… The Use of Weapons in Modern Conflicts: Humanitarian … mines, unexploded and cluster munitions, and nuclear arms. The participants spoke of the … family) was born without arms, a result of nuclear testing near his home in Kazakhstan. …
… are afoot in the international debate about nuclear weapons . For decades, the discussion about … humanitarian consequences" of any use of nuclear weapons. This recognition was first …
… The Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) is the first international … binding instrument aimed at prohibiting nuclear weapons and mitigating their …
… controls on the availability of conventional weapons. In addition to prolonging armed … of conventional weapons, the threat of nuclear weapons remains a serious concern in … Movement appealed to States to ensure that nuclear weapons were never used again and to …
… abolish all use of, and completely eliminate, weapons of mass destruction; in law, and in … we still do not have an adequate legal ban: nuclear weapons. The International Red Cross … Movement has long been concerned about nuclear weapons. ICRC delegates witnessed the …
… Parties to the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW), alongside representatives of … centre of all debates and decision-making on nuclear disarmament. Let me highlight why the …
… banned the use of chemical and biological weapons after the First World War and … be ignored or eroded. Chemical and biological weapons and international humanitarian law … Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear Response: Introductory Guidance Latest …
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… or limitations on the employment of certain weapons, means and methods of warfare. States … are required to review the legality of new weapons, means and methods of warfare before … •• •• the 2017 Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons; the 2008 Convention on …
… that would be visited upon all humankind by a nuclear war. Today, the NPT remains a cornerstone of nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation … be missed. The continued existence of nuclear weapons is one of the biggest threats for …
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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.
