Experts from over 15 nations attend round-table on humanitarian mine action
… such as Croatia, Serbia, Azerbaijan, Russia, Afghanistan, Armenia, Viet Nam, China, …
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Romania: ICRC mission contributes to high-level IHL roundtable
… as a result of the armed conflict between Russia and Ukraine. In addition to …
ICRC and Indonesian Armed Forces host workshop on laws of armed conflict for senior military officers from 85 countries
… Algeria, the UAE, and most recently in 2019, Russia. SWIRMO seeks to ensure that …
Ukraine crisis: Helping people through the winter
… have left for safer places in Ukraine or Russia. CC BY-NC-ND / ICRC / M. Dondyuk …
ICRC in the G20
… Korea, Mexico, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Russia, Türkiye, UK, and USA) and two regional …
‘Will seize every opportunity to promote IRRC in Chinese academic circles’
… translated and published in Arabic, French, Russian, Chinese and Spanish too. The papers … United States, South Africa, Nigeria, Russia and Australia. We advise the editorial …
Boao Forum for Asia 2023: ICRC calls on all states to respect IHL as a political priority
… on global security challenges including the Russia-Ukraine international armed conflict …
Afghanistan: 113,500 newborn Afghan babies, but how will they survive?
… income. The economic impact of the Ukraine-Russia conflict on the price of basic …
Ukraine crisis: A year of conflict leaves many needing urgent help
… both sides of the front line. In the south of Russia and in Crimea, the ICRC and local …
Humanity after life: Respecting and Protecting the Dead
… paras 2 and 7 9 ECtHR, Rantsev v. Cyprus and Russia, no. 25965/04, 2010, paras 232–233. 10 … 2005, para. 258; Khadzhialiyev et al v. Russia, no. 3013/04, 2008, para. 121; IACtHR, … UDHR, Art.12. 15 ECtHR, Sabanchiyeva et al v. Russia, no. 38450/05, 2013, para. 138. See …
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