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Third report on the EU guidelines on promoting compliance with IHL

… in the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons (CCW), its Protocols, the Group of … on, the application of IHL. These include the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, the … of the Treaty on Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons – EU General Statement …

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Mozambique: improving access to housing and health for displaced people

… of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons by Mozambique • Donated computers, …

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Annual Report 2020

… ratifies the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons The ICRC reminded governments in the … ratified the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons. The regional delegation …

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ICRC report on IHL and the challenges of contemporary armed conflicts

… effects of hostilities; the use of explosive weapons in populated areas , and the … overall military strategy – even on use of nuclear weapons ‑ as well as specific … in orbit around the earth of objects carrying nuclear weapons or other weapons of mass …

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Annual Report 2021

… to ratify the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons. In Côte d’Ivoire, the ICRC, the … awareness of the gravity of the issue of nuclear weapons. Numerous diplomats attended …

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The interplay between international humanitarian law and international human rights law in situations of armed conflict

… on the Legality of the Threat of Use of Nuclear Weapons of 1996 with respect to the ICCPR: The … 157-171. 52 Legality of the Threat or Use of Nuclear Weapons, Advisory Opinion, 1996 I.C.J. …

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ICRC 2024 Opinion Paper - How is the term "Armed Conflict" defined in international humanitarian law?

… limiting or prohibiting the use of certain weapons, also considered part of IHL, include … • It is furthermore prohibited to use: – nuclear weapons, according to the 2017 Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons – anti-personnel mines, …

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Annual Report 2022

… such as the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons and the Anti-Personnel Mine Ban … For example, at an AU event on the African Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone Treaty, it reminded …

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Voices from Within: A decade of questions racing through the minds of war surgeons in the Middle East and North Africa

… behaviour in environments contaminated by weapons and other efforts to assist the … in chemical, biological, radiological or nuclear events. The aim is to improve … in chemical, biological, radiological or nuclear events. The aim is to improve …

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Information kit: Development of national legislation to implement the Convention on the prohibition of anti-personnel mines

… for ending the suffering caused by these weapons. At its core are obligations intended … of economic and individual activities with weapons • Law of 9 March 1995 on … country of firearms, chemical, biological or nuclear weapons, ammunition or explosive …

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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.

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