Mesures prises:
Publication of domestic implementation reports
Under the auspices of the United Kingdom’s (UK) National Committee on International Humanitarian Law (IHL) and with the support of the British Red Cross, the UK is in the process of preparing a second edition of its Voluntary Report, which will include contributions from all members of the Committee. This project reflects the UK Government’s determined commitment to the proper implementation of, and compliance with, IHL.
Assistance and support to other States
The UK has encouraged and supported other States to draft Voluntary Reports on the Domestic Implementation of IHL, following publication of the first edition of the UK’s Voluntary Report in 2019.
In particular and in collaboration with the British Red Cross, the UK continues to provide practical assistance and support to selected States who wish to produce their own report detailing their activities to implement IHL at the domestic level. This brings benefits in equipping States with a practical mechanism to measure and record IHL implementation at a national level and the report itself may help to consolidate best practice. The UK has also produced a toolkit, which provides guidance to help States research and draft a Voluntary Report. It includes two optional templates, for short and more detailed implementation reports, as well as guidance on how to publish a report. The toolkit is accessible online at the UK Government website and is available in Arabic, French, Spanish, Portuguese (both European and Brazilian), Simplified Chinese, Swahili and Russian, as well as English.
The Chair and members of the IHL Committee have acted as speakers and chairs at a number of conferences as part of efforts to help promote IHL and voluntary reporting, including the Regional Conference of European National IHL Committees held in Vienna, Austria (in March 2023), a seminar convened by the Commonwealth Secretariat and the British Red Cross held in London (in May 2023) and the ICRC Regional IHL seminar for Eastern Africa held in Nairobi, Kenya (in August 2023).
