The State of Qatar's candidate Dr Abdullah Rashid Al Nuaimi, Chairman of the International Relief and Development at Qatar Red Crescent Society, won the membership of the International Humanitarian Fact-Finding Commission (IHFFC) for 2017- 2022.
This came following the elections held in Swiss capital, Bern, during the diplomatic conference "of the States Parties to the Protocol I of 1977 Additional to the 1949 Geneva Conventions on the Protection of Victims of International Armed Conflicts." States parties to the Diplomatic Conference elected fifteen members for a period of five years by secret ballot.

