Newsletter - January 2010
Upcoming Events
The Department of International Law, in coordination
with the International Committee of the Red Cross, is
organizing a special session of the Committee on
Juridical and Political Affairs to discuss the
promotion and respect for international humanitarian
law. The meeting will take place on 29 January
2010 in the Simón Bolivar Room, in compliance
with the mandate of the General Assembly on
“Promotion of and Protection for International
Humanitarian Law,” contained in resolution
AG/RES. 2507 (XXXIX-O/09).
Speaking at the event will be Patricia Danzi, ICRC
Chief of Operations for Latin America and the
Caribbean; Patrick Zahnd, ICRC Legal Adviser for
Latin America and the Caribbean; Jorge Palaciós
Treviño, Rapporteur on the topic for the
Inter-American Juridical Committee; Víctor Cubas
Villanueva, Prosecutor of the Public Ministry of the
District Attorney’s Office, Peru; Olivier Dubois,
ICRC Deputy Head, Protection Division; and Cristina
Pellandini, ICRC Adviser, Multilateral Diplomacy. The
event will serve as a forum where the Permanent
Missions, their political bodies, and the General
Secretariat can engage in a political dialogue on
issues of importance in international humanitarian
law, with a view to obtaining valuable inputs for the
preparation and negotiation of General Assembly
resolutions regarding the promotion and protection of
international humanitarian law in the Americas. .
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