Remembering Hiroshima and Nagasaki
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Memories of Hiroshima and Nagasaki urge us to eliminate nuclear weapons
… among them are due to cancer. Yet the two nuclear bombs which caused such untold human … to most of the bombs in the arsenals of nuclear-armed States today. What more … ensure the complete elimination of nuclear weapons? Before it is too late. The horror …
Japan: 70 years later, new fatal illnesses linked to nuclear bomb
… 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 …
Seventy years after Hiroshima and Nagasaki: Reflections on the consequences of nuclear detonation
… opportunity to reflect on the human cost of nuclear weapons, the subject of an upcoming edition of … Maurer and Konoe reflect on the human cost of nuclear weapons and present the perspective of …
70 Years on Red Cross Hospitals still treat Thousands of Atomic Bomb Survivors
… Long-term Health Consequences of Nuclear Weapons Prepared by the International … the long-term health effects of exposure to nuclear radiation. The Japanese Red Cross …
Contemporary Challenges to Humanitarian Action, 7th Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn Lecture on International Humanitarian Law
… compliance with IHL, the challenges of modern weapons, the humanitarian consequences of … respective responsibilities when they export weapons or train armed groups. In parallel, … electricity networks, dams, and chemical or nuclear plants are technically possible. Such …
ICRC archives to be opened, 1966-1975
… of experts on the use of such conventional weapons as may cause unnecessary suffering or … : ''The outlawing of biological, chemical and nuclear weapons'' 26.04.1971-27.08.1974 B AG … : ''The outlawing of biological, chemical and nuclear weapons", Akers Runö, (Suède), 26-27 …
Key conference on curbing spread of nuclear weapons ends in failure
… to review progress on curbing the spread of nuclear weapons and nuclear disarmament has ended in failure. The …
Extraterritorial targeting by means of armed drones: Some legal implications
… aerial vehicle is also in common use. Second, weapons with autonomy in the “critical … legal and other issues related to autonomous weapons see ICRC, Autonomous Weapon Systems: … See ICJ, Legality of the Threat or Use of Nuclear Weapons, Advisory Opinion, ICJ Reports …
Eliminating nuclear weapons
… to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, 27 April to 22 May 2015, Statement of … to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT). We speak as the …
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