IRRC No. 859

The International Committee of the Red Cross and nuclear weapons: From Hiroshima to the dawn of the 21st century

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The question of the lawfulness of the use of nuclear weapons and that of their possible prohibition have therefore been the subject of repeated discussions since 1945, without any success being achieved. either in reaching a definitive conclusion as to their lawfulness or in negotiating a general agreement to ban them.

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