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When even humanitarians become targets, what keeps you going? The answer isn’t simple. It’s grief. It’s anger. It’s responsibility. And still, showing up. As @etollefsenicrc reminds us, the work continues. #SummitTalks @ICRC

Great to see FT’s editorial board support a new treaty on autonomous weapons. Governments at the CCW in Geneva need to get their actors together and for all negotiate this treaty before it’s too late. It’s quite literally a do or die moment for the world.

A deadly legacy for nothing… The more you examine the facts, the clearer it becomes: landmines are both harmful and ineffective. And of all the arguments @etollefsenicrc shared with us against these obsolete weapons, their lack of real military utility may be the most absurd reminder of how irrelevant they truly are. #SummitTalks #landmines #InternationalLaw @ICRC

@etollefsenicrc @ICRC Want to learn more from Erik about Landmines and Weapon Contamination? Watch the full podcast here: youtu.be/eiK7-515GFc?si…

Using obsolete weapons from the last century... Really? Some states are considering retreating from the 1997 Ottawa Convention prohibiting landmines, on the basis of security fears. Landmines expert @etollefsenicrc from the @ICRC wants you all to know how wrong of a defense decision that would be. Evidence from past wars shows that anti-personnel mines often kill more of the soldiers who laid them than the enemy they were meant to stop. Studies from the Vietnam War and the Iraq wars found modern armies reporting higher casualties among their own troops from their own mines than among adversaries. Instead of strengthening security, these “obsolete weapons from the last century” frequently end up harming the very forces they were meant to protect. #SummitTalks

Join the hike with Erik and Beatrice: youtu.be/SEXGAsYTZUQ?si…

Watch and listen the full Summit Talks Podcast with Erik Tollefsen: youtu.be/eiK7-515GFc?si…

.@etollefsenicrc is the first guest of our new series #SummitTalks. Erik is the Head of Weapon Contamination at the International Committee of the Red Cross @ICRC , with over 30 years of experience in weapon systems, explosive ordnance disposal, and explosive hazard mitigation. Watch the full podcast on our YouTube channel now. #InternationalLaw #diplomacy #globalaffairs

Real talk on rocky trails. A thread on some of the take aways from the first episode of #SummitTalks with @etollefsenicrc about #landmines. Hard truths. Real solutions. Steps forward. #InternationalLaw @ICRC @BeaFihn

There’s more good happening than you think. Beyond the headlines, people are working every day to reduce harm, strengthen international law, and bring countries together to solve real problems. That’s why we created #SummitTalks, to share the conversations that don’t always make the news, but make a difference. The inaugural episode launches tomorrow at 4pm CET. Watch it on YouTube and subscribe to follow the series. youtu.be/xnhFjIvlZok

Partnering with @LexIntl_org, we're bringing together some 15 journalists from across the globe in Geneva for a 2-day deep-dive on international humanitarian law, weapons regulation and conflict accountability 🌍

Like many of you, we are so overwhelmed with news about catastrophe after catastrophe that we often forget all the great things that are happening thanks to international law and multilateralism. That’s why, on Thursday March 5th, we are launching #SummitTalks. We hope you’ll watch it, like it, share it and regain hope and faith that the biggest issues of our time can fall in good hands.