46th Roundtable on Current Issues of International Humanitarian Law in Sanremo
On the 14th and 15th of September 2023, in co-operation with
the International Committee of the Red Cross, the International Institute of
Humanitarian Law held a Roundtable on Current issues of International
Humanitarian Law. The Roundtable focused on “Strengthening IHL compliance: the
conduct of hostilities, the protection of essential services and humanitarian
assistance in contemporary armed conflict”.
Bringing together 22 high-level international experts and
practitioners and 6 chairs representing universities, institutes and
multilateral bodies, who addressed timely and relevant topic and contributed to
the development of a more institutionalized framework to improve the
effectiveness of IHL, the Roundtable was divided into sessions. The
aforementioned experts shared their presentations of relevant topics on provisions
to protect essential services and humanitarian assistance in contemporary
conflicts. The NATO SFA COE Legal Advisor, Major Ludovica Glorioso, gave a
speech in which she emphasized the challenges of the current conflicts and the
need for understanding this new phenomenon for IHL compliance in the conduct of
military operations. She noted the importance of the cooperation of NATO SFA
COE and SHAPE Office of Legal Affairs, particularly as regards an agreement
signed for the new editorial project entitled Stabilization and Reconstruction
in a post-conflict environment, presented last July (Roundtable on
the “Stabilization and Reconstruction in a Post-Conflict Environment”
publication - NATO SFA COE ® % (nsfacoe.org). Along with
that, she mentioned NATO SFA COE’s special issues July 2023 newsletter on the
importance of the cooperation with Academia and International Organizations, as
well as the Institute’s research and publications nsfacoe.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/NEWSLETTER-Special-Issue-July-2023-NATO-SFA-COE-as-ACADEMIC-HUB-for-the-editorial-project-and-international-collaborations.pdf.
In general, the Roundtable evidenced how adapting
humanitarian operations to address evolving needs during the different phases
of a conflict is crucial. NATO SFA COE
is an important asset in developing new projects with the main stakeholders to
ensure that the relevant provisions of IHL are respected.
Link to the IHL’s news on the Roundtable: 46th Sanremo Round Table -
International Institute of Humanitarian Law (iihl.org)
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