Actions taken:
Republic of Poland and its National Red Cross Society (PRC) maintaining a long-standing partnership relations in the promotion, dissemination and implementationof international humanitarian law, undertake to constantly update normative information on Polish legislation implementing provisions of international humanitarian law instruments on the website of the International Committee of the Red Cross: https://ihldatabases.icrc.org/applic/ihl/ihlnat.nsf/vwLawsByCategorySelected.xsp?xp_countrySelected=PL
Action plan:
– continuation of the work of the Commission for International Humanitarian Law, operating at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Commission for the International Humanitarian Law Dissemination, operating at the Governing Board of the Polish Red Cross in the area of exchange of information and consultation
– strengthening cooperation with the International Committee of the Red Cross in the scope
of providing information on Polish legislation implementing provisions of international humanitarian law instruments
Indicators for measuring progress:
– implementation of new forms of disseminating IHL
Resource implications:
– an increase of knowledge and respect for IHL regulations in society
Implementation:
The ICRC website at https://ihl-databases.icrc.org/en/national-practice/national-implementation-of-ihl?title=&typeOfPractice=&state=18004&language=&from=&to=&sort=topic&order=&topic should be updated in reference to Poland as regards the applicable laws. The Polish side has been updating the information at the ICRC website on a regular basis: Poland has been fulfilling this pledge invariably and consistently.
