26th Course on International Humanitarian Law
Date/Time:
June 30, 2008 - 8:00pm - July 10, 2008 - 6:00pm
Location:
Warsaw, Poland
Website:
http://www.ikrk.org/Web/eng/siteeng0.nsf/htmlall/events-ihl-course-poland-050508/$File/IHL-course-2008-eng.PDF
Description:
Annual IHL course open to students and lecturers trained in public international law and to professionals dealing with IHL-related situations. Includes lectures on the 1949 Geneva Conventions and their 1977 Additional Protocols, and case studies exploring the application of IHL to contemporary armed conflict.
In partnership with:
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is a private humanitarian institution based in Geneva, Switzerland. States parties (signatories) to the four Geneva Conventions of 1949 and their Additional Protocols of 1977 and 2005, have given the ICRC a mandate to protect the victims of international and internal armed conflicts.
The Polish Red Cross (Polish: Polski Czerwony Krzyż, abbr. PCK) is the Polish member of International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement. It was founded in 1919 by Dr. Benjamin Reschovsky of Warsaw City Hospital.
