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Meeting of States on strengthening compliance with international humanitarian law

… Munitions (CCM); Art. 8(19) of the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC); Art. 13(3)(a) of the … binding the Movement;  The distinct35 and autonomous36 character of the Meeting of … binding the Movement - The distinct and autonomous character of the two bodies b) In …

News release

Strengthening compliance with IHL, Fourth Meeting of all States, 23-24 April 2015

… Munitions (CCM); Art. 8(19) of the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC); Art. 13(3)(a) of the … binding the Movement;  The distinct35 and autonomous36 character of the Meeting of … binding the Movement - The distinct and autonomous character of the two bodies b) In …

Law and policy topic

A licence to kill for autonomous weapons?

Autonomous weapons are an emotive subject, with the … the legal and ethical issues that these weapons pose. …

Video

Autonomous weapon systems: Is it morally acceptable for a machine to make life and death decisions?

… Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons (CCW),  Meeting of Experts on Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems (LAWS), 13 - 17 … this second CCW Meeting of Experts on "Lethal Autonomous Weapon Systems". The CCW, which is …

Statement

Mexico: Challenges to international humanitarian law and humanitarian action

… mandate to work on the humanitarian impact of weapons, always following the rule that all … means of warfare – such as cyber warfare and autonomous weapons - have become subject of … and to do so in a timely manner. Turning to autonomous weapon systems, capable of …

Law and policy topic

New Report - Domestic Normative Frameworks for the Protection of Health Care

… example, carrying or using light individual weapons for self-defence or to defend the … marked with the emblem to carry or hide weapons or soldiers. In Belgium, for example, … Management Agency (NADIMA).232 This is a semi-autonomous body with representatives from …

Report

Belarus: ICRC brings together 14 countries to discuss international humanitarian law

… conflict and the IHL implications of various weapons (cyber warfare, autonomous weapons systems, etc.). Speakers … and the Law of War (Brussels). 14.40 – 15.00 AUTONOMOUS WEAPONS SYSTEMS UNDER INTERNATIONAL …

Event

Strengthening Compliance with IHL – Preparatory discussion, 1-2 December 2014

… on the Use of Certain Conventional Weapons which may be deemed to be Excessively … Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) - The Assembly of States … stressed by some that the distinct and autonomous character of the Meeting of States …

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Meeting of States Parties to the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons

… to the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons, Statement of the ICRC, Geneva, … work on this issue. The discussions on autonomous weapons systems have demonstrated … report of the ICRC's own Expert Meeting on Autonomous Weapon Systems has now been …

Statement

Autonomous weapon systems - Q & A

… the use of force. Technological advances in weaponry mean that decisions about the use of … humanitarian law can be guaranteed. How could autonomous weapon systems, operating … . (Read the Expert meeting report ) What are autonomous weapons? Autonomous weapon systems …

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ICRC library

Created in 1863, the ICRC library, alongside the ICRC archives, provides an indispensable documentary reference on the organization itself and international humanitarian law.

IHL treaties

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 IHL

Customary international humanitarian law consists of rules that come from "a general practice accepted as law" and that exist independent of treaty law.