… for the prohibition and elimination of nuclear weapons since 1945, when they witnessed … 2. The Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) is recognized as the …
… of the States Parties to the Chemical Weapons Convention 29 November–3 December … the complete elimination of declared chemical weapons . Over 98% of declared stockpiles have … to chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear agents. This includes efforts to …
… of the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons (CCW) , to be held from 13 to 17 … of Justice, Legality of the Threat or Use of Nuclear Weapons (advisory opinion), … conventional weapons (all weapons other than nuclear, biological and chemical weapons). …
… issues of concern, from the rise in global nuclear tensions to the events unfolding in … "International humanitarian law (IHL): The nuclear ban treaty". For the first theme, … on the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW), a topic of major interest to …
… justify using inhumane or indiscriminate weapons. This recognition – based on the … the catastrophic humanitarian consequences of nuclear weapons , nuclear disarmament continues to be an urgent …
… 14:00 Session 2: Giving effect to the ban on nuclear weapons Taking stock of the adoption and … of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons 10:15 11:15 12:15 13:15 14:15 …
… Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons, 28 September 2021. Mr President of … Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons. This day is a reminder of the …
… and land. It had come from the testing of a nuclear weapon. This scene was not a singular … event for the region. For over 12 years nuclear testing was carried out in the … Cross Society. This is the reality of nuclear weapons, and nuclear testing. Today is the …
… ratifies the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons The ICRC reminded governments in the … ratified the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons. The regional delegation …
… of Justice, Legality of the Use by a State of Nuclear Weapons in Armed Conflict, Advisory Opinion, …
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Created in 1863, the ICRC library, alongside the ICRC archives, provides an indispensable documentary reference on the organization itself and international humanitarian law.
International humanitarian law is based on a number of treaties, in particular the Geneva Conventions of 1949 and their Additional Protocols, and a series of other instruments.
Customary international humanitarian law consists of rules that come from "a general practice accepted as law" and that exist independent of treaty law.
