Report - Fifth Meeting of Representatives of National IHL Committees of Commonwealth Countries

From 26-30 April 2021, online, the Fifth Meeting of Representatives of National IHL Committees of Commonwealth Countries took place, under the overarching theme: 'Partnership, persistence and a sense of possibility: National IHL Committees and the Commonwealth'.
Co-hosted by the UK National Committee on IHL, the British Red Cross and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) with support from the Commonwealth Secretariat, the meeting followed similar meetings in Swakopmund (2017), Port of Spain (2013), New Delhi (2009) and Nairobi (2005). While the global pandemic required an online meeting rather than in person, the aim of the event was to bring together representatives of National IHL Committees of Commonwealth countries to discuss developments and current issues in IHL and in particular, the role that National IHL Committees can play in supporting implementation of IHL.