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 ...

A safety net for prisoners of war: five key principles of the Third Geneva Convention

April 27, 2023 11 mins read Detention / GCIII Commentary / Humanitarian Action / Law and Conflict Yvette Issar

After the Second World War, countries came together to improve the legal protection available to ...

When the lights go out: the protection of energy infrastructure in armed conflict

April 20, 2023 25 mins read Analysis / Conduct of Hostilities / Humanitarian Action / Law and Conflict Eirini Giorgou & Abby Zeith

In armed conflicts across the globe, critical infrastructure enabling the delivery of essential services for ...

Detention by non-State armed groups: translating law to practice

April 4, 2023 11 mins read Analysis / Armed Groups / Detention / Humanitarian Action / Law and Conflict Tilman Rodenhäuser & Eloïse Lefebvre

From the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the north of Syria, ...

The NSAG handbook: helping non-State armed groups reduce civilian harm during urban warfare

March 30, 2023 8 mins read Analysis / Humanitarian Action / Law and Conflict / Urban warfare Ruben Stewart & Celia Edeline

Today, more than half of the world’s population lives in urban areas. As the number ...

Climate change, environment and humanitarian action in Southeast Asia

March 28, 2023 11 mins read Analysis / Climate change, conflict and humanitarian action / Humanitarian Action Alistair D. B. Cook

Worldwide, millions of people are already facing the harsh reality of climate and environmental crises, ...

Protecting the innocent, the land, and the body: traditional sources of restraint on landmine use

March 23, 2023 11 mins read Analysis / Humanitarian Action / Influencing Behaviour in Armed Conflict Henrique Garbino & Matthew Breay Bolton

What drives restraint in armed conflict? Recent studies have examined different factors contributing to restraint ...

It’s all relative: the humanitarian principles in historical and legal perspective

March 16, 2023 11 mins read Analysis / Back to basics: humanitarian principles in contemporary armed conflict / Humanitarian Action Marina Sharpe

Humanitarian actors broadly agree on the humanitarian principles’ meanings and their utility in responses to ...

International humanitarian law and policy in Colombia: progress and challenges

March 9, 2023 12 mins read Humanitarian Action / Humanity in War podcast / Law and Conflict Mariana Chacón Lozano & Elizabeth Rushing

Over the last several years, while attention was turned to tackling the impact of the ...

Three lessons on the regulation of autonomous weapons systems to ensure accountability for violations of IHL

March 2, 2023 11 mins read Analysis / Autonomous Weapons / Humanitarian Action / Law and Conflict / New Technologies Vincent Boulanin & Marta Bo

States have agreed on the principle that machines cannot be held accountable for violations of ...