Stéphane Kolanowski is the ICRC Deputy Data Protection Officer responsible for Europe, Central Asia and francophone Africa, as well as for the ICRC Resource mobilisation division. In that capacity, he is advising ICRC delegations in the EURASIA region and the ICRC delegations in francophone countries in Africa on data protection issues, and he is supervising the compliance with ICRC Rules on Data Protection. Stéphane holds a Law Degree and a Master in Laws (LL.M.) in Public International Law. He joined the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) Legal Division (Geneva) in 1997, where he worked on different issues, such as Human Rights, impunity, as well as on some arms related issues. In 1999, he participated in the build-up of the ICRC Delegation to the EU, NATO and the Kingdom of Belgium, a Delegation in which he was the Senior Legal Adviser until May 2021. He was responsible for following relevant legal developments in EU and NATO policies and operations and for promoting and disseminating International Humanitarian Law for several audiences. Since 2013, Stéphane is visiting professor at the College of Europe where he lectures on International Humanitarian Law.