Sonal Summit on International Humanitarian Law in the Philipppines The Objectives of the National Summit on International Humanitarian Law The Summit aimed to comeup with the following: A Situationer on IHL in the Philippines : Recommendations towards a Philippine Program ofAction on IHL A Summit Communiqué ese objectives were successfully achieved during the Summit. kground The 60" Year of The Geneva Conventions Commemorative y years ago on August 12, international laws Activities stecting persons in armedconflict came into stence. These laws, known as the 1949 Geneva For 2009, considering the fact that IHL was aventions, are the major backbones of turning 60 years old, the CHR and CSI-IHL ernational Humanitarian Law (IHL). To organized a 60-day commemoration of IHL smote greater awarenessof the principles of beginning with the Kite-Flying, and culminating former President Joseph Estrada issued with the IHL National Summit. =cutive OrderNo. 134, series of 1999, declaring y August 12 as IHL Dayin the Philippines. th this, Civil Society Initiatives on International a) The Kite-Flying Activity The Kite-Flying was held at the Sunken Garden the of the University of the Philippines, Diliman, smmission on Human Rights (CHR) conducted Quezon City on July 3, 2009. It was an activity series of consultation meetings to come up with to symbolize freedom from violations of THL. program ofactivities that will fit with the Kite-Flying (and Kite-Display) formally opened ebration of the 60" Anniversary of the Geneva the 60-daycelebration, as well as created public onyentions. Onesuchactivity is the holding of a awareness on, the 60th anniversary of The smanitarian Law (CSI-IHL) and Prior thereto, activities Geneva Conventions. Sixty kites (1 motherkite lude the Kite Flying Event, Regional IHL and 59 smaller kites) were flown that bear 60 mmits and IHL Fora,jointly conducted by the messages on IHL promotion and protection. stional IHL Summit. and CSI-IHL. Includedin the messages weretherights of the