ROUND TABLE ON INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN LAW Moscow, Russia
22-25 November, 2005
 On November 22-25, 2005 a round table on international humanitarian law for state officials and representatives of academic sphere was held in Moscow.
The opening ceremony was held on November 22. Deputy Head of IRCC delegation in Russian Federation Mr. Bruno Pommier opened the ceremony. Discussions were held through different sections. In the first section adaptation of international humanitarian law was discussed. On that day issues such as conflicts and their types (international, interstate, internationalized and other), dynamics of applying norms of International Humanitarian Law, research on IRCC on common norms of IHL and so on. In the agenda of second day there was discussed the issue of IHL adaptation towards personals. The discussions went on protection of civil population, journalists and representatives of Mass Media in armed conflicts. The following themes covered a range of issues on prohibition of means of military actions, sanctions for violation of International Humanitarian Law norms and so on.
Representatives from Azerbaijan, Armenia, Austria, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldavia, Netherlands, Russian Federation, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan and IRCC attended the round table.
Rustam Mammadov, Hamid Valiyev, Bahruz Valizade and Kamran Bayramov represented Azerbaijan in this event. PhD in International Law, head of International Law and Constitutional Law of foreign countries Department of Baku State University, President of Public Union: “Caspian – Partnership for the Future” Rustam Mammadov gave a speech in the conference and told about the commitments of states to obey and guarantee the fulfillment of IHL agreements in the national level in the frames of national penal system. |
