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… The 'Explosive Weapons with Wide Area Effects: A Deadly … to prevent or mitigate the impact of these weapons and better protect the civilian … of chemical, biological, radiological or nuclear (CBRN) contamination as a result of …
… ‘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 …
… the fighting in or near the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant. It is encouraging that a … and last many years. In the event of a nuclear leak, it will be difficult if not … and militaries to act. We don’t have weapons. We are not politicians. In the case …
… believes that the use of toxic chemicals as weapons for law enforcement purposes should be … agents are defined in the 1993 Chemical Weapons Convention as “[a]ny chemical not … and use of other toxic chemicals as weapons – such as the highly potent …
… after extending it to cover all non-directed weapons. The Conference voted the following … 1925, noting that the use of non-directed weapons which cannot be aimed with precision … to prohibit absolutely all recourse to such weapons and to the use of atomic energy or any …
… the effects of the use of explosive weapons in populated areas in light of the … reflect the International Court of Justice Nuclear Weapons Advisory Opinion, which held … areas 16 Legality of the Threat or Use of Nuclear Weapons, Advisory Opinion, I.C.J. …
… Social and Humanitarian Impact of Autonomous Weapons, San José, Costa Rica, 23–24 February … conflict. The unconstrained use of autonomous weapons risks the loss of control over the use … such as the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons and the Arms Trade Treaty. You …
… Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons, the International Red Cross and Red … prohibit the use of and completely eliminate nuclear weapons, in accordance with their …
… Too often, explosive weapons that have wide-area effects are used … Chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear High explosive fragmentation CCIP HEP … weapons27 have been likened to mini-nuclear devices or referred to as vacuum bombs …
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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.
