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Nigeria: January to June 2025 Facts and Figures

… • • • • • • • • • • • • • 2,786 surgeries for weapon-wounded patients were performed with … people with clean and safe water. The 40-bed weapon-wounded ward of the ICRC-supported … access; supporting the regulation of autonomous weapons systems; and endorsing …

Report
ICRC suppoerted malnutrition Stabilization Centre, Damaturu

Moldova: 2025 International Humanitarian Law Essay Competition for Students

… New technologies of warfare : From drones to autonomous weapon systems, artificial intelligence in …

Law and policy topic

Advanced IHL Seminar for Academics and Policymakers

… – Coffee break 11:00-12:30 – Session 11 – Autonomous Weapon Systems (AWS) 12:30-13:30: Lunch …

Event
IHL Seminar

ICRC president: "International humanitarian law only as strong as leaders’ will to uphold it"

… As conflicts escalate, so too does the weaponization of information . Wars are fought … with another deeply concerning development: autonomous weapons systems .   These weapons … should be banned under international law.  Autonomous weapons systems that function in a …

Statement
The ICRC president in the 11th HRH Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn Lecture on IHL.

Thailand: Asia-Pacific Symposium discusses IHL and new technologies of warfare

… operations , artificial intelligence (AI) , autonomous weapon systems (AWS) and military operations … in discussions on AI, cyber operations, autonomous weapons and space warfare at the …

Law and policy topic
Asia-Pacific Symposium in Thailand discusses IHL and new technologies of warfare

Luxembourg: ICRC Director-General’s visit reflects the long-standing strategic partnership with Luxembourg

… technologies in armed conflict such as autonomous weapon systems.  With the accelerating …

Law and policy topic
A group photo of eight representatives from the ICRC and Luxembourg MFA.

International Humanitarian Law Bibliography

… https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003429265 * A weapon is no subordinate : autonomous weapon systems and the scope of … https://doi.org/10.4337/mllwr.2023.02.03 * Autonomous weapon humanitarian law systems, …

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ICRC president: When the rules of war are applied selectively, they lose their protective power

… can harness cutting-edge technologies—drones, autonomous weapons, cyber tools—with far greater reach … battles fought with advanced heavy explosive weapons, we now face the rise of drone and …

Statement

Table of National Committees and other national bodies on international humanitarian law

… casualties of war (particularly victims of weapons of mass destruction) - To elaborate … General, IHL experts, members of the autonomous communities, and the Spanish Red … of the President of Ukraine to the Autonomous Republic of Crimea (by agreement), …

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Bangladesh: 16th Henry Dunant Memorial Moot Court Competition 2025 National Rounds — Call for Registration

… areas of artificial intelligence and advanced autonomous robotics. It consists of a … the West and clandestinely obtained nuclear weapons in 1978. It did so on the basis that … Upon its transfer in 2005, Cern was granted autonomous status within Manustan and Cern …

Law and policy topic
Prosecutor v Smith - IHL Moot Problem National Rounds 2025 - cover photo

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