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tional Humanitarian Law was created
in Ecuador by Executive Order
No. 41, signed by the President on
August 1 th, 200 . On the other
hand, it should be mentioned that
in Honduras, the Secretariat of Foreign
Affairs is completing – with the
help of an inter-secretariat working
group – an executive agreement to
set up an international humanitarian
law committee.
Throughout 200 , the international
humanitarian law committees
made great efforts in different
fronts related to the implementation
of international humanitarian
law, including its dissemination.
Such committees contributed to
most of the progress achieved in
terms of treaty adoption as well as
their national implementation.
Argentina’s Committee for the
Implementation of International
Humanitarian Law endorsed several
bills, among which there is a
project to repress war crimes, another
on the use and protection of
the red cross, the red crescent and
the red crystal emblems, and yet
another on the banning of antipersonnel
mines. This Committee
also conducted a research study on
the compatibility of domestic legislation
applicable to the issue of
missing persons and their relatives.
Furthermore, it is worth mentioning
that the Argentine Committee
co-hosted, together with the Argentine
Ministry of Foreign Affairs,
International Trade and Worship,
the Argentine Ministry of Defence
and the ICRC, a meeting of experts
on weapons in international humanitarian
law. The meeting, which
took place in Buenos Aires, on August
22nd-23rd, 200 , was attended
by experts from 1 countries
and many organizations, including
the OAS; all the Latin American international
humanitarian law committees
were represented.
Bolivia’s National Standing Committee
for the Implementation of
International Humanitarian Law is
working on a constitutional draft
text on the hierarchy of treaties on
international humanitarian law and
international human rights law, as
well as on the relevant legal framework
for exception regimes, with
the purpose of submitting such
draft to the Constituent Assembly.
It is also evaluating the possibility
of a project in the criminal field on
anti-personnel mines.
Chile’s National Committee on Humanitarian
Law has been working
on a bill to repress war crimes, to
be included in the country’s domestic
criminal law, in accordance
with the Geneva Conventions, Additional
Protocol I and the Rome
Statute. A comparative study on
domestic regulations applicable to
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Report on the Participation of the States in the Relevant Treaties Concerning
International Humanitarian Law and its National Implementation