… 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 … of chemical weapons during WWI, and against nuclear weapons after Hiroshima and Nagasaki. …
… 4 XI. Chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear (CBRN) disasters ♦♦ I nclude …
… Using the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons as a case study, the film looks at the … the Pacific, ICRC Lou Maresca, adviser in the Weapons Contamination Unit, ICRC …
… stance to contribute to a global ban on nuclear weapons by fully ratifying the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons. The Treaty comprehensively …
… and restrictions on the use of certain weapons (such as biological and chemical … containing dangerous forces (such as nuclear power plants). IHL regulates the … containing dangerous forces (such as nuclear power plants). 3 IHL regulates the …
… Geneva (ICRC-IFRC) – Seventy-four years after nuclear weapons obliterated the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the risk that nuclear weapons will again be used is growing. …
… suffering that would result from the use of a nuclear weapon. Pierre Dorbes, head of the … remove some of the perceived obstacles to nuclear disarmament. This would create an … commitments to reduce the risk of nuclear weapons use in the run-up to the 2020 …
… behaviour in environments contaminated by weapons and other efforts to assist the … in chemical, biological, radiological or nuclear events. The aim is to improve … in chemical, biological, radiological or nuclear events. The aim is to improve …
… are most likely to die or be injured. Weapons have transformed – today they are more … likelihood of indiscriminate effects. Two, on nuclear weapons. The ICRC, as part of the … for the prohibition and elimination of nuclear weapons. Our call is rooted in our …
… have secured humanitarian agreements on nuclear weapons, chemical weapons, landmines and the arms trade. These …
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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.
