Monitoring the Implementation of IHL: The Expanding Role of the Human Rights Council
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This Live Seminar examined the modalities through which the UN Human Rights Council engages in monitoring the implementation of international humanitarian law during situations of armed conflict. Against the backdrop of a recent Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights’ Report on protecting human rights of civilians in armed conflict, this Live Seminar assessed the following questions:
- Which individual and group mandate holders and other mechanisms utilize IHL in their assessments of human rights during situations of armed conflict?
- In what ways, if at all, do Human Rights Council-monitoring mechanisms apply IHL alongside international human rights law to situations of armed conflict?
- How, if at all, do political considerations affect the scope of inquiry, the resources allocated to monitors, and the types of violations under review?
- What enforcement mechanisms, if any, may the Human Rights Council look to in order to enhance compliance with IHL?
Panelists answered these questions by reference to recent Human Rights Council initiatives pertaining to situations of armed conflict.
Naz Modirzadeh (Associate Director of the Program on Humanitarian Policy and Conflict Research) and Claude Bruderlein (Director of the Program) hosted the discussion.
Panelists:
- Christina M. Cerna, Inter-American Commission on Human Rights
- Loubna Freih Georges, Carr Center for Human Rights Policy (Harvard) and Human Rights Watch (Geneva)
- Françoise Hampson, University of Essex (UK)
- Yvonne Terlingen, formerly of Amnesty International
More information and resources pertaining to this Live Seminar are available at the IHL Research Initiative Portal.
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