Kenya, Djibouti and Tanzania: Facts and Figures 2021
… analysis of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons. This technical support was extended … and accession to the Treaty on the Ban on Nuclear Weapons. • Technical assistance given …
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Changing world, unchanged protection? 70 years of the Geneva Conventions
… of chains of command and an unchecked flow of weapons. As the trend towards allied and … the ICRC has observed the suffering caused by weapons and certain tactics of warfare and has … of chemical weapons during WWI, and against nuclear weapons after Hiroshima and Nagasaki. …
Call to governments: Work together to stop cyber attacks on health care
… of the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (Nobel Peace Prize Laureate) Mikhail …
Artificial intelligence and machine learning in armed conflict: A human-centred approach
… on the ground will depend on the way new weapons are used in practice. It is essential, … about military strategy – even on use of nuclear weapons21 – and specific operations, … Intelligence on Strategic Stability and Nuclear Risk. Vol. 1, Euro-Atlantic …
Arms transfers to parties to armed conflict: what the law says
… the widespread availability and misuse of weapons, upholding respect for IHL and … been as extensively regulated as it is today, weapons and munitions continue to flow, … destruction ( Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (Art. 1), Biological Weapons …
IHL Day 2020: Preserving human dignity in times of armed conflict
… of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW). Only seven more ratifications …
Frequently asked questions on the rules of war
… of warfare (for instance, the use of certain weapons). IHL is also known as 'the law of … the civilian population if dams, dykes and nuclear plants and other installations located … mines (1997), cluster munitions (2008), nuclear weapons (2017), as well as limitations …
An inevitable trajectory of humanitarian needs?
… over human life. Powerful explosive weapons are deployed in urban areas with … will be a catastrophic third world war or a nuclear attack in their lifetimes. But it is …
150 years of humanitarian action
… The Korean War is fought under the shadow of nuclear weapons at the start of the Cold War. ICRC …
The ICRC calls on all States to affirm that IHL applies to, and therefore restricts, cyber operations during armed conflicts
… of Justice, Legality of the Use by a State of Nuclear Weapons in Armed Conflict, Advisory Opinion, …
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