Challenges raised by increasingly autonomous technologies
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Women, Peace, and Security: Towards the 25th anniversary of resolution 1325
… given by Mirjana Spoljaric, President of the International Committee of the Red Cross. UNSC … The ICRC is also acutely aware that humanitarian responses that fail to take … for action: One, International humanitarian law lies at the heart of protecting all …
Our work in Viet Nam
… Find out what we are doing in Viet Nam: INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE OF THE RED CROSS … ICRC delegates deployed to Saigon providing humanitarian support during the Viet Nam war, … sessions on international humanitarian law to Vietnamese armed forces. Physical …
Philippines: Aid for 2,500 people displaced by fighting in Lanao del Sur
… clashes ended, one of our teams assessed the humanitarian situation, including the need to … the protection accorded to civilians by international humanitarian law. While families displaced from Tubaran …
Conduct of hostilities: Challenges in today’s armed conflicts
… to be abreast of the latest developments in international humanitarian law (IHL) and other related areas. The series …
Civil defence
… against military operations provided by international humanitarian law. International humanitarian law defines …
Understanding violence against health care: A gender perspective
… Annex I: International Humanitarian Law and International Human Rights …
Pakistan: Experts propose recommendations to protect civilians in cyberspace
… of cyber warfare and the application of International Humanitarian Law (IHL) in cyberspace, the International …
Cluster munitions
… no further victims. Cluster munitions and international humanitarian law The problems caused by cluster munitions …
Multinational forces
… of IHL to those operations. Occupation law Occupation law also apply to multinational … may appear to be a kind of taboo for the international organizations involved as well … that sound training in international humanitarian law has a preventive value and …
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