Millennials think World War Three is likely in their lifetime
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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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
Jakarta: Preparing Modern Armed Forces for Peacekeeping Operations in the 21st Century
… New Guinea, Philippines, Republic of Korea, Russia, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Thailand, …
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 …
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 …
Experts from over 15 nations attend round-table on humanitarian mine action
… such as Croatia, Serbia, Azerbaijan, Russia, Afghanistan, Armenia, Viet Nam, China, …
Status update: The ICRC’s legal standing explained
… and soon in Ireland. Similarly for Australia, Russia, South Korea, South Africa and the US. …
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