Russian War Crimes – “Yes, you have to negotiate with the devil. Without angelism!”

– “Yes, you have to negotiate with the devil. Without angelism!”

The conflict in Ukraine illustrates this well: you have to be ready to talk to all the belligerents, explains the Geneva mediator Pierre Hazan in a fascinating book.

Andres German Smaller

Posted today at 4:39 p.m.

Pro-Russian rebels from Donbas captured by Ukrainian forces. Mediation in the area of ​​prisoners of war has yielded results in the conflict in Ukraine.

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“Bargaining with the Devil.” This is a matter of debate, precisely at a time when Vladimir Putin has sent his soldiers to invade Ukraine and they are accused of terrible war crimes. It is under this provocative title that a book is published this Wednesday by Éditions Textuel which lifts the veil on the dilemmas and pitfalls of mediation in armed conflicts. An unknown world, revealed by the Geneva author Pierre Hazanadviser to the Center for Humanitarian Dialogueone of the main organizations active in this field.

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