Research

On 3 December 2013, IDC co-organised with La Sapienza university in Rome a two-day conference on "The geo-political structures of the post-Soviet space and their relationship to Europe." Nikolai Bordyuzha is Secretary-General of the Collective Security Treaty Organisation.

The Director of Studies explained why Ukraine's dilemma is the direct result of the path the EU decided to take over 20 years ago at Maastricht, following the collapse of the USSR.

The Chairman of the Family Affairs Committee of the Russian Duma addressed the conference organised by IDC and Compact magazine in Leipzig on 23 November 2013.

The Vice Chairman of the Family Affairs Committee of the Russian Duma said that each country has the right to chose its own policies.

IDC's Director of Studies traced the history of supranational in his talk to the World Forum "Dialogue of Civilizations".

IDC's Director of Studies was a guest speaker and chairman at a Side Event on "The Syrian Conflict and International Law" held at the Palais des Nations on 10 September 2013.

Statement by Mother Agnes Mariam of the Cross to the IDC Side Event on Syria held at the United Nations in Geneva on 7 June 2013.

Statement by Ms. Navi Pillay, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, at IDC's Side event on Syria held at the UN in Geneva on 7 June 2013.

On the Grand Mufti's personal request, his statement was read out in his absence by Mother Agnes-Mariam of the Cross, whom he designated his special representative for the purposes of the IDC event.

Mairead Maguire addressed IDC's Side Event during the 23rd session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva on 7 June 2013.