National Summit on International Humanitarian Lawin the Philipppines
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WORKSHOP
PRESENTATION OF WORKSHOP MECHANICS
Ms. Karen Tafiada:
your recommendations with regard to action and
“We hopeto enrich those discussionslater in the
policy? Dir. Elzy Ofreneo will tell you the venues
workshops. There are supposed to be 8 workshop
for your workshop.”
groups. There will be sign-up sheets during lunch
where you can sign upfor the workshop you wish.
Dir. Ana Elzy E. Ofreneo:
Those workshops will be: 1) Civilian, particularly
“You can kindly sign up at the registration
the IDPs; 2) Other vulnerable groups such as
corner. We advise our registrars to prepare 9
indigenouspeoples and otherpopulation that are
registration sheets wherein we can sign up for
not displaced but vulnerable to armed conflict;
the break-out groups. Atthe back of this stage
3) Basic services and cultural objectutilities; 4)
are threefunction rooms. The rest, we can divide
Soldiers out of combat, medical personnel,
this Hallinto 5 break-out groups. Thank you very
equipment and installation; 5) Promotion; 6)
much.”
The principle of distinction in IHL
7)
Harmonization, development of international
P.M. SESSION-
and domestic law; and 8) Limitation ofmethods
Ms. Karen Tafiada:
and means ofwarfare. There will befacilitators
Ms. Karen Tanada requestedall groupsto start
that we will point out to you after lunch. And
with the reporting. She suggested that they just
there will also be documentors for each
run throughwithall the reportsfirst and give time
workshop. So please sign up under those
for questions andreactionslater. In addition, she
workshop groupsofyourinterest. There willjust
told them to feel free to write downall their
be two important andbriefquestions to answer:
questions with regardto the reports presented so
1) Whatarethe challenges and gaps that you see
thatafterall the presentations, they can have time
with regardto these issues?; and 2) What will be
for any additions or questions on the reports.