Yesterday’s children: now is the time to repatriate the children – and the young people who have “aged out” of childhood – in the camps and prisons of north-east Syria and Iraq

October 22, 2026 15 mins read Analysis / Children in conflict / Detention / IHL / Migration / Special Protections Julia Joerin, Vanessa Murphy & Katerina Kappos

Several years after the Islamic State group lost its last territory in March 2019, tens ...

AI will not set its own limits in warfare. States must.

October 15, 2026 13 mins read Analysis / Artificial Intelligence and Armed Conflict / Artificial intelligence in military decision-making / Autonomous Weapons / IHL / New Technologies Cordula Droege

Artificial intelligence (AI) is being developed at extraordinary speed, prompting warnings from within the technology ...

Influencer, gamer, soldier, spy: the online era of child recruitment and its implications in international law (Part II)

October 8, 2026 15 mins read Armed Groups / Children in conflict / IHL / New Technologies Vanessa Murphy, Siobhan Sparkes McNamara & Tilman Rodenhäuser

As social media and gaming platforms create new interfaces between tech-savvy children and armed actors, ...

Influencer, gamer, soldier, spy: the online era of child recruitment and its implications in international law (Part I)

October 1, 2026 14 mins read Armed Groups / Children in conflict / IHL / New Technologies Vanessa Murphy, Siobhan Sparkes McNamara & Tilman Rodenhäuser

As social media and gaming platforms create new interfaces between tech-savvy children and armed actors, ...

Terrorist, war criminal, or both? Towards dual prosecutions of war crimes and terrorist offences

September 24, 2026 14 mins read Analysis / Counterterrorism / Emerging Voices / Law and Conflict / Terrorism and IHL Natasha Floodgate

A leading media figure and foreign fighter of a notorious group designated as terrorist was ...

“Aid must be sustainable”: communities affected by conflict share what they want from humanitarians

September 17, 2026 10 mins read Analysis / Delivering for people in an evolving humanitarian landscape / Humanitarian Action / Humanitarian Principles / IHL / Localisation Arjun Claire & Avigail Shai

The humanitarian landscape is being reshaped by converging trends, including the rapid adoption of new ...

The humanitarian case for universalizing the Convention on Cluster Munitions

September 3, 2026 17 mins read Analysis / Disabilities / Disarmament / Health Care / IHL / Law and Conflict / Persons with disabilities Fahad Ahmed & Maarten Abeel

Cluster munitions cause harm both at the moment of attack and long after fighting has ...

Before the fighting begins: IHL and the location of military objectives

August 27, 2026 10 mins read Analysis / Conduct of Hostilities / Generating Respect for IHL / IHL / Law and Conflict Gabija Grigaitė-Daugirdė

International humanitarian law (IHL) is primarily associated with the conduct of hostilities and the protection ...

Civilian protection has a dependency-chain problem

August 20, 2026 13 mins read Analysis / Disabilities / IHL / Persons with disabilities / Special Protections Lassi Murto

Civilian protection is often assessed by whether a person has been warned, evacuated, registered, sheltered ...

The machines must not choose who dies: a humanitarian case for disarming AI

August 13, 2026 14 mins read Analysis / Artificial Intelligence and Armed Conflict / Autonomous Weapons / Disarmament / IHL / New Technologies / Technology in Humanitarian Action / Weapons Eberechukwu Owuamanam SJ

As states race to develop autonomous weapons systems, the effort to agree binding international rules ...

Memorializing IHL violations in the age of AI: opportunities and risks for transitional justice

July 23, 2026 12 mins read Accountability / Analysis / Artificial Intelligence and Armed Conflict / IHL / New Technologies / Technology in Humanitarian Action Paola Forgione & Megah Bintang Mahadinah

Memorialization, one of the five pillars of transitional justice, plays a vital role in preserving ...

The shelter that shone in the distance

June 18, 2026 3 mins read Delivering for people in an evolving humanitarian landscape / Identity / Migration / Stories Mamuch Bey

For the world’s more than 120 million forcibly displaced people, the idea of refuge is ...

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