CNCDH calls for effective respect for humanitarian principles
02/12/2015. The current crises in Syria, Ukraine, South Sudan, Central African Republic and elsewhere, are increasingly complex and politicized. These crises show how it is now difficult for humanitarian actors to work in conflict theaters, without being subjected to threats or obstacles.
These developments are “likely to question a respectful work of humanitarian principles of humanity, impartiality, neutrality and independence,” said Christine Lazerges, President of the National Consultative Commission on Human Rights.
As part of preparations for the World Humanitarian Summit, convened by the Secretary-General of the United Nations, the CNCDH recalls in a notice that it has made public the principles of humanitarian action. This review in particular proposes a series of recommendations to governments which it seeks the implementation through active participation in the negotiations on the Summit.
Read the opinion (in french) of the National Consultative Commission on Human Rights
Related Articles
A month of Russian intervention in Syria: first assessment
11/04/2015. What exactly are the results of this intervention? Have they changed the situation in the region and beyond? Answers with Cyrille Bret.
Libya at the Centre of Meeting with the International Organization for Migration
04/04/2017. William Lacy Swing, Director General of the OIM, was received in the Magistral Palace by Albrecht Boeselager. One of the key elements of the meeting was the difficult situation in Libya.
Russia leaves Syria talks with tentative plan. Up next: get US involved
01/24/2017. Russia, Iran, and Turkey agreed to sketch the outlines of a wider political settlement to Syria’s civil war.
