The Qatar Red Crescent Society (QRCS) has signed a co-operation agreement with the Geneva Institute for Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs (GIHR) to support and enhance joint activities and programmes that serve humanitarian causes, promote and protect human rights, and consolidate the principles of international humanitarian law.The agreement was signed by QRC Secretary-General Faisal Mohammed al-Emadi and GIHR executive director Nazar Abdelgadir Saleh.On the sidelines of the signing ceremony, al-Emadi praised the co-operation with the institute, which will strengthen relations between the two sides in the fields of international humanitarian law, advocacy and humanitarian diplomacy, and studies and research.He said that this agreement reflects the QRCS’s commitment to promoting legal concepts and supporting joint advocacy efforts, alongside humanitarian work to achieve human development, adding that it is an extension of the series of partnerships it is working to strengthen to achieve its humanitarian goals.Al-Emadi emphasised that this co-operation will open new horizons and enable both sides to enhance their joint efforts in supporting humanitarian issues and advocacy.He stressed that this partnership will contribute significantly to achieving the goals, advancing development, and serving Qatar’s community and the world, in line with Qatar National Vision 2030.Al-Emadi indicated that co-operation with the GIHR represents an opportunity to better understand humanitarian issues and find more efficient ways to provide relief and assistance.Saleh meanwhile indicated that signing the agreement is a significant step toward advancing work between the QRCS and GIHR, by establishing an institutional framework to regulate joint co-operation in the field of promoting and protecting human rights and international humanitarian law.He considered this agreement a starting point for a new phase of co-operation and an encouragement for the completion of more projects of mutual interest.As part of the co-operation between the two entities, QRCS employees benefited from a lecture on the intersection between international human rights law and international humanitarian law, delivered by Saleh and GIHR country director (Sudan) Adel Sharif.
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