12th ICOAF

International Missions : Contributing to Security and Development

27-29 October 2020

Vienna

During the past decades, military intervention abroad and peacekeeping missions have significantly increased. Facing this trend, ombuds institutions need to reflect on their practices and adapt their work in order to guarantee the protection of the rights of their soldiers abroad. The question of an international cooperation among and between ombuds institutions legitimately arises. This year’s conference will examine ways in which ombuds institutions can face the challenges which are posed to the conduct of their work by the sending of national contingents abroad. A session will also be dedicated to discuss the ways to promote and optimize international cooperation in the context of multilateral and international missions.

About ICOAF

What is ICOAF?

The aim of the International Conference of Ombuds Institutions for the Armed Forces (ICOAF) is to establish best practice and lessons learned related to the mandate, powers and functioning of ombuds institutions with a mandate to oversee the armed forces. ICOAF gathers representatives of ombuds institutions for the armed forces from around the world. To date, representatives of ombuds institutions of over 80 countries have participated in the ICOAF initiative, which has been ongoing since 2009. 

Countries

Represented

80+

Conference session topics

4

100+

Participants

Co-Hosts

Republik Österreich Parlamentarische Bundesheerkommission

Documents and Information

ENGLISH

FRANÇAIS

Past ICOAFs

1ICOAF - Berlin, Germany

3ICOAF - Belgrade, Serbia

5ICOAF - Oslo, Norway

7ICOAF - Prague, Czech Republic

7ICOAF - Prague, Czech Republic

9ICOAF - London, United Kingdom 

9ICOAF - London, United Kingdom 

2ICOAF - Vienna, Austria

4ICOAF - Ottawa, Canada

6ICOAF - Geneva, Switzerland

8ICOAF - Amsterdam, The Netherlands

10ICOAF - Pretoria, South Africa 

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