Young Humanitarian Journalists Competition 2022
… (yymmdd)_article title e.g.: 220824_YouthBanNuclearWeapons.docx No identifying information of … and 2017 Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW). Entries in this …
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The Additional Protocols at 40
… Cold War arms race and the development of new weapons technologies brought new realities to … Another ongoing discussion is the issue of nuclear weapons. Nuclear weapons were the subject of difficult …
WeC Recruitment Postcard (WeC Medical Specialists)
… (EOD) Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear (CBRN) Hazards/Hazardous Materials …
WeC Recruitment Postcard (EOD Specialists)
… (EOD) Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear (CBRN) Hazards/Hazardous Materials …
WeC Recruitment leaflet
… (EOD) Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear (CBRN) Hazards/Hazardous Materials …
WeC Recruitment Pamphlet
… (EOD) Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear (CBRN) Hazards/Hazardous Materials …
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 …
Food security in times of armed conflict: What you need to know
… IHL prohibits or restricts use of a range of weapons that can have widespread and … mines , cluster munitions , and nuclear weapons . As well, employing weapons … rules prohibits attacks on dams, dykes, and nuclear power plants if such attacks may cause …
Multilateralism plays an important role in alleviating suffering and creating conditions for peace
… norms. The Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons is another example of multilateralism … all the way to its goal: a world without nuclear weapons. I raise these examples to …
Shaping the future of the world’s largest humanitarian movement
… in situations of conflict and disasters. On nuclear weapons, a resolution was adopted calling on … recently-adopted Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons. The Movement also pledged to …
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