Model law for the treaty on the prohibition of nuclear weapons
… to the 2017 Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons. ADVISORY SERVICE ON INTERNATIONAL … LAW FOR THE TREATY ON THE PROHIBITION OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS March 2019 PROHIBITION OF …
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Changing world, unchanged protection? 70 years of the Geneva Conventions
… of chains of command and an unchecked flow of weapons. As the trend towards allied and … the ICRC has observed the suffering caused by weapons and certain tactics of warfare and has … of chemical weapons during WWI, and against nuclear weapons after Hiroshima and Nagasaki. …
2019 forensics competition
… 4 XI. Chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear (CBRN) disasters ♦♦ I nclude …
New video explains ICRC's role in development and implementation of IHL
… Using the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons as a case study, the film looks at the … the Pacific, ICRC Lou Maresca, adviser in the Weapons Contamination Unit, ICRC …
South Africa: Decisive step toward nuclear weapons ban
… stance to contribute to a global ban on nuclear weapons by fully ratifying the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons. The Treaty comprehensively …
Reducing Suffering During Armed Conflict: The Interface Between Buddhism and IHL
… and restrictions on the use of certain weapons (such as biological and chemical … containing dangerous forces (such as nuclear power plants). IHL regulates the … containing dangerous forces (such as nuclear power plants). 3 IHL regulates the …
ICRC: Is the world ready to face a nuclear war? No. So let’s ban the bomb
… Geneva (ICRC-IFRC) – Seventy-four years after nuclear weapons obliterated the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the risk that nuclear weapons will again be used is growing. …
ICRC attends event on nuclear weapons organized by CACDA in Beijing
… suffering that would result from the use of a nuclear weapon. Pierre Dorbes, head of the … remove some of the perceived obstacles to nuclear disarmament. This would create an … commitments to reduce the risk of nuclear weapons use in the run-up to the 2020 …
Voices from Within: A decade of questions racing through the minds of war surgeons in the Middle East and North Africa
… behaviour in environments contaminated by weapons and other efforts to assist the … in chemical, biological, radiological or nuclear events. The aim is to improve … in chemical, biological, radiological or nuclear events. The aim is to improve …
ICRC President statement on 150th Anniversary of the St Petersburg Declaration
… are most likely to die or be injured. Weapons have transformed – today they are more … likelihood of indiscriminate effects. Two, on nuclear weapons. The ICRC, as part of the … for the prohibition and elimination of nuclear weapons. Our call is rooted in our …
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