The legality of flamethrowers: Taking unnecessary suffering seriously February 22, 2018 12 mins read Analysis / Conduct of Hostilities / Law and Conflict / New Technologies / Weapons Theo Boutruche Outside the academics and experts’ circles, discussions around weapons commonly make the news in at ...
Just out! New Review issue on human cost of detention February 12, 2018 9 mins read Detention / Humanitarian Action / Law and Conflict Ellen Policinski & Vincent Bernard The latest edition of International Review of the Red Cross has been released—Detention: Addressing the human cost. This edition of the International Review ...
The Independent Humanitarian Fact-Finding Commission: Has the ‘Sleeping Beauty’ Awoken? January 9, 2018 14 mins read Accountability / Analysis / Law and Conflict Cristina Azzarello & Matthieu Niederhauser In 2015, the International Humanitarian Fact-Finding Commission (the Commission) received a great deal of attention after Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) called for an ...
Can religious leaders play a role in enhancing compliance with IHL? December 20, 2017 12 mins read Analysis / Armed Groups / Generating Respect for IHL / Law and Conflict / Religion Ioana Cismas & Ezequiel Heffes The effectiveness of international humanitarian law (IHL) faces challenges from different quarters. Parties may be ...
Persons with disabilities in armed conflicts December 13, 2017 3 mins read Humanitarian Action / Law and Conflict / Special Protections Alexander Breitegger December 13 is the 11th anniversary of the adoption of the Convention on the Rights ...
Combating ‘cyber fatigue’ in the maritime domain December 7, 2017 8 mins read Analysis / Cyber / Law and Conflict / New Technologies Sean Fahey Cyber vulnerabilities in the maritime domain are expanding at an alarming rate; unfortunately, proficiency in guarding against those vulnerabilities is struggling to keep ...
Changing the narrative on international humanitarian law November 24, 2017 10 mins read Analysis / Generating Respect for IHL / Humanitarian Action / Influencing Behaviour in Armed Conflict / Law and Conflict Juliane Garcia Ravel & Vincent Bernard Two ICRC initiatives to reaffirm the relevance of international humanitarian law (IHL) in today’s armed ...
Ethics as a source of law: The Martens clause and autonomous weapons November 14, 2017 12 mins read Analysis / Autonomous Weapons / Law and Conflict / New Technologies Rob Sparrow Ethics evolves, the law changes. In this way, moral progress may occur. Yet the relation ...
Military influence operations & IHL: Implications of new technologies October 27, 2017 12 mins read Analysis / Conduct of Hostilities / Humanitarian Action / Law and Conflict / New Technologies Pontus Winther The use of smartphones, apps, social media and other methods of digital communication between people ...
Fighting together and international humanitarian law: Setting the legal framework (1/2) October 12, 2017 10 mins read Analysis / Law and Conflict / Partnering in Warfare Cordula Droege & David Tuck In their previous blog on the topic of partnered warfare, ‘Fighting together: Obligations and opportunities in partnered warfare’, Cordula Droege and David Tuck ...
The prohibition of nuclear weapons: Assisting victims and remediating the environment October 10, 2017 9 mins read Analysis / Humanitarian Action / Law and Conflict / Weapons Elizabeth Minor States have agreed upon a treaty with humanitarian foundations that prohibits nuclear weapons. It contains ...
Refugees, migrants, IDPs: Protecting people on the move—without distinction October 9, 2017 10 mins read Analysis / Humanitarian Action / Law and Conflict / Migration / Sexual Violence Sir Michael Aaronson ‘It is not the movement of persons that is the problem, it is the movement ...
