10:00-10:30

Opening session
 

Speakers:

• Boris Michel, Head, ICRC Regional Delegation in the Russian Federation and the Republic of Belarus

• Christine Ursula Honegger Zolotukhin, Ambassador, Embassy of the Swiss Confederation to the Republic of Belarus

• Yauheni Preiherman, Founder and Director, Minsk Dialogue Council on International Relations

• Secretary of the National Commission on IHL Implementation of the Republic of Belarus

11:00-12:30

Panel Discussion 1: The Evolution of International Humanitarian Law
 

12:30-14:00

Lunch

14:00-15:30

Panel Discussion 2: Humanitarian Diplomacy as an enabler for more efficient humanitarian action. The role of states and non-state actors.

15:30-16:00

Coffee break

16:00-17:30

Youth and Academia Panel Discussion 3: Engaging the Next Generation in IHL

17:30-18:00

Wrap-up session

31 October

09:30-09:45

Introduction of breakout sessions and work in groups

09:45-11:15

Section 1: Current challenges of IHL implementation: treatment of the protected persons

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Section 2: IHL and modern technologies: AWS, Cyber, Outer Space

11:15-11:45

Coffee Break

11:45-13:15

Section 1: Current challenges of IHL implementation: collection, management and transfer of information about the protected persons 

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Section 2: IHL Dissemination: education and trainings

13:15-13:45

Closing ceremony, concluding remarks