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What's new in law and case law around the world?

Biannual update on national implementation of international humanitarian law* January-June 2015

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 May 2016

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This selection of national legislation and case law has been prepared by Cédric Apercé, legal attaché in the ICRC Advisory Service on International Humanitarian Law, with the collaboration of regional legal advisers.

References

1 In order to assist States, the ICRC Advisory Service proposes a multiplicity of tools, including thematic fact sheets, ratification kits, model laws and checklists, as well as reports from expert meetings, all available on the unit's web page at: www.icrc.org/en/war-and-law/ihl-domestic-law (all internet references were accessed in December 2015).

2 For information on national implementation measures and case law, please visit the ICRC Database on National Implementation of IHL, available at: www.icrc.org/ihl-nat.

3 To view the full list of IHL-related treaties, please visit the ICRC Treaty Database, available at: www.icrc.org/ihl.

4 See the ICRC Database on National Implementation of IHL, available at: www.icrc.org/ihl-nat.

16 “What's New in Law and Case Law Around the World?”, International Review of the Red Cross, Vol. 96, No. 893, 2014, or see: www.icrc.org/applic/ihl/ihl-nat.nsf/implementingLaws.xsp?documentId=A593659189CD7578C1257D2D00547E77&action=openDocument&xp_countrySelected=CH&xp_topicSelected=GVAL-992BUB&from=state.

18 See above note 16.

25 Third Regional Seminar on National Implementation of International Humanitarian Law, Naivasha, Kenya, 19–21 May 2015.

26 ECOWAS–ICRC IHL Review Seminar on International Humanitarian Law Treaties in West Africa, “Review Meeting of the Plan of Action on Implementation of International Humanitarian Law in West Africa” Abuja, Nigeria, 9–11 June 2015.