On the 2^nd of December 2014 the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade of Hungary hosted a conference on “Contemporary challenges for the International Humanitarian Law”.  Organized by the Ministry in cooperation with the Hungarian Red Cross, this event has taken place in the framework of the celebrations of 150 years of Humanitarian Action in 2013 and 2014. At the invitation of the Secretary of State for Security Policy and International Cooperation, Dr. István Mikola, the Ambassador of Switzerland in Hungary, Jean-François Paroz, has delivered the keynote speech at the opening of the conference. The conference then consisted in two panel discussions dedicated to the presentation of contemporary challenges for the International Humanitarian Law, with the participation of representatives of the International Committee of the Red Cross and of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies.