Applying IHL with a gender perspective in the planning and conduct of military operations

October 24, 2024 16 mins read Analysis / Conduct of Hostilities / Gender / Gender and conflict / Sexual Violence / Special Protections / Special Themes Kristina Lindvall, Paula Iwanowska & Vanessa Murphy

Gender can still be a confusing and contested subject for international humanitarian law (IHL) and ...

IHL and the challenge of maintaining food security in armed conflict

October 17, 2024 11 mins read Access / Analysis / Conduct of Hostilities / Generating Respect for IHL / IHL / Special Protections Matt Pollard

Food insecurity remains a critical issue in modern armed conflicts, exacerbated by the mutually reinforcing ...

Championing IHL compliance in contemporary armed conflict: the 2024 ICRC Challenges Report

October 9, 2024 9 mins read Analysis / Conduct of Hostilities / Generating Respect for IHL / IHL / Law and Conflict Cordula Droege

Since 2003, the ICRC has submitted a report on ‘International Humanitarian Law and the Challenges ...

Will AI fundamentally alter how wars are initiated, fought and concluded?

September 26, 2024 10 mins read Accountability / Analysis / Artificial intelligence in military decision-making / Conduct of Hostilities / IHL / New Technologies / Special Themes Erica Harper

In the debate on how artificial intelligence (AI) will impact military strategy and decision-making, a ...

Transcending weapon systems: the ethical challenges of AI in military decision support systems

September 24, 2024 12 mins read Accountability / Analysis / Artificial intelligence in military decision-making / Conduct of Hostilities / IHL / New Technologies / Special Themes Matthias Klaus

The military decision-making process is facing a challenge by the increasing number of interconnected sensors ...

The risks and inefficacies of AI systems in military targeting support

September 4, 2024 12 mins read Accountability / Analysis / Artificial intelligence in military decision-making / Conduct of Hostilities / IHL / New Technologies / Special Themes Jimena Sofía Viveros Álvarez

Over the past decade, discussions surrounding artificial intelligence (AI) in the military domain have largely ...

The problem of algorithmic bias in AI-based military decision support systems

September 3, 2024 13 mins read Accountability / Analysis / Artificial intelligence in military decision-making / Conduct of Hostilities / New Technologies / Special Themes / Weapons Ingvild Bode & Ishmael Bhila

Algorithmic bias has long been recognized as a key problem affecting decision-making processes that integrate ...

Beyond the rubble: eight overlooked ways that urban warfare is affecting children

August 22, 2024 14 mins read Analysis / Children in conflict / Conduct of Hostilities / Education in Armed Conflict / Persons with disabilities / Protection of education / Social Protection / Special Protections / Special Themes / Urban warfare Timothy P. Williams, Alexandra Jackson & Vanessa Murphy

In cities from Gaza to those in Sudan and Ukraine, childhoods are irrevocably changed by ...

War’s long legacy: the continued importance of the Geneva Conventions 75 years later

August 8, 2024 14 mins read Accountability / Analysis / Conduct of Hostilities / Generating Respect for IHL / IHL / Law and Conflict / Special Themes / The Geneva Conventions at 75 Ellen Policinski

Next week marks the 75th anniversary of the four Geneva Conventions of 1949. Against a ...

International humanitarian law and Islamic law: a principled and inclusive dialogue

July 25, 2024 7 mins read Analysis / Conduct of Hostilities / Generating Respect for IHL / Humanitarian Principles / IHL / Islamic Law / Localisation / Related bodies of law / Religion / Special Themes Ahmed Al-Dawoody

Around two thirds of ICRC operations are in Muslim countries where armed conflicts are in ...

War and what we make of the law

July 18, 2024 10 mins read Accountability / Analysis / Conduct of Hostilities / Generating Respect for IHL / Humanitarian Principles / IHL / Special Themes / The Geneva Conventions at 75 Cordula Droege

Preventing the catastrophic human cost of war is a central purpose of modern international law. ...

Trapped in conflict: urban sieges and encirclement

June 20, 2024 23 mins read Analysis / Conduct of Hostilities / Generating Respect for IHL / Special Themes / Topics / Urban warfare Abby Zeith

Based on the ICRC’s firsthand observations in and around cities in conflict across the globe, ...