Armed conflict and the pandemic accord: what states should do next for conflict-affected populations

September 6, 2023 10 mins read Analysis / Health care / Health Care / History / Humanitarian Action / Social Protection Micaela Serafini & Avigail Shai

Armed conflict and other humanitarian emergencies disrupt health systems in many ways: making healthcare less ...

Navigating dilemmas in people-centric humanitarian action

August 31, 2023 17 mins read Accountability / Analysis / Humanitarian Action / Humanitarian Principles / Social Inclusion / Social Protection Indu Nepal & Natalie Klein-Kelly

There is now a general consensus that being accountable to people affected by conflict and ...

People, principles, and processes: accountability in humanitarian action

August 29, 2023 15 mins read Accountability / Accountability / Analysis / Humanitarian Action / Humanitarian Principles David Loquercio & Martin Schüepp

In an ever-evolving global landscape, the dynamics of humanitarian work are constantly challenged and shaped ...

Photographing neutrality: a personal reflection from the field

August 10, 2023 5 mins read Analysis / Back to basics: humanitarian principles in contemporary armed conflict / Communications / Humanitarian Action / Humanitarian Principles / Influencing Behaviour in Armed Conflict Stephanie Xu

They say a picture is worth a thousand words, but images taken during modern conflicts ...

What we don’t understand about digital risks in armed conflict and what to do about it

July 27, 2023 15 mins read Analysis / Artificial Intelligence and Armed Conflict / Cyber / Humanitarian Action / New Technologies / Technology in Humanitarian Action Joelle Rizk & Sean Cordey

The deployment and use of new digital technologies in modern conflicts – from information to ...

Persons with disabilities in armed conflict

July 13, 2023 27 mins read Access / Analysis / Conduct of Hostilities / Disabilities / Generating Respect for IHL / Humanitarian Action / Persons with disabilities Elizabeth Rushing, Nawaf Kabbara, Veronica Ngum Ndi & NG’AA Michael Mwendwa

Persons with disabilities constitute approximately fifteen percent of the global population – a figure that ...

Responsible data sharing between humanitarian organizations and donors: towards a common approach

June 22, 2023 7 mins read Access / Analysis / Humanitarian Action / New Technologies / Technology in Humanitarian Action Vincent Cassard, Stuart Campo & Jonas Belina

Humanitarian organizations are facing increased incentives to collect and share disaggregated data about their operations. ...

Armed conflict in Sudan: a recap of the basic IHL rules applicable in non-international armed conflicts

June 15, 2023 15 mins read Analysis / Conduct of Hostilities / Generating Respect for IHL / Humanitarian Action / Law and Conflict Julie Lefolle & Jelena Nikolic

On 15 April 2023, the world watched the eruption of hostilities in Khartoum, the capital ...

Supporting social protection: five considerations for a principled humanitarian approach

June 8, 2023 10 mins read Access / Analysis / Humanitarian Action / Localisation / Social Protection Colin Walch

As humanitarian organizations broaden their mindset from saving lives in emergencies to making a more ...

Ethiopia: operational and legal response to armed conflict

June 1, 2023 15 mins read Analysis / Generating Respect for IHL / Humanitarian Action / Humanitarian Principles / Humanity in War podcast / Law and Conflict / Sexual Violence Romaric Ferraro & Elizabeth Rushing

The ICRC has been present in Ethiopia since the 1977 Ethio-Somalia armed conflict. However, the ...

Harnessing the power of Artificial Intelligence to uncover patterns of violence

May 25, 2023 9 mins read Analysis / Artificial Intelligence and Armed Conflict / Humanitarian Action / New Technologies Fiona Terry & Fabien Dany

This month saw the successful conclusion to a year-long collaboration between the ICRC and the ...

War on the coastline: mitigating civilian harm in the littorals

May 17, 2023 12 mins read Analysis / Humanitarian Action / Law and Conflict Prashant Kahlon

With 80 per cent of the world’s population living within 100 kilometers of a coastline, and maritime trade accounting for around 90 per ...