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Quite apart from the political process of how the decision to drop them was reached, the chronological context left many with the ... At that time the population of Nagasaki City was 240,000, ...

• 2007-06-30
• Article
• by: Nobuko Margaret Kosuge

• Topic
  • About the ICRC
    • History
      • Second World War

• Topic
  • ICRC activities

... avenue de la Paix 1202 Geneva, Switzerland T +41 22 734 60 01 F +41 22 733 20 57 E-mail: shop@icrc.org www.icrc.org © ICRC, ... d is a s t e r s a n d e n c o u r a g e s t h e w or k o f N a t i ...

• 2012-01-28
• Publication

• Topic
  • ICRC activities
    • Building respect for IHL
      • Dialogue with weapon bearers
        • Police

• Topic
  • International humanitarian law
    • IHL and other legal regimes
      • IHL and human rights

• People
  • Weapon bearers

He joined the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in 1970 and has ... School of Law and held at the Arthur T. Vanderbilt Hall, 40 Washington Square South, New York, on March 4 and 5, 2009.

• 2009-04-22
• Article
• by: François Bugnion

• Topic
  • About the ICRC
    • History
      • Founding

• Topic
  • Red Cross Red Crescent Movement

ICRC Geneva, January 2006 A Guide to the Legal Review of New Weapons, ... The first international instrument to refer to the legal assessment of emerging military technologies was the St Petersburg ...

• 2006-12-31
• Article

• Topic
  • International humanitarian law
    • Contemporary challenges for IHL
      • Respect for IHL

• Topic
  • International humanitarian law
    • Conduct of hostilities
      • Methods and means of warfare

• Topic
  • International humanitarian law
    • Weapons
      • Review of new weapons

Although human rights and humanitarian law have different historical and doctrinal origins [3 ] , human rights too are a key issue ... However, the use of force by peace-keepers may trigger the ...

• 2000-12-31
• Article
• by: Ray Murphy

• Topic
  • ICRC activities
    • Building respect for IHL
      • Dialogue with weapon bearers

• Topic
  • International humanitarian law
    • Contemporary challenges for IHL
      • Multinational forces

• People
  • Weapon bearers

Marina Staiff, Medical Coordinator for Dentention-related ... wonder how visits to prisoners (l) who have been seriously ill-treated and even tortured could themselves do harm if those visits ...

• 2000-01-01
• Article
• by: Marina Staiff
• Archived page

• Topic
  • ICRC activities
    • Health
      • Health in prisons

... Robin Coupland and Rikke Ishoey A t a time when the nature of armed conflicts is changing and access to increasingly sophisticated ... 3 See, for example, H. Durham and T. McCormack (eds), The ...

• 2002-06-30
• Article
• by: Isabelle Daoust, Robin Coupland, Rikke Ishoey

• Topic
  • International humanitarian law
    • Weapons
      • Review of new weapons

• Topic
  • International humanitarian law
    • IHL in domestic law

T H E L A W O F A R M E D C O N F L I C T - U s e r ’ s g u i d e INTRODUCTION TO THE LAW OF ARMED CONFLICT-BASIC KNOWLEDGE ... , Switzerland T +41 22 734 60 01 F +41 22 733 20 57 E-mail: dc_com_fas.

• 2002-06-30
• Miscellaneous

Since it was first published in 1862, the book has been translated into so many languages and reprinted so many times that it is ... Since it was first published in 1862, the book has been translated ...

• 1986-12-31
• Publication
• by: Henry Dunant

• Topic
  • About the ICRC
    • History
      • Founding

• Topic
  • Red Cross Red Crescent Movement

This publication is a summary report of ... Explosive Ordnance Disposal Consultant, C King Associates Ltd., UK • Historical overview of use and human impacts Simon Conway, Director, Landmine Action, ...

• 2007-05-31
• Publication

• Topic
  • International humanitarian law
    • Weapons
      • Cluster munitions

• Topic
  • International humanitarian law
    • Weapons
      • Explosive remnants of war

Presented in two volumes, it analyzes the customary rules of IHL and contains a detailed summary of the relevant treaty law and ... In the absence of ratifications of important treaties in this area, ...

• 2006-12-31
• Publication
• by: Jean-Marie Henckaerts and Louise Doswald-Beck

• Topic
  • International humanitarian law
    • Treaties and customary law
      • Customary law

Since 2007, 42 families have received an answer and have been able ... Naya Baneshwor Kathmandu, Nepal T (00977) 1 4107285 / 4107279 F (00977) 1 4107137 E-mail kathmandu@icrc.org www.icrc.org © ICRC, ...

• 2011-08-29
• Report

• Topic
  • International humanitarian law
    • Protected persons
      • Missing persons

• Places
  • Asia and the Pacific
    • Nepal

• People
  • Missing persons

3 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS / REMERCIEMENTS / RINGRAZIAMENTI L’Istituto Internazionale di Diritto Umanitario ringrazia vivamente i Governi ... L’Institut International de Droit Humanitaire tient à remercier ...

