International Conference – the Pacific perspective
183 nationalities gathered in Geneva under the banner of "Our World, Your Move – For Humanity." This video looks at the 31st International Conference of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement and …
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Development of national legislation to implement the Convention on the prohibition of anti-personnel mines – Information kit
ADVISORY SERVICE ON INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN LAW ____________________________________ Development of national legislation to implement the Convention on the prohibition of anti-personnel mines - …
"Scraps of men do not exist"
Alberto Cairo runs the ICRC's orthopaedic programme in Afghanistan . At the end of November 2011, the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement hosted its first-ever TEDx event, called …
Conventional weapons
International humanitarian law bans or restricts certain types of conventional weapons in order to protect civilians from their indiscriminate effects and to spare combatants from excessive injuries …
Weapons
International humanitarian law contains basic principles and rules governing the choice of weapons and prohibits or restricts the employment of certain weapons. The ICRC plays a leading role in the …
Explosive remnants of war
Each year large numbers of civilians are killed and injured by "explosive remnants of war". These are the unexploded weapons such as artillery shells, mortars, grenades, bombs and rockets, left …
Review of new weapons
Parties to an armed conflict are limited in their choice of weapons, and in the means and methods of warfare they use, by the rules of international Parties to an armed conflict are limited in their …
Cluster munitions
Cluster munitions have had a severe impact on civilians, killing and injuring large numbers and causing long lasting socio-economic problems. In 2008, governments negotiated and adopted the …
Guiding Principles for the Domestic Implementation of a Comprehensive System of Protection for Children Associated with Armed Forces or Armed Groups
Guiding principles intended to support States in the implementation of a system of protection for children recruited by armed forces or armed groups. ADVISORY SERVICE ON INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN …
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