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ICRC at the UN: Urban warfare, digital threats and prisoners of war obligations are all humanitarian issues of high importance
… 1/ Urban warfare, including Explosive Weapons in Populated Areas The urbanization of … of civilians from the use of explosive weapons in populated areas, one of the major … critical civilian infrastructure, such as nuclear plants, electricity grids and water …
“Lest the ghosts of Guernica keep haunting us…”
… one war too late. Today, even the threat of a nuclear war, and the total destruction of … towards achieving the worldwide abolition of nuclear weapons suddenly seems to have become a race …
“It’s time to elevate the laws of war to a political priority”
… declaration to limit the use of explosive weapons in populated areas. Over this short … conflict almost as if they were inevitable. Nuclear weapons continue to threaten all of … we also know that the impacts of any use of nuclear weapons would be widespread and cause …
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 …
In these times of heightened international tension, shared humanitarian values must be the common ground for states to move forward
… to highlight the humanitarian consequences of weapons. Mitigating and preventing the adverse … framework is most urgent, it is that of nuclear weapons . There are currently over 13,000 nuclear weapons in the world; a number which, …
Peter Maurer: The TPNW brings us one step closer to a nuclear-weapon-free-world
… decade ago, a world free from the scourge of nuclear weapons may have seemed illusory. Today, after … unequivocal, comprehensive prohibition of nuclear weapons – the most catastrophic …
How humanitarian law applies to armed conflict and nuclear power plants
… When hazardous sites like nuclear power plants become battlegrounds, the … they pose if they are damaged or targeted, nuclear power plants and other installations … placing military objectives, such as troops, weapons or military vehicles, in or near …
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