IHL: a primer for House of Commons staff
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Talking about the laws of war in a peaceful Pacific
… decades both the Solomon Islands and the Autonomous Region of Bougainville have …
The challenges of new technologies in warfare
… new? - Interview with Noel Sharkey 7/9) Autonomous weapons, cyber warfare and drones - …
Majority of millennials see catastrophic war as real possibility, and believe there should be limits
… 36 percent of respondents said that autonomous drones and robots – those not …
75th anniversary of the Geneva Conventions – “The one set of rules we all agree on”
… New challenges such as cyber warfare, autonomous weapons and the use of weapons in …
Russian Federation: "The future is here, and it is not looking good to me"
… it will become possible to manufacture fully autonomous drones. In that case, there will be …
African Union: AU, ICRC, and WFP Join Forces in Exhibition Highlighting Humanitarian Action in Africa
… conflicts, including cyber operations, autonomous weapons systems, and the role of …
Like in physical war, trust and truth will be the first victims in digital frontier
… such as cyber-attacks, armed drones, and autonomous weapons systems, each raising new …
Third report on the EU guidelines on promoting compliance with IHL
… the Group of Governmental Experts on Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems, the Anti-Personnel … which seeks to create a world where weapon bearers, political authorities and … reporting period. These consisted of 25 EU autonomous sanctions regimes, in addition to …
Contemporary Challenges to Humanitarian Action, 7th Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn Lecture on International Humanitarian Law
… means of warfare – such as cyber warfare and autonomous weapons - have become subject of … and to do so in a timely manner. Turning to autonomous weapon systems, capable of searching for, …
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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.
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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.
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Customary international humanitarian law consists of rules that come from "a general practice accepted as law" and that exist independent of treaty law.