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The Role of National Committees in Applying International Humanitarian Law - Iraq as a Model

Authors

  • dr. Fadel Abdel-Zahra Fadel Al-Gharawi El Alamein Institute for Postgraduate Studies

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.35246/jols.v37i2.550

Keywords:

National Measures, National Committees, International Humanitarian Law

Abstract

        In many countries there are national committees for the implementation of international humanitarian law that aim to advise and assist their governments in implementing international humanitarian law and spreading knowledge about it. The responsibility for the formation of these committees rests with the states, supported by the International Committee of the Red Cross, as one of the ways to ensure the effective implementation of international humanitarian law. The national committees for international humanitarian law seek to urge governments to implement and ensure respect for international humanitarian law and to contribute to its enforcement and dissemination at the national level.

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Books

i. Sherif Atlem, Mohamed Radwan bin Khadra, 2006, The Fourth Annual Report on the Application of International Humanitarian Law at the Arab Level for 2006, Publications of the International Committee of the Red Cross, Cairo.

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- Researches

i. John Pictet, 1952-1959, Commentary on the 1949 Geneva Conventions, Geneva, International Committee of the Red Cross, Volume I.

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- Court Order:

i. Diwani Order No. (22118) issued by the Office of the Prime Minister.

ii. Diwani Order No. (10) of 2015 regarding the formation of the Permanent National Committee for International Humanitarian Law in Iraq.

iii. Diwani Order (54) of 2019 regarding the re-formation of the Permanent National Committee for International Humanitarian Law in Iraq.

- Reports

i. Report on the implementation of international humanitarian law at the national level, the voluntary report issued by the Permanent National Committee for International Humanitarian Law in Iraq and submitted to the International Committee of the Red Cross, unpublished, 2022.

- Foreign Books

i. Gray D. Solis, 2010, “The law of armed conflicts: International humanitarian law,” Cambridge University press, April.

- Websites

i. The International Committee of the Red Cross, Implementation of International Humanitarian Law at the National Level and the Advisory Services of the International Committee of the Red Cross are available on the website:

http://www.icrc.org/Web/Eng/siteeng0.nsf/htmlall/advisory_service_ihl?Opendocument

ii. The First Geneva Convention of 1949 is available on the website:

https://www.icrc.org/ar/resources/documents/treaty/geneva-convention-

iii. National Committees, an article available on the website:

https://www.icrc.org/ar/resources/documents/treaty/geneva-convention-

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How to Cite

Al-Gharawi, Fadel. 2022. “The Role of National Committees in Applying International Humanitarian Law - Iraq As a Model”. Journal of Legal Sciences 37 (2): 279-303. https://jols.uobaghdad.edu.iq/index.php/jols/article/view/550.

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