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October 31, 2014 Friday
Scholars discuss current challenges of humanitarian action
Geneva
International Committee of the Red Cross has issued the following news release:
Some 50 specialists of international law, researchers and
representatives of the international community, the Armenian
government and civil society are meeting in Yerevan today to discuss
the challenges currently facing humanitarian work.
The event, taking place on the sidelines of the annual Yerevan
conference on international humanitarian law for young researchers,
was organized by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)
and moderated by Vladimir Vardanyan, professor of international law at
the Armenian-Russian University and head of the Legal Advisory Service
of Armenia's Constitutional Court.
Increasingly, humanitarian organizations face difficulty obtaining
access to people suffering the effects of armed conflict or other
violence. "Understanding the legal basis for humanitarian action in
different situations of violence is essential for building dialogue
with actors on the ground," said Marco Sassòli, professor at the
University of Geneva, Switzerland.
"Rules of IHL do not appear in a legal vacuum. International Human
Rights Law obligations create limitation on the right of states to
deny humanitarian access," said Levon Gevorgyan, professor at Yerevan
State University.
The online version of the leading casebook on international
humanitarian law, "How Does Law Protect in War," of which Prof.
Sassòli is co-author, was launched at the event. With the new online
platform, scholars and practitioners alike will have easy access to a
virtually exhaustive and up-to-date source of materials on
international humanitarian law.
The latest issue of the International Review of the Red Cross, which
features articles on the 150th anniversary of the ICRC's humanitarian
work, was also presented at the event.
October 31, 2014 Friday
Scholars discuss current challenges of humanitarian action
Geneva
International Committee of the Red Cross has issued the following news release:
Some 50 specialists of international law, researchers and
representatives of the international community, the Armenian
government and civil society are meeting in Yerevan today to discuss
the challenges currently facing humanitarian work.
The event, taking place on the sidelines of the annual Yerevan
conference on international humanitarian law for young researchers,
was organized by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)
and moderated by Vladimir Vardanyan, professor of international law at
the Armenian-Russian University and head of the Legal Advisory Service
of Armenia's Constitutional Court.
Increasingly, humanitarian organizations face difficulty obtaining
access to people suffering the effects of armed conflict or other
violence. "Understanding the legal basis for humanitarian action in
different situations of violence is essential for building dialogue
with actors on the ground," said Marco Sassòli, professor at the
University of Geneva, Switzerland.
"Rules of IHL do not appear in a legal vacuum. International Human
Rights Law obligations create limitation on the right of states to
deny humanitarian access," said Levon Gevorgyan, professor at Yerevan
State University.
The online version of the leading casebook on international
humanitarian law, "How Does Law Protect in War," of which Prof.
Sassòli is co-author, was launched at the event. With the new online
platform, scholars and practitioners alike will have easy access to a
virtually exhaustive and up-to-date source of materials on
international humanitarian law.
The latest issue of the International Review of the Red Cross, which
features articles on the 150th anniversary of the ICRC's humanitarian
work, was also presented at the event.