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Iraq: Geneva Call organized a joint session on the respect for humanitarian norms at a high-level forum in Erbil
“We must strive to ensure respect for International Humanitarian Law by all parties to the conflict in Iraq, in an attempt to prevent or end violations. Otherwise, violence will worsen and feed the cycle of revenge and further killing.” As an introduction to this joint session that took place on 3 November in Erbil, Mr. […]
Iraq: Geneva Call starts a new programme to engage with armed groups on humanitarian norms
Geneva Call is launching a new programme engaging with the main armed groups operating in Iraq on the respect for humanitarian norms. War crimes and violations of humanitarian norms are widespread, and the civilian population is paying the highest toll, with an estimated 35,408 civilian casualties in 2014, according to the United Nations. As a […]
Palestinian refugee camps in Lebanon: an interview with Wissam Al-Saliby, one of Geneva Call’s trainer
Wissam Al-Saliby regularly conducts training courses on humanitarian norms for commanders and fighters from armed groups in Syria and Lebanon. In March 2015, he led a training session on policing and human rights for 15 members of the security forces in Ain El Hilweh, a Palestinian refugee camp in Lebanon. This camp hosts around 80,000 […]
Colombia: peace is at hand, and new meeting between Geneva Call and the FARC-EP
On 23 September 2015, the leader of the FARC-EP, Timoleón Jimenez, and the Colombian President, Juan Manuel Santos, made a historic announcement in Cuba: a final peace agreement would be signed by 23 March 2016, at the latest. This announcement was made possible by the conclusion of an agreement on transitional justice, one of the […]