The National Human Rights Commission, including the Committee for the Prevention of Torture, held an emergency meeting at its temporary headquarters in Hazmieh to discuss an urgent action plan aimed at monitoring and documenting human rights and international humanitarian law violations resulting from the Israeli aggression on Lebanon, and to follow up using all available means to put an end to impunity.<\/p>\n
The President of NHRC-CPT, Dr. Fadi Gerges, contacted the President of the Global Alliance of National Human Rights Institutions, Mrs. Maryam bint Abdullah Al-Attiyah, calling for the need for NHRIs in various countries to work and exert pressure to demand the convening of a special session of the Human Rights Council regarding the grave human rights situation in Lebanon. He urged the Council to adopt a resolution that urgently establishes an ongoing independent international commission of inquiry to investigate all violations of international humanitarian law and all violations and abuses of international human rights law that occurred before and after September 22, 2024, within Lebanon.<\/p>\n
Gerges also contacted the Secretary General of the Council of Ministers, Judge Mahmoud Makkiya, and informed him of the steps the Commission has begun to take.<\/p>\n
The Commission announced the launch of the phone line 03923456 to coordinate efforts to monitor human rights and international humanitarian law violations and receive volunteer applications and for complaints and inquiries, noting that this line operates 24\/7 for those wishing to send information via social media.<\/p>\n
The Commission further called on anyone interested in volunteering with its teams to contact the hotline, as these teams have begun monitoring and documenting human rights and international humanitarian law violations. In addition to reporting complaints from displaced persons and those affected, they are responsible for relaying them to the relevant authorities, particularly the \u201cNational Disaster and Crisis Response Operations Coordination Committee\u201d and other teams working on coordinating efforts among various governmental bodies addressing the humanitarian consequences.<\/p>\n
Background<\/strong><\/p>\n International humanitarian law (IHL) \u2013 also called the \u201claw of war\u201d or the \u201claw of armed conflict\u201d \u2013 sets out detailed rules that seek for humanitarian reasons to limit the effects of armed conflict. It protects those who are not, or are no longer, taking part in the fighting and sets limits on the means and methods of warfare. IHL is a universal set of rules. It consists of international treaties and customary rules that are specifically meant to resolve humanitarian issues arising directly from armed conflict, both international and non-international. Its core treaties are the 1949 Geneva Conventions and their Additional Protocols of 1977 and 2005. Treaty-Based Sources of IHL<\/strong> Alongside treaties, customary law remains an important source of IHL. It can fill gaps if the IHL treaty\u00a0is not applicable.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The National Human Rights Commission, including the Committee for the Prevention of Torture, held an emergency meeting at its temporary headquarters in Hazmieh to discuss an urgent action plan aimed at monitoring and documenting human rights and international humanitarian law violations resulting from the Israeli aggression on Lebanon, and to follow up using all available […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5443,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[157],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-5442","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-statements-and-speeches-en"},"yoast_head":"\n
\nPer the provisions of Article 16 of Law No. 62\/2016 (Establishing the National Human Rights Commission), the Commission is responsible for monitoring and documenting human rights and international humanitarian law violations during periods of armed conflict and following up using all available means to end impunity.<\/p>\n
\nThe four Geneva Conventions of 1949 (GC I, II, III, and IV), which have been universally acceded to or ratified, constitute the core treaties of IHL. The Conventions have been supplemented by Additional Protocols I and II of 1977 (AP I and AP II), which relate to the protection of victims of international and non-international armed conflicts, respectively, and by Additional Protocol III of 2005 (AP III), which relates\u00a0to an additional distinctive emblem.
\nOther international treaties prohibit the use of certain means and methods of warfare and protect certain categories of persons and objects from the effects of hostilities. These treaties include:
\n\u2022 The 1925 Protocol for the Prohibition of the Use of Asphyxiating, Poisonous or Other Gases, and of Bacteriological Methods of Warfare
\n\u2022 The 1954 Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict and its two Protocols of 1954 and 1999
\n\u2022 The 1972 Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, and Stockpiling of Bacteriological (Biological) and Toxin Weapons and on their Destruction
\n\u2022 The 1976 Convention on the Prohibition of Military or any Other Hostile Use of Environmental Modification Techniques
\n\u2022 The 1980 Convention on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of Certain Conventional Weapons Which May Be Deemed to Be Excessively Injurious or to Have Indiscriminate Effects (CCW) and its five Protocols of 1980 (I, II and III), 1995 (IV), and 2003 (V)
\n\u2022 The 1993 Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling, and Use of Chemical Weapons and on their Destruction
\n\u2022 The 1997 Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production, and Transfer of Anti-Personnel Mines and on their Destruction (APMBC)
\n\u2022 The 2000 Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the involvement
\nof children in armed conflict
\n\u2022 The 2006 International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance
\n\u2022 The 2008 Convention on Cluster Munitions (CCM).<\/p>\n