Who are you calling ‘vulnerable’? Muslim women and inclusive humanitarianism

December 17, 2020 7 mins read Analysis / Gender and conflict / Humanitarian Action / Islamic Law / Law and Conflict / Religion Ahmed Al-Dawoody & Saman Rejali

In generalizing groups as homogeneously ‘vulnerable’, we risk closing our eyes to existing spheres of ...

IHL in action: seven patterns of respect

November 19, 2020 16 mins read Analysis / Generating Respect for IHL / Humanitarian Action / Influencing Behaviour in Armed Conflict / Law and Conflict / Religion Juliane Garcia Ravel & Madalena Vasconcelos Rosa

While violations of international humanitarian law (IHL) are seemingly pervasive and remain a brutal reality ...

Aggregated intensity: classifying coalitions of non-State armed groups

October 7, 2020 15 mins read Analysis / Armed Groups / Law and Conflict / Religion Jelena Nikolic, Thomas de Saint Maurice & Tristan Ferraro

With an ever-increasing number of non-State armed groups and a growing tendency for non-international armed conflicts (NIAC) to be fought by coalitions, it ...

Protecting education from attack during COVID-19: a new day, a new call to action

September 9, 2020 8 mins read Analysis / Children in conflict / COVID-19 and conflict / Education in Armed Conflict / Humanitarian Action / Religion Bede Sheppard

Efforts to protect students, teachers, and schools during times of armed conflict will get extra ...

Reflecting on our inner child through the lens of children affected by war

May 28, 2020 10 mins read Children in conflict / Humanitarian Action / Law and Conflict / Religion / Review-related / Sexual Violence Sai Sathyanarayanan Venkatesh

In wartime, children are especially vulnerable. They are all too often drawn into hostilities and ...

COVID-19 and Islamic burial laws: safeguarding dignity of the dead

April 30, 2020 16 mins read Analysis / COVID-19 and conflict / Islamic Law / Religion Ahmed Al-Dawoody & Oran Finegan

As the number of coronavirus (COVID-19) deaths continues to rise across all regions of the world, Ahmed Al-Dawoody, ICRC’s legal advisor on Islamic ...

The power of words: the dangerous rhetoric of the “terrorist”

March 4, 2020 6 mins read Counterterrorism / Religion Ellen Policinski

Although acts of terrorism are prohibited under a wide variety of legal regimes at the international, regional and domestic levels (including international humanitarian ...

Cultural property protection: a humanitarian concern

February 13, 2020 8 mins read Analysis / Conduct of Hostilities / History / Law and Conflict / Religion / Sexual Violence Jennifer Price-Jones

Historic cities, monuments, antiquities and cultural ceremonies transcend human generations, helping construct a sense of ...

The Mine Ban Convention, Article 5 & 2019 Review Conference: need for urgent action

October 15, 2019 10 mins read Generating Respect for IHL / Landmines and the Law / Law and Conflict / Religion / Weapons Chris Loughran

The Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention (APMBC) entered into force 20 years ago this year. It ...

Vincent de Paul: A groundbreaking humanitarian

August 14, 2019 11 mins read History / Humanitarian Action / Humanitarian Principles / Religion Keltoum Irbah

More than 350 years after his death in 1660, the life and trailblazing humanitarian work ...

The Missing: What’s in this edition of the Review

July 2, 2019 7 mins read Humanitarian Action / Law and Conflict / Online publications / Religion / Special Protections Ellen Policinski

The International Review of the Red Cross launched an edition on The Missing earlier this ...

Just out! ‘Conflict in Syria’, a new issue of the Review

April 11, 2019 11 mins read Humanitarian Action / Law and Conflict / Religion / Review-related Ellen Policinski

In 2011, protests in Syria descended into violence and chaos. Eight years later, this once ...