A Week in Ukraine
… chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear contamination (CBRN). When we think about contamination caused by weapons in armed conflict, we also know there …
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We must not only remember the past but learn from it and take urgent action to prevent the unspeakable from happening again
… of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, New York, 1 May 2025 Chair, … for the prohibition and elimination of nuclear weapons since 1945, when we witnessed …
Kenya: Facts & Figures 2024
… Trade Treaty and Treaty on the Prohibition on Nuclear Weapons. LOGISTICS SUPPORT TO HUMANITARIAN …
Bangladesh: 16th Henry Dunant Memorial Moot Court Competition 2025 National Rounds — Call for Registration
… with the West and clandestinely obtained nuclear weapons in 1978. It did so on the basis that … Manustan possesses approximately 250 nuclear warheads. For its part, Setistan sided …
International Humanitarian Law Bibliography
… essential services from the use of explosive weapons in populated areas : ICRC … Russian military commanders must disobey a nuclear launch order against Ukraine … Russian military commanders must disobey a nuclear launch order against Ukraine …
80 years after the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki: A call to eliminate nuclear weapons
… Red Cross, Mirjana Spoljaric, on the risks nuclear weapons still pose to the world 80 years after … witnessed the horrifying tragedy caused by nuclear weapons, we must ask ourselves: Are we …
Hiroshima 80 years on: The humanitarian imperative to eliminate nuclear weapons
… devastation. Eight decades later, over 12,000 nuclear weapons still exist. Eighty years ago, … in history to suffer the devastation of nuclear weapons. Tens of thousands of people …
ICRC president: "International humanitarian law only as strong as leaders’ will to uphold it"
… must states consider as they invest in new weapons systems? Cheap and scalable, drones … suffering on survivors. Terrifyingly, the nuclear weapons in today’s arsenals are far … then would today be classified as a small nuclear weapon. But there is no such thing as …
Nuclear weapons
… Since the only use of nuclear weapons in 1945, the International Red Cross … than ever, states should actively work toward nuclear disarmament and adhere to the Treaty …
Weapon contamination
… chemical, biological, radiological or nuclear materials can have long-term effects … silent, civilians are at risk from unexploded weapons. The presence of these weapons – and … of a chemical, biological, radiological or nuclear nature). The exact nature of the risks …
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