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    ICRC: SCHOLARS IN ARMENIA DISCUSS CURRENT CHALLENGES OF HUMANITARIAN ACTION

    17:00, 31 Oct 2014

    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 forhumanitarian 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.

    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.

    "Rules of IHL do not operate in a legal vacuum. Thus International
    Human Rights obligations create limitation on the right of states to
    deny humanitarian access," said Levon Gevorgyan, professor at Yerevan
    State University, referring to the challenges of humanitarian action.

    The latest issue of the International Review of the Red Cross, which
    features articles on the 150thanniversaryof the ICRC's humanitarian
    work, was also presented at the event.

    http://www.armradio.am/en/2014/10/31/icrc-scholars-in-armenia-discuss-current-challenges-of-humanitarian-action/

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