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EUTM Mali “Even war has limits”

Leonor Hubaut
Protection of vulnerable people. The Malian soldiers are divided into 4 groups: the vulnerable, the protectors, the attackers and the observers. The attackers must pierce balloons carried by the vulnerable group, the protectors must put in place a device and a strategy to avoid this. At the end of the exercise, the group of observers presents and analyzes the phases of the scenario, in relation with the IHL instructor and the protagonists. This exercise also allows the military to become aware of the need for coordinated and clearly identifiable action by the civilian populations.
Simulation exercise in which soldiers must put in place a device and a strategy to protect vulnerable people. This exercise also allows the military to become aware of the need for coordinated and clearly identifiable action by the civilian populations (Credit: EUTM Mali)

(BRUSSELS2) At the Koulikoro camp, military training, strictly speaking, is coupled with practical training in international humanitarian law (IHL). The objective of these courses, included in the training cycle of EUTM Mali, is very practical. The aim is to enable Malian soldiers to know how to react and behave in the face of civilian populations or refugees that they may come into contact with during their future deployments. Based on concrete cases: How to search a house and deal with suspicious civilians? What if at a checkpoint, a civilian flees? How to master a suspect while a number of civilians are around, how to treat a prisoner? etc

« Designed by EUTM for EUTM, this unique course is the most advanced in this field “, we explain from EUTM Mali. The IHL instruction is coordinated by Great Britain, which provided an expert, in collaboration with the United Nations and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC). European instructors also receive weekly training, which they must integrate into military courses.

Leonor Hubaut

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