… opportunity to reflect on the human cost of nuclear weapons, the subject of an upcoming edition of … and Konoe reflect on the human cost of nuclear weapons and present the perspective of …
… Long-term Health Consequences of Nuclear Weapons Prepared by the International Committee … the long-term health effects of exposure to nuclear radiation. The Japanese Red Cross …
… with IHL, the challenges of modern weapons, the humanitarian consequences of … respective responsibilities when they export weapons or train armed groups. In parallel, the … electricity networks, dams, and chemical or nuclear plants are technically possible. Such …
… 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 …
… to review progress on curbing the spread of nuclear weapons and nuclear disarmament has ended in failure. The …
… 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 …
… 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 …
… to take urgent action to scrap all nuclear weapons. The call comes ahead of a crucial … review progress on curbing the spread of nuclear weapons and eliminating them from …
… Munitions (CCM); Art. 8(19) of the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC); Art. 13(3)(a) of the … II to the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons (CCW)); Art. 10(2) of the Protocol on … for humanity, given the invention of nuclear weapons. Because it was already aware …
… all use of, and completely eliminate, weapons of mass destruction; in law, and in … we still do not have an adequate legal ban: nuclear weapons. The International Red Cross … Movement has long been concerned about nuclear weapons. ICRC delegates witnessed the …
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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.
