THE TREATY ON THE PROHIBITION OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS AND THE TREATY OF TLATELOLCO
… The Treaty for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America and the Caribbean (or … and the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) share a common …
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Japan: 70 years later, new fatal illnesses linked to nuclear bomb
… IMAGES COULD BE DISTRESSING. Many of today's nuclear bombs are ten times more powerful than … of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons failed to agree a move forward towards …
What is the ICRC doing to reduce the effects of weapon contamination?
… of chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear hazards, also known as CBRN. It … promotes IHL provisions related to the use of weapons. Dissemination sessions as stand-alone …
Conference of the States Parties to the Chemical Weapons Convention, 2015
… of the States Parties to the Chemical Weapons Convention, 30 November – 4 December … that, for the third successive year, chemical weapons have been used in armed conflict. The … use of chemical, biological, radiological, or nuclear weapons still stands. States and the …
Ethics and autonomous weapon systems: An ethical basis for human control?
… legal and ethical issues raised by autonomous weapons systems, the ICRC convened a … The recent Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, adopted in July 2017 by a … of 122 States, recognizes that the use of nuclear weapons would be “abhorrent to the …
Regulating autonomous weapons: “The Caribbean States have an important role to play”
… Conference on The Human Impacts of Autonomous Weapons, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago … Conference: The Human Impacts of Autonomous Weapons. The International Committee of the … but a few examples such as when it comes to nuclear, chemical and biological weapons, …
An effective killer: Five things you need to know about chemical weapons
… Five questions on chemical weapons with Johnny Nehme, a chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear expert at the ICRC: 1. In your view, why are chemical weapons banned? Their indiscriminate nature. …
ICRC: Is the world ready to face a nuclear war? No. So let’s ban the bomb
… Geneva (ICRC-IFRC) – Seventy-four years after nuclear weapons obliterated the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the risk that nuclear weapons will again be used is growing. …
IHL session in Viet Nam: Experts tackle tough questions on cyber warfare and autonomous weapons
… the context of cyber warfare and autonomous weapons, is IHL still relevant? Or, is it too … such as the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons of 2017. They focussed on two new …
Autonomous weapon systems technical, military, legal and humanitarian aspects
… ‘autonomous weapon systems’ were defined as weapons that can independently select and … on the Legality of the Threat or Use of Nuclear Weapons, the International Court of … I. 105 ICJ, Legality of the Threat or Use of Nuclear Weapons, Advisory Opinion, ICJ Reports …
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