At a 1995 UN conference held in Vienna the ICRC campaigned successfully for the banning of blinding laser weapons. Here, ICRC experts explain in graphic detail the effects of these arms.(Bandes Louise Doswald-Beck, Peter Herby)(1995)
Three and a half years into the Iran-Iraq conflict, with there estimated to be more than 15,000 POWs, the ICRC has noted numerous breaches of the Geneva Conventions on both sides.(KROON, Robert)(02.1984)