• 2009-02-02
• Report

• Topic
  • ICRC activities
    • Building respect for IHL
      • Dialogue with weapon bearers

• Topic
  • International humanitarian law
    • Contemporary challenges for IHL
      • Multinational forces

• Topic
  • International humanitarian law
    • IHL and other legal regimes
      • IHL and human rights

• People
  • Weapon bearers

Herbert C. Kelman and Lee H. Lawrence [V. Lee Hamilton], “Assignment of responsibility in the case of Lt. ... “Availability for violence: A study of U.S. public reactions to the trial of Lt.

• 2005-03-31
• Article
• by: Herbert C. Kelman

• Topic
  • ICRC activities
    • Building respect for IHL
      • Dialogue with weapon bearers
        • Police

• People
  • Weapon bearers

‘‘[T]he personnel of private military and security companies must respect international humanitarian law and can be prosecuted if ... 17, 19 (hereinafter UK, Options for Regulation) (private military ...

• 2006-09-30
• Article
• by: Benjamin Perrin

• Topic
  • International humanitarian law
    • Contemporary challenges for IHL
      • Privatization of war

• Topic
  • International humanitarian law
    • Contemporary challenges for IHL
      • Respect for IHL

The course was opened jointly by Lt Gen Piyapol Wattanakul, deputy judge advocate general of the Royal Thai Armed Forces, ... In his remarks to the participants, Lt Gen Wattanakul said: “The objective ...

• 2009-12-17
• Field Newsletter

• Places
  • Asia and the Pacific
    • Cambodia

• Places
  • Asia and the Pacific
    • Laos

• Places
  • Asia and the Pacific
    • Thailand

• Places
  • Asia and the Pacific
    • Vietnam

30th International Conference of the Red Cross and Red Crescent, Geneva, 26 to 30 November 2007. ... 30IC_list of workshops_ENG_FINAL.doc programmeW&SE_FINAL_ENG_REV4.doc alloutlines_workshops_ENG_FINAL ...

• 2007-12-10
• Miscellaneous

• Topic
  • Red Cross Red Crescent Movement
    • International Conference
      • 30th Conference

... Geneva, 2 to 6 December 2003 Note : The present report doesn't necessarily reflect the views of the ICRC. ... Horst Fischer, Institute for International Law of Peace and Armed Conflict Lt. Col.

• 2003-12-06
• Miscellaneous

• Topic
  • Red Cross Red Crescent Movement
    • International Conference
      • 28th Conference

... Striving for the respect of the civilian population A day in the field with the ICRC Delegate in Bethlehem Interview with Lt. Abraham Rutenberg, Liaison Officer for the Israeli Civil ...

• 2005-12-31
• Field Newsletter
• Archived page

• Places
  • Middle East
    • Israel

• Places
  • Middle East
    • Palestine

I said: you are breastfeeding your own baby, aren't you? ... It is sometimes difficu lt. ... 'Mama Africa' Each time she could not find a host family, Mama Bona has opened wide the doors of the house she owns ...

• 2009-05-29
• Feature

• Topic
  • ICRC activities
    • Reuniting families

• Places
  • Africa
    • Congo-Kinshasa

• People
  • Children

20-05-1998 News Release 98/20 From 20 to 23 April a training course on rules of international humanitarian law and human rights law for Mozambique's police ... " It was a great experience " , said Lt.-Col.

• 1998-05-20
• News Release
• Archived page

• Places
  • Africa
    • Mozambique

It marked the first time that the ICRC, the Sri Lankan army medical services and the College of Surgeons of Sri Lanka came together to ... During his address, the Commander of the Sri Lankan Army, Lt-Gen.

• 2001-06-21
• News Release
• Archived page

• Places
  • Asia and the Pacific
    • Sri Lanka

David Lloyd Roberts 31-08-1997 Article, International Review of the Red Cross, No. 319, by David Lloyd Roberts Lt Colonel David ... Let us now turn to this more positive, challenging and important ...

• 1997-08-31
• Article
• by: David Lloyd Roberts

• Topic
  • ICRC activities
    • Building respect for IHL
      • Dialogue with weapon bearers

• People
  • Weapon bearers

25-06-1997 News Release 97/24 The Royal Nepalese Army has agreed to introduce international humanitarian law (IHL) as an integral part of its training programme, ... Dipta P. Shah (Retd) and Lt. Col.

• 1997-06-25
• News Release
• Archived page

• Places
  • Asia and the Pacific
    • Nepal

Relief assistance Another ICRC convoy left Ioannina on 9 April, ... A lot contains 100 kg flour, 50 kg sugar, 30 kg pasta, 30 kg rice, 25 lt oil, 50 kg beans, 5 kg salt, 2 kg tea, 10 kg detergent, ...

• 1997-04-18
• Operational Update
• Archived page

• Places
  • Europe and Central Asia
    • Albania