World Chronicle 799: Yasmine Sherif, OCHA

Michael Littlejohns interviews Yasmine Sherif, from the United Nations Office For the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), for World Chronicle program 799.

• Categories: News & Features / Features / World Chronicle
• Video Length: 00:28:05
• Production Date: 22 June 2000
• Asset Language: English
• Personal Subject: ALEJANDRA VILLASMIL; LINDA FASULO; MICHAEL LITTLEJOHNS; YASMINE SHERIF
• Corporate Name: OFFICE FOR THE COORDINATION OF HUMANITARIAN AFFAIRS - OCHA
• Subject Topical: ARMED CONFLICTS; CIVILIAN PROTECTION; HUMAN RIGHTS
• MAMS Id: 2153244
• Parent Id: 824835

Description

PROTECTION OF CIVILIANS IN ARMED CONFLICTS

Despite the adoption of the various conventions on international humanitarian and human rights law over the past 50 years, hardly a day goes by when the world's press does not present evidence of the intimidation, brutalization, torture and killing of helpless civilians in armed conflicts. Whether it is mutilations in Sierra Leone, genocide in Rwanda, ethnic cleansing in the Balkans or disappearances in Latin America, the parties to conflicts have acted with deliberate indifference to those conventions. Rebel factions, opposition fighters and government forces continue to target innocent civilians with alarming frequency. In this edition of World Chronicle, Yasmine Sherif, from the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, talks about what can be done to protect innocent civilians in times of war.

• Scripts: File; 799.pdf (39.08 KB)