ICRC award for humanitarian reporting 2020
Open to Palestinian journalists working in print media The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), an independent humanitarian organization working to protect and assist victims of armed …
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Wars without limits are wars without end.
… non-state actors, the availability of small weapons, the fragility and fragmentation of … bombs and cluster munition to chemical and nuclear weapons. A global social contract can … bombs and cluster munition to chemical and nuclear weapons. A global social contract can …
Preliminary recommendations on possible norms, rules and principles of responsible behaviours relating to threats by States to space systems
… cost for civilians on earth of the use of weapons and other military operations in, or … cost for civilians on earth of the use of weapons and other military operations in, or … dangerous forces, namely dams, dykes and nuclear power plants. Recommendation 2: …
Teaching IHL through digital resources: a syllabus for interactive remote teaching
… resources: Factsheets on different kinds of weapons Main issues for discussion - The basic … Protocol I - Prohibited or restricted use of weapons o Explosive bullets, dumdum bullets, … bacteriological and biological weapons, and nuclear weapons o New means and methods, …
Fifth Universal Meeting of National Committees and Similar Entities on International Humanitarian Law
… Kelisiana, you chaired the third session on weapons. What can national IHL committees do to ensure the application of IHL to weapons, new technologies and arms transfers? … which have otherwise been prohibited, such as nuclear weapons, chemical weapons, cluster …
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 …
Report: Urban services during protracted armed conflict
… through its work on the use of explosive weapons in populated areas. 9. Insufficient … dangerous forces, namely dams, dykes and nuclear electrical generating stations, shall … dangerous forces, namely dams, dykes and nuclear electrical generating stations, and …
Eighth periodic report on the implementation of international humanitarian law at the level of Arab States 2015 - 2018
… Production and Stockpiling of Chemical Weapons and on their Destruction, 1993. 17/22 … 2006. - T reaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, 2017. (Pending entry into … 2013. - T reaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, 2017. (Pending entry into …
Contemporary Challenges to Humanitarian Action, 7th Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn Lecture on International Humanitarian Law
… compliance with IHL, the challenges of modern weapons, the humanitarian consequences of … respective responsibilities when they export weapons or train armed groups. In parallel, … electricity networks, dams, and chemical or nuclear plants are technically possible. Such …
Fifth Commonwealth Red Cross and Red Crescent Conference on IHL
… seven to the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, adopted in 2017; and nine to the Arms … Lanka. *** Mr Nazrin said that the risks of nuclear weapons continued beyond the Cold War. …
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