… ‘autonomous weapon systems’ were defined as weapons that can independently select and … on the Legality of the Threat or Use of Nuclear Weapons, the International Court of … I. 105 ICJ, Legality of the Threat or Use of Nuclear Weapons, Advisory Opinion, ICJ Reports …
… Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons, the International Red Cross and Red … prohibit the use of and completely eliminate nuclear weapons, in accordance with their …
… 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. …
… believes that the use of toxic chemicals as weapons for law enforcement purposes should be … agents are defined in the 1993 Chemical Weapons Convention as “[a]ny chemical not … and use of other toxic chemicals as weapons – such as the highly potent …
… legal and ethical issues raised by autonomous weapons systems, the ICRC convened a … The recent Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, adopted in July 2017 by a … of 122 States, recognizes that the use of nuclear weapons would be “abhorrent to the …
… the fighting in or near the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant. It is encouraging that a … and last many years. In the event of a nuclear leak, it will be difficult if not … and militaries to act. We don’t have weapons. We are not politicians. In the case …
… Five questions on chemical weapons with Johnny Nehme, a chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear expert at the ICRC: 1. In your view, why are chemical weapons banned? Their indiscriminate nature. …
… Conference on The Human Impacts of Autonomous Weapons, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago … Conference: The Human Impacts of Autonomous Weapons. The International Committee of the … but a few examples such as when it comes to nuclear, chemical and biological weapons, …
… of chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear hazards, also known as CBRN. It … promotes IHL provisions related to the use of weapons. Dissemination sessions as stand-alone …
… to mitigate the risks posed by autonomous weapons. It proposes three types of control … Intelligence on Strategic Stability and Nuclear Risk, vol. 1, Euro-Atlantic … Intelligence on Strategic Stability and Nuclear Risk: Vol. I Euro-Atlantic …
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Created in 1863, the ICRC library, alongside the ICRC archives, provides an indispensable documentary reference on the organization itself and international humanitarian law.
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 international humanitarian law consists of rules that come from "a general practice accepted as law" and that exist independent of treaty law.
