Nuclear weapons: Overdue debate on long-term impact begins - Conference in Nayarit, Mexico
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ICRC position on the use of toxic chemicals as weapons for law enforcement
… believes that the use of toxic chemicals as weapons for law enforcement purposes should be … agents are defined in the 1993 Chemical Weapons Convention as “[a]ny chemical not … and use of other toxic chemicals as weapons – such as the highly potent …
How does law protect in war?
… of the 1977 Geneva Protocols and the 1981 Weapons Convention, London, British Institute … CUP, 2001, 300 pp. GILL Terry, “The Nuclear Weapons Advisory Opinion of the … Law, the International Court of Justice and Nuclear Weapons, Cambridge, CUP, 1999, pp. …
Weapons
… principles and rules governing the choice of weapons and prohibits or restricts the … their ammunition. The destructive power of nuclear weapons puts them in a category of … finds it difficult to envisage how any use of nuclear weapons could be compatible with the …
Methods and means of warfare
… war. These restrictions apply to the type of weapons used, the way they are used and the … and a series of agreements on specific weapons. The ICRC has been involved in the … dangerous forces (namely dams, dykes and nuclear electrical generating stations). Means …
O, Humanitarian coordination bodies, 1921- ongoing, 127 metres of shelf space
… Conference on International Terrorism: The Nuclear Dimension: Washington, D.C., 24-25 … IHD working paper. - Regulating conventional weapons in the future: humanitarian law or …
The ICRC in WWI: Efforts to ban chemical warfare
… London/Ref. HIST 3088/25 The first poisonous weapons emerged in the fighting on the western … in 1915. During the following two years these weapons were extensively used by the warring … which strike indiscriminately – such as nuclear and biological weapons and landmines – …
New weapons - Factsheet
… or limitations on the employment of certain weapons, means and methods of warfare. States … are required to review the legality of new weapons, means and methods of warfare before … •• •• the 2017 Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons; the 2008 Convention on …
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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