IHL: a primer for House of Commons staff
… in the hostilities and restricts the types of weapons deployed and the way they are used. … of cultural property, urban conflict and autonomous weapons as well as public international law …
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Majority of millennials see catastrophic war as real possibility, and believe there should be limits
… 84 percent believe the use of nuclear weapons is never acceptable, 54 percent … said it's never acceptable to use nuclear weapons; 96 percent said it's never acceptable … conflict, 36 percent of respondents said that autonomous drones and robots – those not …
Millennials think World War Three is likely in their lifetime
… all ages as well as millennials believe that autonomous weapons and drones – those not controlled by … millennials (23 per cent) believe that if autonomous weapons and drones replace human …
International conference opening: ICRC president address
… actors in contemporary battlefields; The weaponization of humanitarian data in the … threats to humanitarian space, unrestrained weapons flow, violence, crime, inequality, … as creating new ways to fight, for example autonomous weapon systems and other remote …
Reflections on 70 Years of the Geneva Conventions and the Challenges Ahead
… of Peace and Conflict Studies titled 'Autonomous Weapons and the Ethics of Human … discussed a range of global issues concerning autonomous weapons from a legal, ethical and …
2019 ICRC report on IHL and the challenges of contemporary armed conflicts
… effects of hostilities; the use of explosive weapons in populated areas , and the … Cyber operations during armed conflict; autonomous weapon systems ; artificial … Cyber operations during armed conflict; autonomous weapon systems ; artificial …
Rules for the ages? London debate sets out challenges facing IHL
… with the advent of new technology such as autonomous weapons . For the ICRC, a weapon system that is able to make a …
States must address concerns raised by autonomous weapons
… on the Use of Certain Conventional Weapons which may be Deemed to be Excessively … of Governmental Experts (GGE) on "Lethal Autonomous Weapon Systems" to address the … approach to the issues raised by autonomous weapon systems. The ICRC's primary …
Humanitarian emergencies, international humanitarian law and security risk management in the Asia Pacific
… purposes, such as artificial intelligence in autonomous weapon systems and cyber warfare. Let me add …
Military needs can never justify using inhumane or indiscriminate weapons
… means and methods of warfare and of weapons of a nature to cause unnecessary … existing law. The ICRC's concern with autonomous weapon systems is loss of human … set limits to the development and use of autonomous weapon systems. After all, it is …
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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.