All Africa Course on International Humanitarian Law Pretoria, November 2009

• Jurisdiction: South Africa
• Citation: (2008) African Yearbook on International Humanitarian Law 201
• Author: Unavailable
• Pages: 201-202
• Published date: 22 August 2019
• Date: 22 August 2019

All Africa Course on International

Humanitarian Law

Pretoria, November 2009

The Regional Delegation of the International Committee of the Red Cross

(ICRC) for Southern Africa, in collaboration with the Centre for Human

Rights of the University of Pretoria, is to host the eighth All Africa Course

on International Humanitarian Law ‘IHL’ over a two week period in

November 2009.

The course will be presented, principally, by way of lectures and case

studies. The course will address most aspects of IHL. Although the pro-

gramme has still to be finalised, the following topics are amongst those that

will be addressed:

.The Legal Status and Mandate of the ICRC;

.The Role of the Components of the Red Cross and Red Crescent

Movement;

.The Distinction between ius ad bellum and ius in bello;

.The Historical Development of IHL;

.The Classification of an Armed Conflict, and the Consequences of

Classification;

.The Protection and Care of the Wounded, the Sick and the Shipwrecked;

.Combatant Status and the Protection of Prisoners of War;

.The Protection of Civilian Persons in the Power of the Enemy;

.Armed Conflicts of a Non-international Character;

.National Liberation Movements and Humanitarian Law;

.Limitations on the Means and Methods of Warfare;

.Rules regulating the Conduct of Hostilies;

.International Human Rights Law and International Humanitarian Law:

Competition or Complementarity;

.Practical Measures for the Implementation of IHL;

.The Protection of Refugees and Internally Displaced Persons;

.Suppression and Punishment for Violations and Grave Breaches of IHL

— International Courts and Tribunals.

The various topics proposed will be presented by legal academics drawn

from universities in Africa, and by the ICRC’s own legal experts. The lec-

tures will all be presented in the English language.

Up to 35 participants will be accommodated on the Course. Participants

will be selected on the basis of applications addressed directly to the Pre-

toria Regional Delegation of the ICRC. Applications are invited, in parti-

cular, from academics with limited knowledge of IHL but who are

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