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Moscow: 100 commanders attend biggest seminar in the world on rules of war

… over 70 countries, came together in Moscow, Russia, to participate in the biggest seminar … This time the workshop was supported by the Russian Federation. The course opened with an introduction by General Alexander Fomin, Russia's deputy minister of defence, and Helen …

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Swirmo 2019 Moscow

Round table "Memory and War"

… of the ICRC Regional Delegation for the Russian Federation, Belarus and Moldova will … Dmitry Ispovednikov, Chief Specialist of the Russian State Military Archive Neary Adeline … Red Cross (ICRC) Regional Delegation for the Russian Federation, Belarus and Moldova …

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Guidelines on investigating violations of IHL: Law, policy and good practice

… European Court of Human Rights: Isayeva v Russia, Judgment, 24 February 2005 (57950/00) … 7 July 2011 (55721/07) para 168; Bazorkina v Russia, Judgment, 27 July 2006 (69481/01) para … Judgment of 16 December 2003 Isayeva v Russia, Application No. 57950/00, Judgment of …

Law and policy topic

Hugo Slim: ICRC partnerships, today and tomorrow, in conflict and disaster

… and this year's forum will be hosted by Russia. This too promises to be transformative …

Law and policy topic

Jakarta: Preparing Modern Armed Forces for Peacekeeping Operations in the 21st Century

… New Guinea, Philippines, Republic of Korea, Russia, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Thailand, …

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The potential human cost of cyber operations

… to correlate incidents. One expert described Russia’s development and deployment of a … D. Turovsky, “Moscow’s cyber-defense: How the Russian government plans to protect the … • Mr Oleg Demidov,2 Consultant, PIR Center, Russia • Dr Giovanna Dondossola, Leading …

Law and policy topic

View of the ICRC on interpretation of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons

… States under the NPT are: China, France, Russia, the United Kingdom, and the United …

Law and policy topic

Experts from over 15 nations attend round-table on humanitarian mine action

… such as Croatia, Serbia, Azerbaijan, Russia, Afghanistan, Armenia, Viet Nam, China, …

News release

Status update: The ICRC’s legal standing explained

… and soon in Ireland. Similarly for Australia, Russia, South Korea, South Africa and the US. …

Article

Moscow: Course on safe behavior in dangerous situation for media professionals

… will be in Autumn. The ICRC, along with the Russian Humanitarian Mission (RHM), organized … along with current and former rescuers of the Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations who … in hundreds of rescue operations in Russia and abroad. The goal of the course is …

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