ICRC to activate international humanitarian law in morocco
Morocco, Education, 7/1/2003

Regional delegate of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) for the Maghreb, Harald Schmid De Gruneck, said here on Saturday the current mission of his organization in Morocco is to promote international humanitarian law, particularly in the academic realm.

De Gruneck told a press conference that "the implementation of the international humanitarian law concerns the harmonization of the Moroccan legislation with the requests of the international law and drafting a specific law for the protection of the ICRC and CRM (Moroccan Red Crescent)'s symbols.

He added that talks with Moroccan authorities discussed the creation of a national committee to implement this law, and voiced hope that the committee will be created as soon as possible.

For his part, ICRC councilor for Middle-East and Maghreb affairs, Amour Zemmali, noted that the ICRC makes experts in international humanitarian law at the disposal of Arab countries to integrate humanitarian law in high school and university programs.

Cooperation between ICRC-CRM and the Moroccan ministry for national education led to the designation of Morocco as a leading site for the implementation of the program "Let's Explore Humanitarian Law" developed by ICRC in 1998, he went on..

At the end of a training session on international humanitarian law organized for CRM officials this June 26-27, a two-year cooperation program between Morocco and ICRC labeled "International Humanitarian Law: Morocco" was announced.

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