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The training is organized by the AFP
Human Rights Office (HRO) in partnership with the ICRC. It is part of
the AFP’s advocacy on human rights protection and promotion of the IHL.
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CAMP AGUINALDO, Quezon City – The
Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) in coordination with the
International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRS) will train about 30
soldiers on the dissemination of the International Humanitarian Law
(IHL) in Davao City from February 23 to 26.
The first batch of soldiers who will
finish this training will form part of the mobile training team that
will re-echo these training activities to all line units of the Army
including the personnel of the Citizen Armed Forces Geographical Unit
(CAFGU) at the 10th Infantry Division in Panacan, Davao City.
“As our frontliners, our enlisted
personnel and CAFGU members need to know the basic principles of IHL,
including the protection of civilians and respect for wounded or
captured fighters,” said Col. Jose Antonio Carlos Motril, chief of the
AFP HRO.
“This training is part of our commitment
to integrate IHL into the teaching of our armed forces personnel, and
we look forward to replicating this program in other areas,” he added.
The training includes lectures on IHL
principles and the Philippine IHL Act, R.A. 9851, among other topics.
After the training, the AFP mobile training teams are tasked to go
around patrol bases to disseminate IHL among members of the Cafgu.
IHL regulates the means and methods of
warfare and protects those not or no longer participating in
hostilities. As guardian of IHL, the ICRC helps enhance the teaching and
dissemination of IHL to increase awareness and promote compliance among
weapon bearers.
The ICRC is a neutral, independent and
impartial humanitarian organization that is mandated to protect and
assist civilians affected by armed conflict and other situations of
violence.
AFP Websites
Links:
http://humanrightspromotions.blogspot.com/
http://www.humanrightspromotions.co.nr
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PROTECTION AND PROMOTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS
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