African Union: 40th anniversary of Additional Protocols of the Geneva Conventions
… around cyber warfare, urban warfare, use of nuclear weapons, and also the possibility of creating …
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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 …
Global gathering to shape future of world’s largest humanitarian movement
… access to critical humanitarian services. Nuclear weapons – working towards their elimination … this year of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons was a landmark achievement. …
Weapons: Statement of the ICRC to the United Nations, 2017
… achievements in efforts to rid the world of weapons of mass destruction, and major … the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN), which we … adoption of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) by 122 States, at the …
The hope for a future without nuclear weapons: ICRC statement to the United Nations General Assembly
… Statement Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, United Nations General Assembly, 72nd … of this Treaty: the hope for a future without nuclear weapons. Humanity simply cannot live …
ICRC President welcomes historic step to prohibit nuclear weapons
… by signing the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons. "With rising regional and … and the consequent increasing risks of use of nuclear weapons, you're giving the world the …
Talking about the laws of war in a peaceful Pacific
… and adopt the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons. This landmark international agreement … testing, stockpiling, use or threat to use nuclear weapons is completely unacceptable. …
The UN General Assembly must focus on the most vulnerable people caught in conflict
… ceremony of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons. "The choice to 'focus on people' is …
How does law protect in war? (Serbo-Croatian)
… of the 1977 Geneva Protocols and the 1981 Weapons Convention, London, British Institute … McKORMACK, T.I.H., “A Non-liquet on Nuclear Weapons – The ICJ Avoids the … Applicability of Military Necessity in the Nuclear Age“ u New York University Journal of …
Nuclear weapons: For the first time in 72 years, we have genuine hope
… entirely inadequate. It would be the same if nuclear weapons were to be used today. There is no … stand in silent remembrance of the horror of nuclear weapons. But this year we remember the …
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