Reference :
V-F-CR-F-04193-2
Date :
22/05/2025
Title :
Address to the UN Security Council by ICRC President Mirjana Spoljaric - May 22, 2025 - What does international humanitarian law say?
Duration :
00:01:41
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Description :
Speech given by Mirjana Spoljaric, President of the ICRC to the UN Security Council in New York on the protection of civilians.
"International humanitarian law prohibits torture, sexual violence, and hostage-taking.
It requires hospitals, homes, and schools to be spared from hostilities.
It demands that all those who are captured and detained in conflict be treated humanely.
It specifies that the wounded and sick must be cared for, and that civilians have a right to receive humanitarian aid.
International humanitarian law also places special emphasis in the vulnerabilities of civilians living in occupied territories: they must have access to food, water, and medical care.
IHL forbids the forcible transfer or deportation from occupied territories.
It specifies that if conditions are made unbearable through indiscriminate military operations, denial of food, water, medical care, or safety any movement of civilians would still be considered involuntary.
Protecting civilians means upholding these protections.
The survival of these lifesaving rules cannot be taken for granted.
They must be defended and they must be prioritized.
I am calling on this Council to prevent any permissive signals that IHL can be ignored, that lifesaving aid can be denied, and that principled humanitarian action can be replaced.
This sets a dangerous precedent - especially when conflict is the greatest driver of the very needs that are being ignored as I speak."
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