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... Biological Weapons Convention and Chemical Weapons Convention Biological weapons: ICRC appeals to States, ... 36 Customary law Poison and poisoned weapons Biological weapons Chemical weapons Reference ...

• 2010-03-23
• Section

• Topic
  • International humanitarian law
    • Weapons
      • Chemical and biological weapons

3. ICRC's position on nuclear, biological and chemical weapons 1. Current international law Use of nuclear weapons Today there is ... Use of biological and chemical weapons According to customary ...

• 2003-03-04
• Miscellaneous

• Topic
  • International humanitarian law
    • Weapons
      • Chemical and biological weapons

• Topic
  • International humanitarian law
    • Weapons
      • Nuclear weapons

... Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), the body mandated with overseeing the Convention's implementation. ... to the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) on the occasion of the ...

• 2003-04-29
• Statement
• Archived page

• Topic
  • ICRC activities
    • Humanitarian diplomacy and communication

• Topic
  • International humanitarian law
    • Weapons
      • Chemical and biological weapons

... Parties to Review the Operation of the Chemical Weapons Convention (First Review Conference) The Hague 28 April - 9 May 2003 Statement of ... The very raison d’être of the Chemical Weapons Convention ...

• 2003-06-30
• Article

• Topic
  • International humanitarian law
    • Weapons
      • Chemical and biological weapons

... during the International seminar on the Biological and Chemical Weapons Threat, on the occasion of the 80th anniversary of the 1925 Geneva Protocol ... and Chemical Weapons Threat, on the occasion ...

• 2005-06-10
• Statement

• Topic
  • International humanitarian law
    • Weapons
      • Chemical and biological weapons

With the adoption of the 1972 Biological Weapons Convention and the 1993 Chemical Weapons Convention, ... use of biological or chemical weapons either in armed conflict or as a means to spread terror ...

• 2006-12-11
• Statement

• Topic
  • International humanitarian law
    • Weapons
      • Chemical and biological weapons

• Topic
  • International humanitarian law
    • IHL in domestic law

The Convention on the prohibition of the development, production, stockpiling and use of chemical weapons and on their destruction ... and use of chemical weapons and on their destruction of 13 ...

• 1997-04-30
• Article
• by: Peter Herby

• Topic
  • International humanitarian law
    • Treaties and customary law

• Topic
  • International humanitarian law
    • Weapons
      • Chemical and biological weapons

... Convention on the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (CWC), the ultimate goal of which is to rid mankind of an abhorrent weapon that ... In relation to chemical weapons, it is worth recalling that in ...

• 2003-10-20
• Statement
• Archived page

• Topic
  • International humanitarian law
    • Weapons
      • Chemical and biological weapons

... victims of use of nuclear, radiological, biological and chemical weapons: time for a reality check? ... nuclear, radiological, biological and chemical weapons: time for a reality check?

• 2009-06-30
• Article
• by: Robin Coupland and Dominique Loye

• Topic
  • International humanitarian law
    • Weapons
      • Chemical and biological weapons

• Topic
  • International humanitarian law
    • Weapons
      • Nuclear weapons

It is uncertain who will assist the victims of use of nuclear, radiological, biological or chemical weapons if an international ... of nuclear, radiological, biological and chemical weapons.

• 2007-06-30
• Article
• by: Dominique Loye, Robin Coupland

• Topic
  • International humanitarian law
    • Weapons
      • Chemical and biological weapons

• Topic
  • International humanitarian law
    • Weapons
      • Nuclear weapons

... INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN LAW __ 1993 Chemical Weapons Convention The Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, ... completely the possibility of the use of chemical weapons.

• 2003-01-31
• Legal Fact Sheet

• Topic
  • International humanitarian law
    • Weapons
      • Chemical and biological weapons

• Topic
  • International humanitarian law
    • IHL in domestic law

The 1993 Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) was a similar legal development, extending the prohibition on use in the 1925 Protocol ... the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), based in The Hague.

• 2010-10-29
• Overview

• Topic
  • International humanitarian law
    • Weapons
      • Chemical and biological weapons

Following the widespread use of chemical weapons in the First World War the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), ... of the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) and the establishment in ...

