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Welcome to the EHL Virtual Campus |
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The Exploring Humanitarian Law (EHL) Virtual Campus is a web-based resource centre and online community for the EHL education programme.
The website’s function is to help teachers as they introduce the basic principles of international humanitarian law to students in secondary schools. A wide range of teaching resources is available on the website, such as learning modules, workshops, training videos and an online discussion forum.
Discover the EHL Virtual Campus and join the global EHL network!
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EHL Competition: Our world. Your move.
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In 2009, the Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement is commemorating the 150th anniversary of the battle of Solferino and the 60th anniversary of the Geneva Conventions of 1949.
It also celebrates the vision of one bystander at the battle of Solferino: Henri Dunant.
You too can make your move: send us your stories, photos or videos and participate in the global EHL competition!
Read more about the competition...
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They have experienced EHL
"I have learned to see the human being in each person, including in my enemy."
(Student, Morocco)
"EHL facilitates our mission as teachers. Moreover, it has resulted in my pupils seeing life, people and issues in different ways."
(Teacher, Yemen)
"It has also made me aware that other people’s lives are as important as my own life."
(Student, USA)
"I believe that the strength of EHL lies in its ability to confront various types of conflicts from a humanitarian point of view. EHL has a motivating and mobilizing effect not only on pupils but also on teachers who work with it."
(Teacher, Uruguay)
"I look forward to discussing such issues in the classroom, it encourages thinking. For a change, the focus is on students."
(Student, Malaysia)
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Question and answer: Are some wars more ‘just’ than others?
Humanitarian law does not address this question. IHL does not decide whether a war is legal or just; that is governed by a different set of rules, referred to as jus ad bellum, which is regulated by the UN Charter. IHL was developed to deal with situations of armed conflict. It seeks, for humanitarian reasons, to limit the effects of armed conflict by setting out rules on the ways in which war may be waged, and is known also as jus in bello. IHL deals with the fact of war without concerning itself with the reasons for a particular conflict or its legality. Its provisions apply to all victims of war, regardless of which side they are on, the reasons for the conflict or its legality, or the justness of their cause. Source: IHL Guide
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