising workshop held in Guwahati, Assam, India, in February 2006. The workshop was co-organised by Geneva Call, the Indian Campaign to Ban Landmines/Indian Initiative for Peace, Disarmament and EnvironmentalProtection and Citizen's Collective.

November 2005: Women leaders from African armed opposition groups express themselves on international humanitarian and human rights law. [PDF File] Co-organizers: Geneva Call and PSIO (Graduate Institute of International Studies)

November 2005: Geneva Call organises humanitarian training for members of an armed opposition group in Southern Philippines.

23 July 2005: Workshop Report - “Advancing Mine Action in Sri Lanka: Mobilising the European Tamil Diaspora”. Co-organizers: Geneva Call and the Centre for Just Peace and Democracy.

16 March 2005: Workshop Report - "Towards a mine free world and Geneva Call". Co-organizers: the Indian Campaign to Ban Landmines, Indian Institute for Peace Disarmament and Environmental Protection, Geneva Call, the Naga Council and the Hope Society. For more information, please contact Katherine Kramer, Program Coordinator at: info@genevacall.org

October 31 - November 1-2 2004. Geneva - Switzerland: "An Inclusive Approach to Armed Non-State Actors and International Humanitarian Norms - Report of the First Meeting of Signatories to Geneva Call's Deed of Commitment" [Agenda]. Co-organizers: Geneva Call, PSIO (Graduate Institute of International Studies) and Armed Groups Project - University of British Columbia.
[NSA Conference Photo Gallery: part I - part II - part III - part IV]

26-29 August 2004: Conference - How women combatants can contribute to the promotion of the landmine ban and other humanitarian norms.
(For more information, please contact Julie Dabo, Project Coordinator: jdabo@genevacall.org)

Report: Women in Armed Opposition Groups Speak on War, Protection and Obligations under International Humanitarian and Human Rights Law [Long version] - August 26-29, 2004 - by Dyan Mazurana. [Here you can download Short version].

17 January - 15 May 2004: Tour d'Afrique: Swiss double amputee and ultra distance cyclist Armin Köhli takes the challenge of the longest and toughest cycle race in the world.

29 September - 1 October 2003: The Mine Ban Education Workshop in Southern Sudan. The workshop was organized in collaboration with the SPLM/A and its humanitarian demining agency Operation Save Innocent Lives (OSIL). The purpose of the workshop was to strategize ways and means to widely disseminate the SPLM/A ban policy throughout its rank and file and to the grass roots level, to promote greater adherence to the mine ban norm and understanding of the SPLM/A obligations under the Deed of Commitment. To view the recommendations made by workshop participants. For more information, please contact Pascal Bongard, Programme Coordinator: pbongard@genevacall.org

 

 
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