• 1997-05-06
• Statement
• Archived page

• Topic
  • International humanitarian law
    • Weapons
      • Chemical and biological weapons

The ICRC urges the First Chemical Weapons Convention Review Conference to consider the implications of new scientific and ... 01-05-2003 News Release 03/45 The ICRC urges the First Chemical Weapons ...

• 2003-05-01
• News Release
• Archived page

• Topic
  • International humanitarian law
    • Weapons
      • Chemical and biological weapons

... in the successful effort to avert the use of chemical and biological weapons. ... two treaties it gave birth to: the Chemical Weapons Convention and the Biological Weapons Convention.

• 2005-06-10
• News Release
• Archived page

• Topic
  • International humanitarian law
    • Weapons
      • Chemical and biological weapons

Worried about the never-ending race for more powerful chemical weapons and the alarming prospect of their use against the civilian ... Bombing raids using chemical weapons, normally combined with ...

• 1998-03-31
• Article
• by: Rainer Baudendistel

• Topic
  • About the ICRC
    • History
      • 1918-1939

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

• Topic
  • International humanitarian law
    • Weapons
      • Chemical and biological weapons

• Places
  • Africa
    • Ethiopia

07-05-1997 News Release 97/17 The first Conference of States party to the Chemical Weapons Convention opened in The Hague on ... Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), an agency with some 500 staff, ...

• 1997-05-07
• News Release
• Archived page

• Topic
  • International humanitarian law
    • Weapons
      • Chemical and biological weapons

... the existence of nuclear weapons and, for the last two decades, on biological and chemical weapons. ... Declaration IV,3 of 1899 and chemical and biological weapons in the Geneva Protocol of 1925.

• 1994-04-30
• Article

• Topic
  • ICRC activities
    • Humanitarian diplomacy and communication
      • United Nations

• Topic
  • International humanitarian law
    • Weapons
      • Conventional weapons

... Convention could indicate that legal advisers should give guidance on matters relating to the use of weapons. ... in the use of weapons in accordance with humanitarian law at cadet academies and in ...

• 1994-04-30
• Article

• Topic
  • ICRC activities
    • Humanitarian diplomacy and communication
      • United Nations

• Topic
  • International humanitarian law
    • Weapons
      • Conventional weapons

... on the use of weapons are more difficult to control than their total ... by battery, or by acids or other chemicals, as well as a discussion on the advantages and disadvantages of each type.

• 1994-04-30
• Article

• Topic
  • ICRC activities
    • Humanitarian diplomacy and communication
      • United Nations

• Topic
  • International humanitarian law
    • Weapons
      • Conventional weapons

... Review of New Weapons, Means and Methods of Warfare: Measures to ... specific weapons such as biological and chemical weapons, incendiary weapons, blinding laser weapons and landmines, among others.

• 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

Biotechnology, weapons and humanity - Biotechnologie, armes et humanité 31-12-2002 Article, International Review of the Red Cross, ... They could facilitate the use of biological weapons either in ...

• 2002-12-31
• Article

• Topic
  • International humanitarian law
    • Weapons
      • Chemical and biological weapons

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

... Movement position on Biotechnology, Weapons and humanity Conclusion Resolution Reference documents Executive summary The extraordinary ... Biological Weapons Convention underscores the inadequacy of ...

• 2003-06-30
• Miscellaneous

• Topic
  • International humanitarian law
    • Weapons
      • Chemical and biological weapons

• Topic
  • Red Cross Red Crescent Movement
    • Council of delegates
      • 2003

... Conventional Weapons which May be Deemed to be Excessively Injurious or to ... has the potential to undermine ancient and modern prohibitions against the use of biological and chemical weapons.

• 2004-11-01
• Statement

• Topic
  • ICRC activities
    • Humanitarian diplomacy and communication
      • United Nations
        • General Assembly
          • 59th General Assembly

• Topic
  • International humanitarian law
    • Weapons
      • Chemical and biological weapons

• Topic
  • International humanitarian law
    • Weapons
      • Conventional weapons

... the Movement to addressing a range of weapons issues on the basis of international humanitarian law. Weapons also constituted one of the four pillars of the Agenda for Humanitarian Action adopted ...

• 2005-11-16
• Statement

• Topic
  • International humanitarian law
    • Weapons
      • Chemical and biological weapons