… Five questions on chemical weapons with Johnny Nehme, a chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear expert at the ICRC: 1. In your view, why are chemical weapons banned? Their indiscriminate nature. …
… and ethical issues raised by autonomous weapons systems, the ICRC convened a … The recent Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, adopted in July 2017 by a … of 122 States, recognizes that the use of nuclear weapons would be “abhorrent to the …
… of the States Parties to the Chemical Weapons Convention, 30 November – 4 December … for the third successive year, chemical weapons have been used in armed conflict. The … of chemical, biological, radiological, or nuclear weapons still stands. States and the …
… of chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear hazards, also known as CBRN. It … IHL provisions related to the use of weapons. Dissemination sessions as stand-alone …
… The Treaty for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America and the Caribbean (or … and the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) share a common …
… of Bacteriological (Biological) and Toxin Weapons and on their Destruction, 8-12 August … assistance for victims of use of nuclear, radiological, biological and chemical … (2007) Who will assist the victims of use of nuclear, radiological, biological or chemical …
… 22-10-2019 Geneva (ICRC) – A nuclear bomb hasn’t been detonated in war in … and people should care about the menace nuclear weapons pose,” said Enrique Mestre, lead for …
… IMAGES COULD BE DISTRESSING. Many of today's nuclear bombs are ten times more powerful than … of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons failed to agree a move forward towards …
… opportunity to reflect on the human cost of nuclear weapons, the subject of an upcoming edition of … and Konoe reflect on the human cost of nuclear weapons and present the perspective of …
… to join the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW). The TPNW and the Pelindaba Treaty express the prohibition of nuclear weapons on the African continent while …
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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.
