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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.

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