ICRC Statement to 75th Session of UN General Assembly, Sixth Committee
… ratified the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons thus achieving the requisite number of …
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“It’s time to elevate the laws of war to a political priority”
… declaration to limit the use of explosive weapons in populated areas. Over this short … conflict almost as if they were inevitable. Nuclear weapons continue to threaten all of … we also know that the impacts of any use of nuclear weapons would be widespread and cause …
International Humanitarian Law Bibliography
… essential services from the use of explosive weapons in populated areas : ICRC … Russian military commanders must disobey a nuclear launch order against Ukraine … Russian military commanders must disobey a nuclear launch order against Ukraine …
Relevant and practical: The Additional Protocols at 40
… organized, well-equipped armies with superior weapons and so turned to leaders such as Mao … due to the irreconcilable differences on nuclear weapons. In addition, Hague Law … in the thick of Cold War polarization, amid nuclear-level anxiety, and at a table where …
The UN General Assembly must focus on the most vulnerable people caught in conflict
… ceremony of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons. "The choice to 'focus on people' is …
EVENT: Outer Space Military Operations: How to Safeguard Essential Civilian Services?
… surveillance and communications, as well as weapons platform targeting and guidance. This … the placement in orbit of objects carrying nuclear weapons or other weapons of mass … of Justice, Legality of the Threat or Use of Nuclear Weapons, Advisory Opinion, 8 July …
Constraints under International Law on Military Operations in Outer Space during Armed Conflicts
… cost for civilians on earth of the use of weapons and other military operations in, or … • The placement in orbit of objects carrying nuclear weapons or other weapons of mass … of Justice, Legality of the Threat or Use of Nuclear Weapons, Advisory Opinion, 8 July …
Topics, debates and disarmament
… and the environment, and regulations on weapons use, including bans on biological, … of weapons. Video Let's decide the future of nuclear weapons before they decide ours. Is the world ready to face a nuclear war? No. So let’s ban the bomb. …
Malaysia: IHL conference commemorates 150 years of the first Geneva Convention
… medical units and the humanitarian impact of nuclear weapons. Participants at the first of two …
150 years of humanitarian action
… The Korean War is fought under the shadow of nuclear weapons at the start of the Cold War. ICRC …
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