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 …
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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 …
ICRC says nuclear weapons are ‘unacceptable risk’ and must be scrapped
… to take urgent action to scrap all nuclear weapons. The call comes ahead of a crucial … will review progress on curbing the spread of nuclear weapons and eliminating them from …
Strengthening compliance with IHL, Fourth Meeting of all States, 23-24 April 2015
… 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 …
A century of weapons of mass destruction: Enough!
… abolish 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 …
Weapons: ICRC marks Ypres chlorine gas anniversary with WMD call
… towards ridding the world of all types of weapons of mass destruction. "Looking back at … conflict has been relatively limited – and nuclear arms. A review conference for the Treaty on Nuclear Non-Proliferation starting in New York …
Mexico: Challenges to international humanitarian law and humanitarian action
… mandate to work on the humanitarian impact of weapons, always following the rule that all … or massively regulate the trade of small weapons through the Arms Trade Treaty. We are … electricity networks, dams, and chemical or nuclear plants are technically possible. Such …
Wars without limits are wars without end.
… 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 …
Nuclear weapons: Ending a threat to humanity
… The 70th anniversary of the first use of nuclear weapons is the moment to signal that the era of nuclear weapons is coming to an end and that …
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