The Universitat organises the XII Seminars on International Humanitarian Law

With the title -Drets humans, població civil i conflictes armats- (-Human rights, civilian population and armed conflicts-, the XII Seminars on International Humanitarian Law will be organised on the next days 19 and 20 December by the Institute of Human Rights of the Universitat de València. The seminars will take place in the Graduates Room of the Department of International Public Law (Faculty of Law, Tarongers Campus). According to the explanation of the professor Consuelo Ramón, co-director of the seminars "being decided by Putin, the invasion of Ukraine -which is not likely to end soon-, has caused, overall, serious geopolitical changes that modify the power relationships between the two participants that fight for the hegemony in international relations. In addition, it puts into question the respect for values and principles of the liberal democracy and question the validity of the regulatory and institutional system that regulates international relationships from the ONU". This fight, she added, "means a generalised violation of rules and principles of the international humanitarian law and, specially, of the civilian population rights. And this is the Seminars main subject of discussion. In addition, we will also talk about other subjects such as the impact of climate change when it comes to trafficking in human beings, international protection strategies on immigrant women, or the protection of historical and artistic heritage".