International Review of the Red Cross presented in YerevanOctober 31, 2014 - 16:41 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Some 50 specialists of international law, researchers and representatives of the international community, the Armenian government and civil society are meeting in Yerevan 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 conflicts 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. 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 150th anniversary of the ICRC's humanitarian work, was also presented at the event. Top stories David Vardanyan is the son of former Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan who who is currently imprisoned in Azerbaijan. The number of state universities will be reduced from 23 to 8 by 2030, Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sport Zhanna Andreasyan has said. From September 21 to November 11, a total of 2,820 Russians registered at a place of residence in Armenia, the police has said. The situation on the contact line between Karabakh and Azerbaijan was relatively stable overnight, the Defense Army says. Partner news | Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty. Armenia offers to temporarily host, preserve Gaza manuscripts The Armenian Foreign Minister has said Yerevan is ready to help preserve manuscripts from the conflict zone in Gaza. Aliyev says no need for mediators in Armenia-Azerbaijan process Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev believes that Baku and Yerevan do not mediators in the process of normalizing relations. U.S. believes peace is “possible” in South Caucasus The United States continues to believe that peace is possible in the South Caucasus, Vedant Patel said. |