… to the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, adopted in 2017; and nine to the Arms … modern warfare, with an emphasis on cyber and autonomous weapons, private military and security …
… in relation to: increasing autonomy of weapon systems and other unmanned systems; new … surveillance or targeting. For the ICRC, autonomous weapon systems – weapon systems … (CCW) Group of Governmental Experts on Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems, Geneva, 25–29 …
… to those that may exist with regard to weapons proliferation or the proliferation of … are becoming connected to some degree. In autonomous cars, software will be doing what … (i.e. worms) – may be designed to operate autonomously and to replicate themselves. …
… applying highest standards of precaution in weapons transfers; By setting up clear … to avoid and negotiating directly with weapons bearers. Connectivity has strengthened … can themselves approach authorities in a more autonomous way. Additionally, the ICRC is …
… always be by public servants and abuses by weapon bearers operating migration. As a … circles, a team was set up at the National Autonomous University of Mexico to take part …
… of chains of command and an unchecked flow of weapons. As the trend towards allied and … the ICRC has observed the suffering caused by weapons and certain tactics of warfare and has … in cyberspace, and new ways to fight, such as autonomous weapons systems and remote …
… or prohibition of specific types of weapons and methods of warfare. For IHL rules … casualties of war (particularly victims of weapons of mass destruction). The national IHL … National human rights institutions have an autonomous and independent status not only …
… harm mitigation, and advises governments and weapon bearers on civilian protection during … 11–23. Laurent Gisel, "The use of explosive weapons in densely populated areas and the … Jeroen Van den Boogaard, "Proportionality and autonomous weapons systems", Journal of …
… to adopt a human-centred approach to Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems (LAWS) and AI-powered military … followed by a joint AALCO-ICRC seminar on 'Autonomous Weapon Systems, Artificial …
… among the authorities, armed forces and other weapon bearers. It works with and supports the … well as essential hospital support services. Weapon wounded patients or other trauma cases … the CPA, from 2005-2011, South Sudan was an autonomous region within Sudan. South Sudan 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.
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.
