This KUNO working session is the third meeting in the series ‘strengthening IHL’ (with the first sessions held last year on 16 June and 2 December 2025). This meeting is by invitation only and will take place under Chatham House Rule. The participants of this meeting include humanitarian practitioners, policymakers, and academics.
In different manners humanitarian organisations are making efforts to strengthen IHL in a context of it being under threat. Initiatives are aimed at strengthening the protection of civilians and aid workers, ensuring greater accountability for violations, and reinforcing the critical role of IHL as a framework to reduce suffering. This session aims to contribute to some of those initiatives being amplified across the Dutch humanitarian field. It builds on the session that was hosted during the annual KUNO conference in June (with this link you can find the report), and the second KUNO IHL working session was hosted in December last year. That report can be made available on request.
Participants will be divided into groups to work on the following themes strategically:
- Public awareness and understanding of IHL in the Netherlands, as well as media attention
- IHL on the political agenda
- National capacity for strengthening IHL
- Humanitarian diplomacy and access
Moderation by Corinne Lamain, Coordinator KUNO.
Send an email to kuno@kuno-platform.nl for more information.
– Illustration Sophie Struijk –
