Strengthening implementation of International Humanitarian Law (IHL) by the 19th Southern African and Indian Ocean Island States Regional Seminar

ا)‌ أهداف التعهد

1. Continuing to support the establishing of national mechanisms that seek to strengthen implementation of IHL;
2. Striving to enhance cooperation on IHL with relevant stakeholders at the domestic level; and
3. Promoting peer to peer exchanges between IHL focal points at the sub-regional level.

ب) خطة العمل:

1. Continue supporting the co-hosting of the Annual Regional IHL Seminar by the ICRC and the South African Department of International Relations and Cooperation in the period 2020 – 2023;
2. Initiate sub-regional working groups within the Annual Regional IHL Seminar for relevant peer-to-peer discussions, which can be continued through National IHL Committees;
3. Support the rotational chairship system for the Annual Regional IHL Seminar commencing in 2021;
4. Work towards the establishment of various national mechanisms on the implementation of IHL, including drafting of annual national IHL work plans; and
5. Broaden engagement on IHL at the national level, notably with National Parliaments.

ج) مؤشرات قياس التقدم المحرز

Member States are expected to voluntarily present their country report about the progress they have made at the national level during the Regional Seminar Meeting.

د) الآثار المترتبة على الموارد:

N/A

الملفات المرفقة

Regional-Pledge-2019-Southern-Africa-and-Indian-Ocean-Island-States.docx