On 10 July the ICRC and the Ministry of Education of Trinidad and Tobago concluded an agreement in which they jointly undertook to implement the ICRC's Exploring Humanitarian Law (EHL) programme in the country's secondary schools.

The fourth regional meeting on the educational programme “Exploring Humanitarian Law” (EHL) took place in Tunis from 3 to 7 April 2006 at the initiative of the Tunisian ministry of education and training and of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), with the support of the League of Arab States.

On 6 October the ICRC and the Yemeni educational authorities concluded a workshop held in Sana'a to train secondary-school teachers to implement Exploring Humanitarian Law (EHL), a programme intended to familiarize young people with the basic principles of international humanitarian law.

Exploring Humanitarian Law (EHL) is an ICRC programme that introduces young people to the basic rules of international humanitarian law and helps them embrace principles of humanity in their daily lives and the way they assess events at home and abroad. A pilot EHL programme is to start in Serbia next month, and throughout the coming school year over 1,000 students at 18 secondary schools in Belgrade will be debating humanitarian perspectives, rules to limit suffering in conflict and violence, responsibility for breaches of the rules, justice at work and the ethics and practice of humanitarian work.

The ICRC has organized a seminar for education specialists from government and National Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies around the world to discuss the study of international humanitarian law and related issues in secondary schools. The event was held in Budapest from 5 to 11 July for over 100 participants from 39 countries.

On 16 April the ICRC signed a memorandum of understanding with the Palestinian Authority aimed at introducing the Exploring Humanitarian Law (EHL) programme into the Palestinian educational system.