Law and Conflict

Nuclear weapons: 20 years since the ICJ advisory opinion and still difficult to reconcile with international humanitarian law

Nuclear weapons: 20 years since the ICJ advisory opinion and still difficult to reconcile with international humanitarian law

July 8, 2016, Analysis / Law and Conflict / Weapons
Louis G. Maresca

Everything we know about nuclear weapons, including the new information and analysis that has come to light in recent years, has only strengthened ...

International law of military operations: Mapping the field to improve compliance with the law

International law of military operations: Mapping the field to improve compliance with the law

July 7, 2016, Events and highlights / Law and Conflict
The editors

On 21-23 June 2016, the International Society for Military Law and the Law of War (ISMLLW) and Exeter Law School convened an international ...

Joint series: The role of the ICRC Commentaries in understanding international humanitarian law

Joint series: The role of the ICRC Commentaries in understanding international humanitarian law

July 7, 2016, ICRC Commentaries / Law and Conflict
Sean D. Murphy

In the second installment of episode 1 in this multi-blog series on the updated Commentaries, Professor Sean Murphy responds to Jean-Marie Henckaerts’ first ...

Cyberspace operations in armed conflicts and the proportionality rule

Cyberspace operations in armed conflicts and the proportionality rule

June 29, 2016, Events and highlights / Law and Conflict
ICRC Moscow

What does the principle of proportionality entail for cyberspace operations in armed conflicts? How can you decide whether you are using a sledgehammer ...

Joint series: Locating the Geneva Conventions Commentaries in the international legal landscape

Joint series: Locating the Geneva Conventions Commentaries in the international legal landscape

June 29, 2016, ICRC Commentaries / Law and Conflict
Jean-Marie Henckaerts

Where do the ICRC Commentaries fit into the legal landscape? What are the rules governing treaty interpretation and how do they operate in ...

Introducing the first multi-blog series on the updated Geneva Conventions Commentaries

Introducing the first multi-blog series on the updated Geneva Conventions Commentaries

June 22, 2016, ICRC Commentaries / Law and Conflict
Humanitarian Law & Policy, Intercross and Opinio Juris

The updated Commentaries are an interpretive compass emerging from more than 60 years of application and interpretation of the Geneva Conventions. Over the ...

Resisting the politicization of humanitarian action in the post-Cold War era

Resisting the politicization of humanitarian action in the post-Cold War era

June 14, 2016, Events and highlights / Interviews / Law and Conflict / Videos
The editors

For Fyodor Lukyanov, the triumph of one political system at the end of the Cold ...

International humanitarian law in the Middle East: Successes and challenges

International humanitarian law in the Middle East: Successes and challenges

June 10, 2016, Events and highlights / Law and Conflict / Videos
The editors

Violations of the law of armed conflict are tearing apart the lives of countless numbers of people in ongoing Middle-Eastern crises. On 26 ...

Is the law of armed conflict in crisis and how to recommit to its respect?

Is the law of armed conflict in crisis and how to recommit to its respect?

June 3, 2016, Events and highlights / Law and Conflict
The editors

Shocked by the seemingly unending news streams of civilians being starved, of hospitals, schools and places of worship being bombed unlawfully, of communities ...

War crimes without criminal accountability? The case of Active Protection Systems

War crimes without criminal accountability? The case of Active Protection Systems

June 1, 2016, Analysis / Law and Conflict
Michael Kurt Riepl

As weapon systems take over more and more functions in the targeting cycle that used to be fulfilled by humans, it is increasingly ...

Parties to conflict should avoid using heavy explosive weapons in populated areas

Parties to conflict should avoid using heavy explosive weapons in populated areas

May 24, 2016, Law and Conflict / Videos
The editors

In this video, the head of ICRC’s Arms Unit, Kathleen Lawand, discusses the humanitarian consequences and legal implications of the use of explosive ...

Workshop: Rights and responsibilities of medical personnel during emergencies

Workshop: Rights and responsibilities of medical personnel during emergencies

April 15, 2016, Law and Conflict / Online learning

Universities can help enhance respect for the impartial and safe provision of health care in conflicts and other emergencies. To assist them in ...