What can be done to increase compliance with the rules of war? | Respect The Rules of War

“Force must serve the law. We will look back on our failures,” states a military international humanitarian law instructor, who now trains Senegalese army officials after 20 years on the battlefields.

As part of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement campaign, Colonel Samassa reminds states that the responsibility of upholding international humanitarian law is ultimately theirs.

Each party to the conflict must respect, and ensure respect for international humanitarian law by its armed forces and other persons or groups acting on its instructions, under its direction or control – even if the adversary does not.