… IMAGES COULD BE DISTRESSING. Many of today's nuclear bombs are ten times more powerful than … of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons failed to agree a move forward towards …
… discussed here. For the ICRC, debates about weapons must always consider evidence of their … the most destructive weapon ever invented – nuclear weapons. The international community … on the Legality of the Threat or Use of Nuclear Weapons ) found that the effects of …
… 22-10-2019 Geneva (ICRC) – A nuclear bomb hasn’t been detonated in war in … and people should care about the menace nuclear weapons pose,” said Enrique Mestre, lead for …
… When hazardous sites like nuclear power plants become battlegrounds, the … they pose if they are damaged or targeted, nuclear power plants and other installations … placing military objectives, such as troops, weapons or military vehicles, in or near …
… prohibiting or limiting the use of certain weapons, is a fundamental responsibility of … towards the universal goal of a world free of nuclear weapons. The ICRC and the broader … called for the prohibition and elimination of nuclear weapons. Our call is rooted in our …
… Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons The International Committee of the Red … the International Day on the Elimination of Nuclear Weapons. This day is a reminder of the …
… conflict, its knowledge of the effects of weapons on civilians and combatants, and its … a more sombre anniversary: 75 years since nuclear weapons were first used, in Hiroshima … Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the ICRC called for nuclear weapons to be banned outright. This …
… towards ridding the world of all types of weapons of mass destruction. "Looking back at … conflict has been relatively limited – and nuclear arms. A review conference for the Treaty on Nuclear Non-Proliferation starting in New York …
… to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons. Delivered by Yahia Alibi, ICRC's … that would be visited upon all humankind by a nuclear war. Today, the NPT remains a …
… public to the unacceptable effects of certain weapons on combatants and civilians, the ICRC … IHL rules limiting or prohibiting the use of weapons of concern. By drawing the attention … law in this area, including with respect to nuclear, chemical and biological weapons, …
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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.
