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When developing or acquiring new weapons, States should determine whether they comply with these rules. Current advances in new technologies mean that it continues to be vitally important to assess the ...

• 2010-03-23
• Section

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

Kathleen Lawand Reviewing the legality of new weapons, means and methods of warfare 31-12-2006 Article, ... the legality of new weapons, means and methods of warfare Kathleen Lawand* Parties to an ...

• 2006-12-31
• Article
• by: Kathleen Lawand

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

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

• Topic
  • International humanitarian law
    • IHL in domestic law

Geneva (ICRC) – New weapon technologies in modern warfare, their humanitarian impact and their regulation under international ... 07-09-2011 News Release 11/184 Geneva (ICRC) – New weapon technologies ...

• 2011-09-07
• News Release

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

• Places
  • Europe and Central Asia
    • Italy

• People
  • Weapon bearers

This Guide aims to assist States in establishing or improving procedures to determine the legality of new weapons, ... review of the new weapons, means and methods of warfare : measures to implement ...

• 2007-07-27
• Publication

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

• Topic
  • International humanitarian law
    • IHL in domestic law

When developing or acquiring new weapons, States should determine whether they comply with these rules. Current advances in new technologies mean that it continues to be vitally important to assess the ...

• 2010-10-29
• Overview

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

... exercise care not to violate standards in international humanitarian law in the development of new weapons. ... [32 ] However, most governments were reluctant to negotiate a treaty on a new weapon and ...

• 1996-06-30
• Article
• by: Louise Doswald-Beck

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

Louis Maresca A new protocol on explosive remnants of war: The history and negotiation of Protocol V to the 1980 Convention on ... issues and comments A new protocol on explosive remnants of war: ...

• 2004-12-31
• Article
• by: Louis Maresca

• Topic
  • ICRC activities
    • Mine action

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

13-10-1995 News Release 95/50 Vienna/Geneva (ICRC) - The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) deeply regrets that the ... The ICRC does, however, welcome the adoption today of a new, ...

• 1995-10-13
• News Release
• Archived page

• Topic
  • ICRC activities
    • Mine action

... The panels of this conference have touched upon a myriad of new technologies, ranging from energy weapons, to drones, robots, satellite technology and space ... new technologies under discussion ...

• 2011-09-13
• Statement

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

• Topic
  • International humanitarian law
    • Conduct of hostilities
      • Information warfare

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

ICRC Geneva, January 2006 A Guide to the Legal Review of New Weapons, Means and Methods of Warfare: Measures to Implement Article ... Review of New Weapons, Means and Methods of Warfare Volume 88 ...

• 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

XXXIV round table on current issues of international humanitarian law. ... International humanitarian law and new weapon technologies Keynote address by Jakob Kellenberger, president of the ICRC Further ...

• 2011-08-30
• Event

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

• Topic
  • International humanitarian law
    • Conduct of hostilities
      • Information warfare

• Places
  • Europe and Central Asia
    • Italy

... on the effects of weapons with the ICRC Chief Medical Officer. ... This principle, as it applies to new weapons, is enshrined in Article 36 of Protocol I additional to the Geneva Conventions of ...

• 1999-09-30
• Article
• by: Robin Coupland, Peter Herby

• Topic
  • International humanitarian law
    • Weapons
      • Cluster munitions

• Topic
  • International humanitarian law
    • Weapons
      • Small arms availability

New Weapons 30-11-2001 Legal Fact Sheet Fact sheet on the obligation of States to assess the legality of new means and methods of ... LAW __ New Weapons International humanitarian law is a set of ...

• 2001-11-30
• Legal Fact Sheet

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

• Topic
  • International humanitarian law
    • IHL in domestic law

Isabelle Daoust, Robin Coupland, Rikke Ishoey New wars,new weapons? ... Abstract Given the rapid development of weapons technology, new weapons must be ... a new weapon or means or method of warfare ...

• 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

... the ICRC closely monitors the potential impact of new weapons from a humanitarian viewpoint and promotes dialogue on this issue between scientists ... whether new weapons or methods of warfare meet ...

• 2009-12-11
• News Release
• Archived page

• Topic
  • International humanitarian law
    • Weapons

• Places
  • Europe and Central Asia
    • Russia

... an international mechanism to review new weapons but no agreement could be found on such a mechanism. ... and to permit to easily add new Protocols to limit or restrict the use of new weapons.

• 2006-06-16
• Statement

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

... Your Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, New technologies and new weapons have revolutionised warfare since time immemorial. ... of a new weapon or method of warfare, states parties are under ...

• 2011-09-08
• Statement

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

• Topic
  • International humanitarian law
    • Conduct of hostilities
      • Information warfare

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

... today of a new legally binding humanitarian law instrument which ... The prohibition, in advance, of the use of an abhorrent new weapon the production and proliferation of which appeared imminent is ...

• 1995-10-13
• Miscellaneous
• Archived page

• Topic
  • ICRC activities
    • Mine action

• Topic
  • International humanitarian law
    • Weapons
      • Conventional weapons

08-02-2001 News Release 01/05 The ICRC has held a meeting of experts to discuss the means used to wage war. ... " Only a limited number of States worldwide have procedures for ensuring that the weapons they ...

• 2001-02-08
• News Release
• Archived page

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

The ICRC has proposed that States Parties consider the adoption of a new protocol to the CCW which could significantly reduce the ... adoption of a new protocol to the CCW which could significantly ...

• 2001-12-03
• Miscellaneous
• Archived page

• Topic
  • International humanitarian law
    • Weapons
      • Conventional weapons

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

... of further Protocols to specifically regulate, or prohibit where appropriate, the use of new weapons. ... States Parties to review new developments in weaponry: "In the study, development, ...

• 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

The question of the lawfulness of the use of nuclear weapons and that of ... But above all, these tragedies propelled the world into a new era: humanity had acquired the means to bring about its own ...

• 2005-09-30
• Article
• by: François Bugnion

• Topic
  • About the ICRC
    • History
      • Since 1945

• Topic
  • International humanitarian law
    • Weapons
      • Nuclear weapons

One of the Convention's important features is that it can be expanded in response to the development of new weapons or changes in ... States Parties subsequently adopted new protocols in 1995 ...

• 2004-03-31
• Legal Fact Sheet

• Topic
  • International humanitarian law
    • Weapons
      • Anti-personnel landmines

• Topic
  • International humanitarian law
    • Weapons
      • Conventional weapons

• Topic
  • International humanitarian law
    • IHL in domestic law

Protocol I (which prohibits weapons injuring by means of fragments ... the 1949 Geneva Conventions, of new weapons, means or methods of warfare to ensure that they are in conformity with the rules of ...

• 2001-12-21
• Miscellaneous
• Archived page

• Topic
  • International humanitarian law
    • Weapons
      • Conventional weapons

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