Report of the International Committee of the Red Cross for the Review Conference of the 1980 United Nations Convention on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of Certain Conventional Weapons Which ...

The International Committee of the Red Cross has first-hand experience of the real consequences of the many armed conflicts now taking place and of the actual use and effects of weapons. It therefore has a particular interest in ensuring that the law takes into account the realities of the use of weapons in order to effectively reduce the amount of suffering caused in armed conflicts.

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Report of the International Committee of the Red Cross for the Review Conference of the 1980 United Nations Convention on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of Certain Conventional Weapons Which ... author:

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Annex I: Results of the Montreux Symposium on Anti-Personnel Mines author:

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Annex II: Symposium of Military Experts on the Military Utility Of Anti-Personnel Mines author:

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Arguments for restricting cluster weapons: Humanitarian protection versus “military necessity” author: Eric Prokosch

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The historical foundations of humanitarian action author: Jean Guillermand

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Obituary: Max Petitpierre author:

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26th International Conference of the Red Cross and Red Crescent (Geneva, December 1995) author:

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