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 ...

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 ...

How does international humanitarian law develop?

April 13, 2023 24 mins read Analysis / History / Humanity in War podcast / Law and Conflict Cordula Droege, Eirini Giorgou & Elizabeth Rushing

A recent edition of the International Review of the Red Cross dedicated its content to ...

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 ...

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 ...

Towards common understandings: the application of established IHL principles to cyber operations

March 7, 2023 9 mins read Analysis / Avoiding civilian harm during military cyber operations / Human Costs of Cyber / Law and Conflict / New Technologies Kubo Mačák & Tilman Rodenhäuser

Cyber operations have become a reality of today’s armed conflicts, and their use is likely ...

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 ...

Preventing and eradicating the deadly legacy of explosive remnants of war

February 23, 2023 13 mins read Analysis / Conduct of Hostilities / Humanitarian Action / Law and Conflict / Weapons Eirini Giorgou

The deadly legacy of armed conflict continues to claim lives long after the fighting is ...

War, law and humanity: the role of the ICRC in international armed conflicts

February 16, 2023 12 mins read Humanitarian Action / Law and Conflict Melina Fidelis

The international armed conflict between Russia and Ukraine has seen the involvement of several humanitarian organizations on the ground – including the International ...