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Current issues in IHL- interview with Director of International Law and Policy, ICRC

… use and methods of warfare, and the types of weapons to be used. So it is very important … area of new technologies too, cyber warfare, autonomous weapons, and even outer space law, we really …

Video

China: Annual International Humanitarian Law Summer Session Held in Jiangsu

… cultural property, cyber warfare, AI and autonomous weapons, arms control, the criminal repression …

Article
第十三届国际人道法暑期班学员和工作人员合影

Seoul: State Representatives Discuss Contemporary Challenges and Opportunities to International Humanitarian Law

… of artificial intelligence (AI) and autonomous weapon systems (AWS), which raises various …

Article

ICRC president, Egypt’s Minister of Justice sign MoU to boost collaboration on International Humanitarian Law

… to emerging threats such as cyber warfare and autonomous weapons. They also discussed how traditional …

News release

Brazil: Seminar marks the 75th anniversary of the Geneva Conventions and promotes international humanitarian law

… discussion of the day. Cyber operations, autonomous weapons and the consequences of the use of weapons in space are considerable challenges …

News release
Mesa de Encerramento

Protection of Civilians: Achieving a better protection of water-related essential services and infrastructure for the civilian population during armed conflicts

… – sometimes by the use of heavy explosive weapons – the humanitarian consequences are … we call for the avoidance of using explosive weapons with wide area impact in populated … sanctions systems, including so-called "autonomous" sanctions structures - and urge …

Statement

2015 Advanced Seminar in International Humanitarian Law for University Lecturers

… human rights law; the use of explosive weapons in populated areas; cyber-warfare; and … Geneva Academy 09:00-10:30 Use of explosive weapons in populated areas Thomas de Saint … Geneva Academy 10:30 Coffee break 11:00-12:30 Autonomous weapons and the law Gilles Giacca, …

Event

Humanitarian perspectives on international security in times of mutating conflicts Geneva Centre for Peace and Security

… to the transformation of battlefields, weapons, arms bearers and victims in armed … from: The use of military force, between autonomous political actors,  as a mean of … no longer construed or understood strictly as autonomous political organizations confronting …

Statement

“Lest the ghosts of Guernica keep haunting us…”

… achieving the worldwide abolition of nuclear weapons suddenly seems to have become a race … , artificial intelligence, and increasingly autonomous weapons systems ? How are we to mitigate the …

Statement

President Spoljaric addresses the European Humanitrian Forum

… the behaviors of those who hold power and weapons. You can protect and support … and well-framed humanitarian exemptions in EU autonomous sanctions regimes. Third, …

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