A) Objectives of the pledge:
The EU and its member States underline that proper training in, and dissemination of, international humanitarian law is required to ensure better compliance with international humanitarian law in time of armed conflict.
In line with the EU Guidelines on promoting compliance with international humanitarian law and the 2007 European Consensus on Humanitarian Aid, the EU and its Member States pledge:
– to continue their efforts in promoting dissemination and training in international humanitarian law in third countries, including in peacetime, in particular to national authorities, armed non-state actors and humanitarian actors.
The EU Member States pledge:
– to continue their efforts in promoting dissemination and training in international humanitarian law inside the EU, in particular to military and civilian personnel, involved in crisis management operations.
– to continue their efforts to advocate strongly and consistently for the respect of international law, including international humanitarian law.
In undertaking these efforts, the EU Member States will consider working with their respective National Red Cross Societies which, under the Statutes of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, have a recognized role in assisting their governments in disseminating international humanitarian law.
The EU and its Member States are concerned by the threats posed by anti-personnel landmines, cluster munitions, improvised explosive devices and explosive remnants or war.
The EU and its Member States therefore pledge:
– to advocate as appropriate in support of international instruments seeking to address humanitarian hazards of explosive remnants of war, cluster munitions, improvised explosive devices and anti-personnel landmines;
– to encourage as appropriate States Parties to the Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention and the Convention on Cluster Munitions to make timely reports in accordance with the relevant provisions of these treaties.
The EU and its Member States are concerned that conflict deprives children of parents, care-givers, basic social services, health care and education.
The EU and its Member States therefore pledge:
– to implement the EU Guidelines on Children and armed Conflict and the EU Action Plan on Human Rights and Democracy 2015-2019 with regard to the protection of children affected by armed conflict;
– to promote the physical and psychosocial rehabilitation of children affected by armed conflicts.
B) Action plan:
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C) Indicators for measuring progress:
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D) Resource implications:
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