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Switzerland: Ensuring that Security Council sanctions are carefully targeted and procedures fair and clear

Norul Mohamed Rashid — Wed, 28 Oct 2015 16:42:35 +0000

Switzerland – together with the Group of Like-Minded States on targeted sanctions – regularly proposes measures to the Security Council to continue to ensure that sanctions are carefully targeted and that fair and clear procedures are maintained and further developed.

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Switzerland: Clarifying legal rules regarding Private Military and Security Companies (PMSCs)

Norul Mohamed Rashid — Wed, 28 Oct 2015 16:36:54 +0000

Switzerland has worked both at the international level (with the International Committee of the Red Cross) and the national level towards clarifying the rules applying to the operations of Private Military and Security Companies (PMSCs).

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Switzerland: Handbook on accepting the jurisdiction of the International Court of Justice

Norul Mohamed Rashid — Wed, 28 Oct 2015 16:00:25 +0000

To assist States willing to recognise as compulsory the jurisdiction of the ICJ, Switzerland has worked with the Netherlands, Uruguay, the United Kingdom, Lithuania, Japan and Botswana on a publication to assist States wishing to recognize as compulsory the jurisdiction of the International Court of Justice (ICJ).

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Austria: Vienna course on international law for military legal advisers

Norul Mohamed Rashid — Fri, 07 Aug 2015 20:54:15 +0000

Since 2004, the Austrian Ministry of Defence has regularly organized the “Vienna Course on International Law for Military Legal Advisers”, which is provided under the auspices of the European Security and Defence College (ESDC) with the aim of contributing to the establishment of a common European Security Culture. The main aim of this rule of law training course is to convey core knowledge about the application of international law, in particular human rights law and international humanitarian law, to international crisis-management operations by military and security forces. Participants from other States also have the possibility to participate.

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