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2023-05-23

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2023-05-23

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1. “Canada has put this into practice in its dealings with parties to armed conflict in Iraq and Ukraine. As the Secretary-General and the International Committee of the Red Cross have pointed out, the problems of food insecurity in armed conflict and the destruction of essential civilian infrastructure are rooted in the failure to respect that right. United Nations Member States must make a concerted effort to ensure that international humanitarian law is systematically integrated into the operational practice of parties to armed conflict, protecting the most vulnerable. If the principles of distinction, proportionality and precaution in attack were respected in good faith, the worst consequences of armed conflict on the civilian population would be avoided.”

   2023-05-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9327 (2023) · source

2. “We have witnessed the revitalization of independent international judicial institutions, including both the International Court of Justice and the International Criminal Court. (spoke in French) Canada’s approach is forward-looking, working with parties to armed conflict to strengthen their mechanisms for compliance with international humanitarian law. In 2018, Canada drafted a commitment by the Foreign Ministers of the Group of Seven to take practical steps to promote the effective implementation of international humanitarian law by State and non-State partners. The goal was to work with them to incorporate that commitment into their laws, education, field training and rules of engagement and to help them put in place structures to effectively address violations of same.”

   2023-05-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9327 (2023) · source

3. “Civilians have been indiscriminately bombarded, ill-treated and starved as a weapon of war, and vulnerable people such as women, children, the elderly, the wounded and people with disabilities subjected to sexual violence are left to fend for themselves in the rubble. Certain parties’ tactics have left millions food insecure, well beyond their borders. The Russian invasion of Ukraine is the most egregious example in all those respects. However, the measure of success of international law is how violations are addressed collectively by States. In cases of grave violations, States have responded with targeted and effective sanctions, as well as the diplomatic and economic isolation of perpetrating parties.”

   2023-05-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9327 (2023) · source

4. “I thank Switzerland for convening today’s important open debate, and I thank the briefers for their thoughtful observations and insights. Canada welcomes the Secretary-General’s thorough and sobering report on the protection of civilians in armed conflict (S/2023/345). Whereas many States follow their international humanitarian law obligations assiduously in order to protect the vulnerable from the conduct of hostilities, others pay lip service to international humanitarian law as a cover for vengeful tactics aimed at destroying the fabric of their enemy’s civilian life. Historic cities such as Mariupol, Aleppo and Sana’a were once thriving metropolitan centres. Today large parts of them are reduced to uninhabitable mountains of concrete, steel and dust.”

   2023-05-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9327 (2023) · source