Nuclear weapons: Ending a threat to humanity
… The 70th anniversary of the first use of nuclear weapons is the moment to signal that the era of nuclear weapons is coming to an end and that …
… The 70th anniversary of the first use of nuclear weapons is the moment to signal that the era of nuclear weapons is coming to an end and that …
… on the Legality of the Threat or Use of Nuclear Weapons, the International Court of Justice …
… on the Humanitarian Consequences of Nuclear Weapons, Vienna, Austria There has been a fundamental change in the debate about nuclear weapons. After decades of focusing on …
… on the Use of Certain Conventional Weapons which may be deemed to be Excessively … place thus far on the Humanitarian Impact of Nuclear Weapons. The ICRC and the … Conference on the Humanitarian Impact of Nuclear Weapons (Oslo, 4-5 March 2013),47 and …
… Arms Trade Treaty, 2 April 2013 Biological Weapons Convention Convention on the … of Bacteriological (Biological) and Toxin Weapons and on Their Destruction, 10 April … in implementing activities. radiological and nuclear (CBRN) weapons or agents The ICRC …
… 2014 The humanitarian consequences of nuclear, radioactive, biological and chemical weapons Submissions deadline: 1 January 2015 …
… ‘autonomous weapon systems’ were defined as weapons that can independently select and … on the Legality of the Threat or Use of Nuclear Weapons, the International Court of … I. 105 ICJ, Legality of the Threat or Use of Nuclear Weapons, Advisory Opinion, ICJ Reports …
… as the humanitarian consequences of certain weapons. For example, on the impact of drone … The humanitarian consequences of nuclear weapons, the call for nuclear disarmament and the relevance of these …
… controls on the availability of conventional weapons. In addition to prolonging armed … of conventional weapons, the threat of nuclear weapons remains a serious concern in … Movement appealed to States to ensure that nuclear weapons were never used again and to …
… medical units and the humanitarian impact of nuclear weapons. Participants at the first of two …
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