Brussels (ICRC) – The use of weapons such as cluster munitions and anti-personnel mines, and their regulation under international humanitarian law (IHL), will be the focus of this year's Bruges Colloquium in Belgium.

Senior legal officials from 13 West African states participated in a seminar on the implementation of international humanitarian law treaties in Abuja from 3 to 4 October 2007.

The ICRC and the Congolese national police force are jointly organizing a series of events to teach the principles of international humanitarian and human rights law applicable to law-and-order operations.

Geneva/Baghdad (ICRC) - The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is extremely concerned about the escalating violence in Iraq.

A series of round-table meetings was held in Geneva last week to discuss how women combatants can help promote humanitarian rules. At the invitation of the organization Geneva Call, women belonging to non-State armed groups from some 20 war-torn countries exchanged views and compared notes on their experiences.