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… 22-10-2019 Geneva (ICRC) – A nuclear bomb hasn’t been detonated in war in … and people should care about the menace nuclear weapons pose,” said Enrique Mestre, lead for …
… discussed here. For the ICRC, debates about weapons must always consider evidence of their … the most destructive weapon ever invented – nuclear weapons. The international community … on the Legality of the Threat or Use of Nuclear Weapons ) found that the effects of …
… IMAGES COULD BE DISTRESSING. Many of today's nuclear bombs are ten times more powerful than … of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons failed to agree a move forward towards …
… commitment to contribute to a global ban on nuclear weapons by signing and fully ratifying the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons on the sidelines of the United …
… opportunity to reflect on the human cost of nuclear weapons, the subject of an upcoming edition of … Maurer and Konoe reflect on the human cost of nuclear weapons and present the perspective of …
… to the regulation of both conventional weapons and weapons of mass destruction. … on the Legality of the Threat or Use of Nuclear Weapons Finally, the ICRC would like … on the Legality of the Threat or Use of Nuclear Weapons [4]. This was the first time …
… Movement urges all nations to end the nuclear era. Seventy-five years ago, on the … a terrifying new weapon on Hiroshima. The nuclear bomb wiped out the city, instantly … comes even as the risk of use of nuclear weapons has risen to levels not seen since the …
… global race towards the total elimination of nuclear weapons dominated the focus of writers … touched on the humanitarian consequences of nuclear weapons and the need to progress on …
… of the States Parties to the Chemical Weapons Convention 29 November–3 December … the complete elimination of declared chemical weapons . Over 98% of declared stockpiles have … to chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear agents. This includes efforts to …
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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.
