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Constraints under International Law on Military Operations in Outer Space during Armed Conflicts

… cost for civilians on earth of the use of weapons and other military operations in, or … • The placement in orbit of objects carrying nuclear weapons or other weapons of mass … of Justice, Legality of the Threat or Use of Nuclear Weapons, Advisory Opinion, 8 July …

Report

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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African Union and ICRC Marks 30 years of Partnership on Humanitarian Issues

… can also be witnessed in Disarmament and Weapons issues and activities aimed at the … been undertaken such as on Treaty Prohibiting Nuclear Weapons , Small Arms and Light Weapons … Mine Ban Convention, the Treaty Prohibiting Nuclear Weapons or the Global Compact on …

Statement

Meeting an A-bomb survivor after 76 years: A testimony of hope

… of the States Parties to the Treaty of Nuclear Weapons in Vienna (Austria) from 21 to 23 June … who has been advocating for abolition of nuclear weapons. Along with Keita, another …

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Peter Maurer: “Continued existence of nuclear weapons is one of the biggest threats for humanity”

… Parties to the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Vienna on 21 June 2022. First … Parties to the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons Vienna, 21 – 23 June 2022   …

Statement

Never again: Why the ICRC wants nuclear weapons eliminated and how the nuclear ban treaty can help the world get there

… to make its first call for the abolition of nuclear weapons in September 1945, a call taken up by … 2021, the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) entered into force as …

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Let us move towards a world without nuclear weapons

… Parties to the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons - Vienna, Austria, 21-23 June 2022 The … Parties to the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW). The Japanese Red Cross …

Statement

Red Cross and Red Crescent leaders commit to accelerate efforts to tackle rising humanitarian challenges

… efforts to work towards the elimination of nuclear weapons. "Urban warfare has a devastating …

News release

First Meeting of States Parties to the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons

… the International Committee of the Red Cross Nuclear disarmament as a humanitarian and … imperative 1. The continued existence of nuclear weapons is one of the biggest threats to …

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What is international humanitarian law?

… and restrictions on the use of certain weapons and methods of warfare (see next … of Bacteriological (Biological) and Toxin Weapons and on their Destruction2 • the 1976 … dangerous forces (namely dams, dykes and nuclear electrical generating stations). Such …

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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.

IHL treaties

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 IHL

Customary international humanitarian law consists of rules that come from "a general practice accepted as law" and that exist independent of treaty law.