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International expert meeting report: The principle of proportionality

… of Distinction in Modern Warfare: Targeting, Weapons, and Precautions in Attack”, in L. … Jeroen van den Boogaard, “Proportionality and Autonomous Weapons Systems”, Amsterdam Law … by the drafters, such as applying IHL to autonomous weapons, a dynamic interpretation …

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National Committees and Similar Entities on International Humanitarian Law: Guidelines for Success

… or prohibition of specific types of weapons and methods of warfare. For IHL rules … casualties of war (particularly victims of weapons of mass destruction). The national IHL … National human rights institutions have an autonomous and independent status not only …

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Meeting of States on strengthening compliance with international humanitarian law

… Munitions (CCM); Art. 8(19) of the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC); Art. 13(3)(a) of the … binding the Movement;  The distinct35 and autonomous36 character of the Meeting of … binding the Movement - The distinct and autonomous character of the two bodies b) In …

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How does law protect in war?

… of the 1977 Geneva Protocols and the 1981 Weapons Convention, London, British Institute … IV’s applicability to the occupied and autonomous Palestinian territories 17. The IHL … of the Fourth Geneva Convention to the autonomous Palestinian territories 6. Role of …

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Evaluation of Innovation at the ICRC 2018-2023

… Complex Networks to Identify Missing Persons, Autonomous RFL Services in Deportation, and … that provided efficiencies (e.g. the Autonomous Restoring Family Links (RFL) … GIS Data Scientist Erik Tollesfen, Head of Weapons Contamination Unit Robert Mardini, …

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Strengthening compliance with IHL, Fourth Meeting of all States, 23-24 April 2015

… Munitions (CCM); Art. 8(19) of the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC); Art. 13(3)(a) of the … binding the Movement;  The distinct35 and autonomous36 character of the Meeting of … binding the Movement - The distinct and autonomous character of the two bodies b) In …

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ICRC operational response to COVID-19 in the Asia-Pacific

… evacuations and health-care assistance to weapon-wounded civilians. Our commitment to … –– Ministry of Health (Bangsamoro Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao - BARMM) … Region) Del Sur Cotabato City Maguindanao Autonomous Region In Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) …

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Generating respect for the law: The need for persistence and imagination

… natural reluctance of soldiers to use their weapons on the battlefield has also been … 96, No 894, 2014, 427-434, p. 433; ICRC, ‘Autonomous weapon systems: Is it morally … at: https://www.icrc.org/en/document/lethal-autonomousweapons-systems-LAWS (consulted on …

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Council of the EU calls for better protection in humanitarian aid

… (with others): interaction that permits autonomous but orchestrated action that avoids … the authorities in question, who might be: – weapon bearers, including security forces … the ICRC  Civilians and combatants, or other weapon bearers, who are hors de combat or are …

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Strengthening Compliance with IHL – Preparatory discussion, 1-2 December 2014

… on the Use of Certain Conventional Weapons which may be deemed to be Excessively … Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) - The Assembly of States … stressed by some that the distinct and autonomous character of the Meeting of States …

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