Principles under pressure: have humanitarian principles really stood the test of time? July 11, 2024 12 mins read Analysis / Humanitarian Action / Humanitarian Principles / Humanitarian principles in contemporary armed conflict / Special Themes Olivier Ray Recent conflicts have brought to light the jarring personal dilemmas humanitarian workers confront and provoked ...
De-dehumanization: practicing humanity June 27, 2024 15 mins read Analysis / Humanitarian Principles / Humanitarian principles in contemporary armed conflict / IHL / Special Themes / The Geneva Conventions at 75 Natalie Deffenbaugh There is today an idea of a single humanity, with each member equally valued, and ...
Photographing neutrality: a personal reflection from the field August 10, 2023 5 mins read Analysis / Communications / Humanitarian Action / Humanitarian Principles / Humanitarian principles in contemporary armed conflict / Influencing Behaviour in Armed Conflict Stephanie Xu They say a picture is worth a thousand words, but images taken during modern conflicts ...
It’s all relative: the humanitarian principles in historical and legal perspective March 16, 2023 11 mins read Analysis / Humanitarian Action / Humanitarian principles in contemporary armed conflict Marina Sharpe Humanitarian actors broadly agree on the humanitarian principles’ meanings and their utility in responses to ...
‘Back to basics’ with a digital twist: humanitarian principles and dilemmas in the digital age February 2, 2023 14 mins read Analysis / Humanitarian Action / Humanitarian Principles / Humanitarian principles in contemporary armed conflict / New Technologies Pierrick Devidal The digital transformation has been a key vector of progress for the humanitarian sector. It ...
Humanitarian neutrality in contemporary armed conflict: a conversation with Nils Melzer January 26, 2023 13 mins read Humanitarian Action / Humanitarian principles in contemporary armed conflict / Humanity in War podcast / Law and Conflict Nils Melzer & Elizabeth Rushing As with many humanitarian crises in the past, the international armed conflict between Russia and ...
Humanitarian principles in action: a Q&A with the South Sudan Red Cross November 17, 2022 9 mins read Analysis / Humanitarian Action / Humanitarian principles in contemporary armed conflict / Law and Conflict John Lobor On the eve of the declaration of independence by the Republic of South Sudan in ...
What does ‘back to basics’ mean for gender and the fundamental principles? September 1, 2022 13 mins read Analysis / Gender / Gender and conflict / Generating Respect for IHL / Humanitarian Action / Humanitarian Principles / Humanitarian principles in contemporary armed conflict / Law and Conflict Ariana Lopes Morey The recently-launched ICRC blog series ‘Back to basics: humanitarian principles in contemporary armed conflict’ aims ...
Taking action, not sides: the benefits of humanitarian neutrality in war June 21, 2022 8 mins read Humanitarian Action / Humanitarian Principles / Humanitarian principles in contemporary armed conflict Fiona Terry In this post – part of our new series ‘Back to basics: humanitarian principles in ...
Back to basics: humanitarian principles in contemporary armed conflict June 16, 2022 7 mins read Analysis / Call for contributions / Humanitarian Action / Humanitarian principles in contemporary armed conflict / Law and Conflict Robert Mardini As with many conflicts in the past, the Ukraine crisis has revived heated discussions on ...
