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 ...
International Humanitarian Law: A legal framework for exceptional circumstances November 30, 2017 9 mins read Counterterrorism / Religion David Tuck & Thomas de Saint Maurice Recently, the International Committee of the Red Cross expressed its concern about the risks of rhetoric that suggests there are circumstances in which ...
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 ...
Human evolution: Its influence on our behaviour and perception of facts October 23, 2017 11 mins read Analysis / Humanitarian Action / Influencing Behaviour in Armed Conflict / Sexual Violence Paul Beeckman The study of the evolution of the human species can provide insight to understanding the ...
Fighting together and international humanitarian law: Ensuring respect for the law and assessing responsibility for violations (2/2) October 17, 2017 10 mins read Counterterrorism Cordula Droege & David Tuck The second part of this two-part blog on partnering in warfare discusses the issues of ensuring respect for IHL and State responsibility for ...
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 ...
Autonomous weapons mini-series: Distance, weapons technology and humanity in armed conflict October 6, 2017 13 mins read Analysis / Autonomous Weapons / Law and Conflict / New Technologies / Weapons Alex Leveringhaus In this blog post, I look at the ethical and legal ramifications of distance in ...
Introduction to Mini-Series: Autonomous weapon systems and ethics October 4, 2017 2 mins read Autonomous Weapons / Law and Conflict / Weapons Autonomous weapon systems & the dictates of public conscience: An ethical basis for human control? On 28–29 August 2017, the ICRC convened a ...
Out of balance: Global counter-terrorism & the laws of war September 15, 2017 6 mins read Counterterrorism / Religion Stéphane Ojeda In recent years, the UN Security Council has strengthened its global counter-terrorism (CT) framework, perhaps more so than at any point since 9/11. ...
Fighting together: Obligations and opportunities in partnered warfare March 28, 2017 10 mins read Analysis / Law and Conflict / Partnering in Warfare Cordula Droege & David Tuck Partnered warfare — i.e. activities in support of Parties to armed conflict—is a reality that demands attention. For civilians, the sick, the wounded and for ...
Joint series: Restricting medical personnel, units, and transports to ‘light individual weapons’ February 21, 2017 2 mins read Analysis / Conduct of Hostilities / Counterterrorism / Humanitarian Action / Law and Conflict In the first instalment of episode 2 in this multi-blog series on the updated Commentaries, ...
