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Participants were invited to make individual or joint commitments to help achieve the Agenda for Humanity. In addition, they were invited to align themselves to 32 core commitments developed for the 7 High-level Leaders’ Roundtables of the World Humanitarian Summit. Each stakeholders commitments are organized by commitment type in the table below.

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2A
Respect and protect civilians and civilian objects in the conduct of hostilities

Individual Commitment

  • Commitment
  • Commitment Type
  • Core Responsibility
  • Amnesty International will campaign for the protection of human rights defenders who often stand as the first line of defence against the erosion of respect for human rights, campaigning for their protection and providing practical support so that they can carry out their crucial work without reprisals.
  • Advocacy
  • Uphold the Norms that Safeguard Humanity

Core Commitment

  • Commitment
  • Core Responsibility
  • Commit to promote and enhance the protection of civilians and civilian objects, especially in the conduct of hostilities, for instance by working to prevent civilian harm resulting from the use of wide-area explosive weapons in populated areas, and by sparing civilian infrastructure from military use in the conduct of military operations.
  • Uphold the Norms that Safeguard Humanity

2B
Ensure full access to and protection of the humanitarian and medical missions

Core Commitment

  • Commitment
  • Core Responsibility
  • Commit to ensure all populations in need receive rapid and unimpeded humanitarian assistance.
  • Uphold the Norms that Safeguard Humanity
  • Commit to promote and enhance efforts to respect and protect medical personnel, transports and facilities, as well as humanitarian relief personnel and assets against attacks, threats or other violent acts.
  • Uphold the Norms that Safeguard Humanity

2C
Speak out on violations

Core Commitment

  • Commitment
  • Core Responsibility
  • Commit to speak out and systematically condemn serious violations of international humanitarian law and serious violations and abuses of international human rights law and to take concrete steps to ensure accountability of perpetrators when these acts amount to crimes under international law.
  • Uphold the Norms that Safeguard Humanity

2D
Take concrete steps to improve compliance and accountability

Individual Commitment

  • Commitment
  • Commitment Type
  • Core Responsibility
  • Amnesty International will continue to play a leading role in responding to conflicts and crises, including by investigating abuses and violations of international humanitarian law and human rights, consistently calling for the protection of civilians, pursuing accountability for state and non-state actors who perpetrate abuses, and seeking access to truth, justice and reparations for victims. In particular, it will urge all states to pledge to support action by Security Council aimed at preventing or ending mass atrocity crimes. It will call on states (and armed groups, where applicable) publicly to re-affirm their commitment to respect the legally binding rules of international humanitarian law, and to back this up their commitments with action.
  • Policy
  • Uphold the Norms that Safeguard Humanity

Core Commitment

  • Commitment
  • Core Responsibility
  • Commit to promote and enhance respect for international humanitarian law, international human rights law, and refugee law, where applicable.
  • Uphold the Norms that Safeguard Humanity
  • Commit to speak out and systematically condemn serious violations of international humanitarian law and serious violations and abuses of international human rights law and to take concrete steps to ensure accountability of perpetrators when these acts amount to crimes under international law.
  • Uphold the Norms that Safeguard Humanity

2E
Uphold the rules: a global campaign to affirm the norms that safeguard humanity

Core Commitment

  • Commitment
  • Core Responsibility
  • Commit to promote and enhance respect for international humanitarian law, international human rights law, and refugee law, where applicable.
  • Uphold the Norms that Safeguard Humanity

3A
Reduce and address displacement

Individual Commitment

  • Commitment
  • Commitment Type
  • Core Responsibility
  • Amnesty International will represent victims of conflicts and crises through its advocacy and campaigning work, including by pushing states and international institutions to act effectively in the face of conflict and crisis situations, and launching a global campaign on the rights of refugees and migrants (from September 2016).
  • Advocacy
  • Leave No One Behind
  • Amnesty International will work to ensure that border control measures do not compromise people's fundamental rights, including the right to seek and enjoy asylum, and push for stronger access to support and protection for refugees, asylum seekers and people displaced by conflict.
  • Advocacy
  • Leave No One Behind