… organized, well-equipped armies with superior weapons and so turned to leaders such as Mao … due to the irreconcilable differences on nuclear weapons. In addition, Hague Law … in the thick of Cold War polarization, amid nuclear-level anxiety, and at a table where …
… the case with the Stuxnet attack against a nuclear enrichment facility in Iran in 2010, … to those that may exist with regard to weapons proliferation or the proliferation of … of cyber attacks causing harmful effects on nuclear power plants A few experts considered …
… to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons of 1970. 3. However, one of the … 2016 the State of Page secretly conducted nuclear tests. Taking cognizance of the …
… declaration to limit the use of explosive weapons in populated areas. Over this short … conflict almost as if they were inevitable. Nuclear weapons continue to threaten all of … we also know that the impacts of any use of nuclear weapons would be widespread and cause …
… have secured humanitarian agreements on nuclear weapons, chemical weapons, landmines and the arms trade. These …
… cost for civilians on earth of the use of weapons and other military operations in, or … • The placement in orbit of objects carrying nuclear weapons or other weapons of mass … of Justice, Legality of the Threat or Use of Nuclear Weapons, Advisory Opinion, 8 July …
… around cyber warfare, urban warfare, use of nuclear weapons, and also the possibility of creating …
… all that stems from the supply and use of weapons. Widespread and poorly controlled … highlight that: Arms transfers must ensure, weapons do not end up being used to commit … biological weapons – must never be used; and Nuclear weapons, because of their devastating …
… Mine Ban Convention, the Biological Weapons Convention, the Chemical Weapons Convention and the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons). Under the respective …
… means of warfare. There are restrictions on weapons, on their use and on conduct. The … legitimate targets only. Highlights Explosive weapons in populated areas ICRC report on IHL … dangerous forces (namely dams, dykes and nuclear power plants). Means and methods of …
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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.
