Meeting of the States Parties to the Biological weapons convention - 2017
… Problems and Solutions” organized by the Russian Federation and held in Sochi in … also welcomed the joint statement issued by Russia, the United Kingdom and the United …
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Choosing humanity: new video and online game challenge us to confront how numb we have become to abuses to the rules of war
… Nations Security Council (China, France, Russia, United Kingdom and United States) and … in English, French, Spanish, Arabic, Chinese, Russian and Portuguese, invites viewers to …
Exhibition on urban warfare and its impact on the civilian population
… Credit: E. Bouvet / GLMR ET SAGA Chechnya; Russia, 1995. Grozny. Sweeping up the streets …
Survival: A course on safety and security for media professionals
… / ICRC / Galina Balzamova In June 2017 the Russian Humanitarian Mission and the ICRC … and professionals in the area from Russia and Belarus took part in the course. …
Martens Readings 2017 1/2: IHL and counter-terrorism
… Tuzmukhamedov, the vice-president of the Russian Association of International Law and … Forces in the former Yugoslavia. "[Russian] armed forces are neither trained nor prepared to apply criminal law. Russia followed the US in its military …
Making better use of data on attacks against health care
… appeared since 2015, corresponding to when Russia joined in aerial campaigns, and 52% in … However, accused perpetrators (such as Russian military officials) have successfully … on Syria, by directing Western attention to Russia’s involvement and the potential for …
#NewNormal: From East Ukraine to South Russia
… flowing out of the East of Ukraine into Russia due to the ongoing conflict . Many of … these refugees settled down in the South of Russia. For the past three years, the ICRC, … together with local authorities and the local Russian Red Cross branches, offered assistance …
Diary – ICRC President Peter Maurer in Ukraine
… just been struck by the leaders of Ukraine, Russia, France and Germany. For the ICRC, too, …
Generating respect for the law: The need for persistence and imagination
… February 2016]); at Moscow State University, Russian Federation, UNESCO Chair on … chairs/106-russia-moscow.html [consulted on 17 February …
Indirect Fire : A technical analysis of the employment, accuracy and effects of indirect-fire artillery weapons
… A 152 mm towed artillery gun (photo credit: Russian Ground Forces). Figure 1.8 A 155 mm … until the Second World War, during which both Russian and German forces, in particular, made … 2011. Available from Baev, Pavel. 2000. Will Russia go for a military victory in Chechnya?. …
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