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Expert Conference in Geneva on Armed Non-­‐State Actors and the Protection of Internally Displaced People An expert conference exploring the complex relationship between armed non-­‐state actors (NSAs) and internal displacement, co-­‐organised by the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre and Geneva Call, took place in Geneva, Switzerland on 23 and 24 March 2011. The conference built on […]

From 27 to 29 April 2011, Geneva Call, in cooperation with the Sanremo International Institute of Humanitarian Law, conducted a training course on International Humanitarian Law (IHL) for five senior military officers of the Polisario Front. The training was provided following discussions with the Polisario Front on deepening their knowledge of IHL. It addressed a […]

Geneva/Tifariti, 4 March 2011 – On 28 February, the Polisario Front, with technical support from the British organization Landmine Action, destroyed 1,506 deadly anti-personnel (AP) mines in Tifariti, Western Sahara. This is the fourth such destruction since the Polisario Front unilaterally decided to ban AP mines in November 2005 by signing the Geneva Call Deed […]

During a visit to Lebanon in early February, a Geneva Call delegation presented its programme on the protection of children and women. Its objective was to raise awareness and reinforce the capacity of civil society and relevant non-State actors to better respond to humanitarian needs and to improve the protection of Palestinian refugees living in […]