# President Cyril Ramaphosa met with the President of the International Committee of the Red Cross, Mirjana Spoljaric, in Pretoria yesterday, for discussions on strengthening respect for international humanitarian law and the rules of war. South Africa is one of the six founding states of the Global International Humanitarian Law Initiative, which has mobilised 118 states, including 27 African countries. Spoljaric says that with over one-third of armed conflicts taking place in Africa, she hopes more countries will unite around a shared commitment to preserve humanity in war.
Ramaphosa meets with the International Committee of the Red Cross on strengthening international humanitarian law