… 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 …
… resources: Factsheets on different kinds of weapons Main issues for discussion - The basic … Protocol I - Prohibited or restricted use of weapons o Explosive bullets, dumdum bullets, … bacteriological and biological weapons, and nuclear weapons o New means and methods, …
… Kelisiana, you chaired the third session on weapons. What can national IHL committees do to ensure the application of IHL to weapons, new technologies and arms transfers? … which have otherwise been prohibited, such as nuclear weapons, chemical weapons, cluster …
… non-state actors, the availability of small weapons, the fragility and fragmentation of … bombs and cluster munition to chemical and nuclear weapons. A global social contract can … bombs and cluster munition to chemical and nuclear weapons. A global social contract can …
… through its work on the use of explosive weapons in populated areas. 9. Insufficient … dangerous forces, namely dams, dykes and nuclear electrical generating stations, shall … dangerous forces, namely dams, dykes and nuclear electrical generating stations, and …
… seven to the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, adopted in 2017; and nine to the Arms … Lanka. *** Mr Nazrin said that the risks of nuclear weapons continued beyond the Cold War. …
… cost for civilians on earth of the use of weapons and other military operations in, or … cost for civilians on earth of the use of weapons and other military operations in, or … dangerous forces, namely dams, dykes and nuclear power plants. Recommendation 2: …
… be limited as required by IHL (for example, nuclear weapons). The prohibition of indiscriminate attacks governs the use of all weapons, including those that are not …
… Guide to the Legal Review of New ، 2006 ،Weapons, Means and Methods of Warfare: … on the Legality of the Threat or Use of Nuclear Weapons: the Court recalled that the … Justice, Legality of the threat or the use of nuclear weapons, Advisory Opinion, 8 July …
… in the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons (CCW), its Protocols, the Group of … on, the application of IHL. These include the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, the … of the Treaty on Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons – EU General Statement …
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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.
