“The ICRC puts a lot of effort into promoting and disseminating IHL around the world, and one key way of doing so is through our engagement with academic circles”, said Jacques De-Maio, ICRC Head of Delegation in Israel and the Occupied Territories.

“In Israel, International Humanitarian Law has an enormous practical concrete significance in the daily life of Israelis, and of Palestinians too.”

Watch De-Maio’s speech at the 10th national competition on International Humanitarian Law, on 29th September 2016:

 

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