SUDAN NEWS ALERT: Sudan Tribune - Sudanese army, Red Cross renew deal to teach humanitarian law

23/1/2020: Sudan Tribune - Sudanese army, Red Cross renew deal to teach humanitarian law  

Sudan Tribune reports that the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) renewed an agreement to teach International Humanitarian Law (IHL) to SAF troops.

Several international conventions stipulate that governments have the obligation to teach their armies the rules of IHL.

Pascal Cuttat, ICRC Head of Delegation in Sudan, said that the agreement coincides with the democratic transition in Sudan and the efforts of the transitional authority to achieve change.