Agenda item 82 Status of the Protocols Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 1949 and relating to the protection of victims of armed conflicts
Statement of the President of the International Humanitarian Fact-finding Commission, Professor Michael Bothe
Call to verify the allegations of the Philippine Government concerning the use of land mines by the Moro Islamic Liberation Front. Report by Mr. Eric David.
Statement before the 6th Committee of the UN General Assembly, New York, presented on behalf of the President of the IHFFC by Leah Campbell, Advisor.
On 13 August 2010, the Government of Kingdom of Lesotho recognized the competence of the IHFFC.
A delegation of the IHFFC met with Mr Ramtane Lamamra, Ambassador, Commissioner for Peace & Security, and various other representatives of the African Union as well as the ICRC.
Members will take the occasion of this annual meeting (24 to 26 February) to discuss opportunities and actions needed after the IHFFC has been granted observer status by the UN General Assembly last December.
Switzerland, in its function as Secretariat of the IHFFC, formally requested the Secretary General to include in the agenda of the sixty-fourth session of the General Assembly the item entitled "Granting of observer status..."
Read the summary report by the President Prof. Michael Bothe.
On 20 February 2009, the Government of the Republic of Estonia recognised the competence of the IHFFC. Estonia is the 71st State to have done so.
The International Humanitarian Fact-Finding Commission completed its Annual Meeting in Geneva on the 13th of February.
Mission Report
Prof. Michael Bothe and Prof. Jeannette Irigoin-Barrenne presented the IHFFC and its recent activities and reflections in a side-event to the discussion of the 6th Committee.
The IHFFC, represented by Prof. Elzbieta Mikos-Skuza, 3rd Vice-President, will participate to the conference which will take place in the European Parliament in Brussels on 16 September 2008.
On the occasion of their annual meeting 2008, the IHFFC have elected General Jose Louis Rasamoelina from Madagascar as its new Member.
