Regional delegation in India: Lest we forget!
… 2014 The humanitarian consequences of nuclear, radioactive, biological and chemical weapons Submissions deadline: 1 January 2015 …
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Strengthening Compliance with IHL – Preparatory discussion, 1-2 December 2014
… on the Use of Certain Conventional Weapons which may be deemed to be Excessively … place thus far on the Humanitarian Impact of Nuclear Weapons. The ICRC and the … Conference on the Humanitarian Impact of Nuclear Weapons (Oslo, 4-5 March 2013),47 and …
Enhancing protection in armed conflict through domestic law and policy
… were developments in IHL treaties on weapons and related positions of the ICRC, and … regarding efforts to prohibit and eliminate nuclear weapons, in particular the UN General … on “a legally binding instrument to prohibit nuclear weapons, leading towards their total …
How does law protect in war? (Serbo-Croatian)
… of the 1977 Geneva Protocols and the 1981 Weapons Convention, London, British Institute … McKORMACK, T.I.H., “A Non-liquet on Nuclear Weapons – The ICJ Avoids the … Applicability of Military Necessity in the Nuclear Age“ u New York University Journal of …
ICRC and World Bank partner to support violence-affected communities in Myanmar
… List Weapons, including but not limited to mines, … to contamination from both conventional weapons (ERW, landmines, IEDs, etc) and … (chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear – CBRN). There are a variety of …
Joining forces to secure water and sanitation in protracted crises: a new report
… or operations involving the use of explosive weapons. This is powerfully captured in the … Economic Co-operation and Development) NEA (Nuclear Energy Agency). 2018. Towards an … and Response: Lessons Learnt from Non-nuclear Events. NEA No. 7308. …
Request for Tender RFTGVA22/00123 Forensic Genetic Laboratory Services
… one or more the following DNA tests: (i) Nuclear (STRs, Y-STRs) and mtDNA testing of PM … or additional testing of PM samples for nuclear DNA (STRs, Y-STRs); (iii) Nuclear (STRs, Y-STRs) and, if necessary, …
Strengthening compliance with international humanitarian law: The work of the ICRC and the Swiss government (2015-2019)
… 6 B. Other IHL treaties, on weapons and cultural property … 7 1. Weapons treaties … December 2009. 6 6 B. Other IHL treaties, on weapons and cultural property 1. Weapons … ICJ Rep 14; Legality of the Threat or Use of Nuclear Weapons (8 July 1996) [1996] ICJ Rep …
Chair’s Summary Report of State Expert Meeting on IHL: Protecting the Natural Environment in Armed Conflict
… and minimizing environmental impacts of heavy weapons. Delegations also underlined the value … 1977, the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (1968), the Convention on the … (2003), and the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (2017). 6 Delegations spoke …
2019 forensics competition
… 4 XI. Chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear (CBRN) disasters ♦♦ I nclude …
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