Règle correspondante
Argentina
Practice Relating to Rule 143. Dissemination of International Humanitarian Law among the Civilian Population
At the 27th International Conference of the Red Cross and Red Crescent in 1999, Argentina pledged to “incorporate the study of international humanitarian law into the curricula of secondary schools and universities”.
Argentina, Pledge made at the 27th International Conference of the Red Cross and Red Crescent, Geneva, 31 October–6 November 1999.
The rules of procedure of the Argentinian Committee on the Implementation of International Humanitarian Law (CADIH), established to undertake studies on the teaching and dissemination of the rules of IHL, make specific reference to the teaching and dissemination of the law among the civilian population.
Argentina, Committee on the Implementation of International Humanitarian Law (CADIH), Internal Rules of Procedure, Article 10.
According to the Report on the Practice of Argentina, which refers to several annexed university curricula, IHL is part of some university programmes in Argentina. The report further notes that the CADIH also plans to introduce courses on IHL in secondary school curricula.
Argentina, Curricula for the courses on Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, Law Faculty, University of Buenos Aires, 1986; Curriculum for the course on International Public Law as part of the Political Science degree, Pontifical Catholic University of Argentina; Curriculum for the course on International Public Law, Faculty of Law, Austral University; Ministry of Foreign Affairs, International Trade and Religion, Statement by a Legal Adviser, First Meeting of the Argentine and Chilean Committees on the Implementation of International Humanitarian Law, Buenos Aires, 17–18 April 1997; Report on the Practice of Argentina, 1997, Chapter 6.6.
