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Bringing IHL Home through Domestic Law and Policy: Report

… ENSURING THE APPLICATION OF IHL TO WEAPONS, NEW TECHNOLOGIES AND ARMS … that have otherwise been prohibited, such as nuclear weapons, chemical weapons, cluster … party to the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons. Selected practice CROATIA At …

Law and policy topic

Annual Report 2022

… such as the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons and the Anti-Personnel Mine Ban … For example, at an AU event on the African Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone Treaty, it reminded …

Report

Avoiding catastrophe: we must act now to ensure nuclear weapons are never again used

… to the calamitous consequences of the use of nuclear weapons. As G7 leaders gather in Hiroshima for … international community. The risk of use of nuclear weapons is highest since the worst …

News release

The Obligation to Assist Victims and Remediate the Environment within a Framework of Shared Responsibility under the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons

… The Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) is the first international … binding instrument aimed at prohibiting nuclear weapons and mitigating their …

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ICRC president statement to the Regional Conference on the Social and Humanitarian Impact of Autonomous Weapons, Costa Rica

… Social and Humanitarian Impact of Autonomous Weapons, San José, Costa Rica, 23–24 February … conflict. The unconstrained use of autonomous weapons risks the loss of control over the use … such as the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons and the Arms Trade Treaty. You …

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Preliminary recommendations on possible norms, rules and principles of responsible behaviours relating to threats by States to space systems

… cost for civilians on earth of the use of weapons and other military operations in, or … cost for civilians on earth of the use of weapons and other military operations in, or … dangerous forces, namely dams, dykes and nuclear power plants. Recommendation 2: …

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South Africa hosts meeting of 37 states on UN nuclear ban treaty

… to join the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW). The TPNW and the Pelindaba Treaty express the prohibition of nuclear weapons on the African continent while …

News release

WeC Recruitment Postcard (RASB Specialists)

… (EOD) Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear (CBRN) Hazards/Hazardous Materials …

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WeC Recruitment Postcard (WeC Medical Specialists)

… (EOD) Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear (CBRN) Hazards/Hazardous Materials …

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WeC Recruitment Postcard (CBRN and HAZMAT Specialists)

… (EOD) Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear (CBRN) Hazards/Hazardous Materials …

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ICRC library

Created in 1863, the ICRC library, alongside the ICRC archives, provides an indispensable documentary reference on the organization itself and international humanitarian law.

IHL treaties

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 IHL

Customary international humanitarian law consists of rules that come from "a general practice accepted as law" and that exist independent of treaty law.