… urgently establish new international rules on autonomous weapon systems, to protect humanity. Today we … specific prohibitions and restrictions on autonomous weapon systems, to shield present …
… or restricts certain types of conventional weapons to protect civilians from their … blog Three lessons on the regulation of autonomous weapons systems to ensure account… Autonomous Weapons Systems: When is the right …
… humanitarian law limits both the choice of weapons and the means and methods of warfare. So when developing or acquiring new weapons, states should determine whether they … jus in bello, and internation… On banning autonomous weapon systems: human rights, …
… that the need to preserve human control over weapon systems and the use of force in armed conflict will require limits on autonomous weapon systems. This report from … is required to mitigate the risks posed by autonomous weapons. It proposes three types of …
… It is those who carry weapons who can kill – and be killed. It is … ICRC therefore maintains a dialogue with all weapon bearers, State and non-State, as part … such as artificial intelligence and autonomous weapons have brought new challenges …
… Statement Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons (CCW) Group of Governmental Experts on Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems, statement of the … the Group of Governmental Experts on “Lethal Autonomous Weapon Systems”. The ICRC wishes …
… controls on the availability of conventional weapons. In addition to prolonging armed … continues to be much debate internationally: autonomous weapons and cyber warfare. It … the international community is paying to autonomous weapon systems , including in the …
… on the Use of Certain Conventional Weapons Which May Be Deemed to Be Excessively … of international humanitarian law to specific weapons. These customary rules are (1) the … mines, cluster munitions and lethal autonomous weapons systems. Regular meetings …
… means and methods of warfare and of weapons of a nature to cause unnecessary … existing law. The ICRC's concern with autonomous weapon systems is loss of human … set limits to the development and use of autonomous weapon systems. After all, it is …
… to the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons, Statement of the ICRC, Geneva, … work on this issue. The discussions on autonomous weapons systems have demonstrated … report of the ICRC's own Expert Meeting on Autonomous Weapon Systems has now been …
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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.
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 international humanitarian law consists of rules that come from "a general practice accepted as law" and that exist independent of treaty law.
