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Japan: Kyoto roundtable on Additional Protocols (3-4 November 2011)

The Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, together with the ICRC, will organize for the first time a roundtable in Kyoto with 14 other East and South East Asian countries to discuss specific aspects relative to the interpretation and application of the 1977 Additional Protocols to the Geneva Conventions. Mr. Hideaki Ueda, Ambassador in charge of Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs at Japan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, explains the event.

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