… justify using inhumane or indiscriminate weapons. This recognition – based on the … the catastrophic humanitarian consequences of nuclear weapons , nuclear disarmament continues to be an urgent …
… farming, industry and tourism. More than 315 nuclear test explosions were concluded in the … of traditional lands attributable to nuclear testing. Further, the Pacific is also … a driving force behind the banning of nuclear weapons. No fewer than eight countries in the …
… The South Pacific Nuclear Free Zone Treaty (Rarotonga Treaty) and the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) share a common objective: …
… to highlight the humanitarian consequences of weapons. Mitigating and preventing the adverse … framework is most urgent, it is that of nuclear weapons . There are currently over 13,000 nuclear weapons in the world; a number which, …
… of the States Parties to the Treaty of Nuclear Weapons in Vienna (Austria) from 21 to 23 June … who has been advocating for abolition of nuclear weapons. Along with Keita, another …
… as the humanitarian consequences of certain weapons. For example, on the impact of drone … The humanitarian consequences of nuclear weapons, the call for nuclear disarmament and the relevance of these …
… The African Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone Treaty (Pelindaba … Treaty) and the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) share a common objective: …
… The Treaty on a Nuclear Weapon-Free Zone in Central Asia … Treaty) and the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) share a common objective: …
… The Treaty on the Southeast Asia Nuclear Weapon-Free Zone (SEANWFZ or Bangkok … Treaty) and the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) share a common objective: …
… time, there was a one-day public session on nuclear issues, a session which included the … the first time, a one-day public session on nuclear issues was offered. Subjects that were … and health effects related to nuclear weapons, civil movements for eliminating …
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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.
