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… the effects of the use of explosive weapons in populated areas in light of the … such as cyber warfare or the growing use of autonomous weapons in combat situations, elicit debates …
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… new war-fighting domain. Remote controlled weapons systems such as drones are … by the parties to armed conflicts. Automated weapons systems are also on the rise, and certain autonomous systems such as combat robots are …
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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.
