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  ·  06 June 2023
IHFFC Annual Meeting 2023 [06/06/2023]
The International Humanitarian Fact-finding Commission (IHFFC) held its annual meeting from 5 to 7 June 2023 in Geneva. Based on Article 90 of the First Additional Protocol to the Geneva Conventions, the IHFFC is at the disposal of any parties to armed conflicts to support them restoring an attitude of respect for IHL. [...]

  ·  10 November 2022
Meeting with Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs [10/11/2022]
The delegation of the IHFFC, composed of the members of its Bureau, visited the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Poland on 10 November 2022. The delegation was received by: Mr Marcin Przydacz - Undersecretary of State for Security, the Americas, Asia and Eastern Policy, Mr Konrad Marciniak - Director of the Legal and Treaty Department and Mr Sławomir Majszyk - Deputy Director of the Legal and Treaty Department. [...]

  ·  17 May 2022
IHFFC Annual Meeting 2022 [17/05/2022]
The International Humanitarian Fact-finding Commission (IHFFC) held its annual meeting in two parts on 28 March and 16/17 May 2022 online and in Geneva. This was the first meeting of the IHFFC members since their election, held last November, by the 76 States parties to the First Protocol additional to the Geneva Conventions that have recognised the Commission's competence. [...]

  ·  25 April 2022
Statement [25/04/2022]
The International Humanitarian Fact-Finding Commission, the only treaty-based standing body addressing compliance with the Geneva Conventions of 1949 and Additional Protocol I of 1977, in light of its mission to Eastern Ukraine in 2017 undertaken at the request of the OSCE, having offered its good offices to Russia and Ukraine in March 2022, calls upon both parties to the conflict to maintain and, where necessary, restore an attitude of respect for the Geneva Conventions and Additional Protocol I. The Commission reiterates its offer of good offices, in order to protect the victims of the ongoing armed conflict, indicating the importance of an impartial, independent and expert-based analysis of the current hostilities.

  ·  10 March 2022
IHFFC has proposed its services [10/03/2022]
The International Humanitarian Fact-Finding Commission (IHFFC) has proposed its services to the governments of the Russian Federation and of Ukraine through letters dated 10 March 2022. The IHFFC stands ready to assist the Russian Federation and Ukraine with regard to the situation in Ukraine

  ·  19 November 2021
Election of the 15 members of the International Humanitarian Fact-Finding Commission (IHFFC)  [19/11/2021]
Switzerland, Depositary State of the Geneva Conventions and their Additional Protocols, has chaired the elections of the members of the International Humanitarian Fact-Finding Commission (IHFFC). The elections took place in Bern on 19 November 2021. [...]

  ·  03 May 2021
Fifth Meeting of Representatives of Commonwealth National Committees on International Humanitarian Law 26 - 30 April 2021 [03/05/2021]
Dr Robin McNeill Love, Vice President IHFFC, attended the Fifth Meeting of Representatives of Commonwealth National Committees on International Humanitarian Law (Online) following an invitation by the United Kingdom National Committee on International Humanitarian Law, the International Committee of the Red Cross and the British Red Cross. [...]

  ·  25 March 2021
IHFFC Annual Meeting 2021 [25/03/2021]
On 22 and 23 March 2021, the Commission held its traditional annual meeting, for the first time in a virtual format. [...]

  ·  21 January 2021
Ethiopia: IHFFC has proposed its services  [21/01/2021]
The International Humanitarian Fact-Finding Commission (IHFFC) has proposed its services to the government of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia by a letter dated 29 December 2020. The IHFFC stands ready to assist Ethiopia with regard to the recent developments in Tigray Region.

  ·  23 October 2020
IHFFC has proposed its services  [23/10/2020]
The International Humanitarian Fact-Finding Commission (IHFFC) has proposed its services to the governments of both the Republic of Armenia and the Republic of Azerbaijan through identical letters dated 7 October 2020. The IHFFC stands ready to assist both the Republic of Azerbaijan and the Republic of Armenia with regard to the situation in Nagorno-Karabakh.

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