Detention

Joint Blog Series: Better safe than sorry: Transferring detainees safely to Coalition Partners

Joint Blog Series: Better safe than sorry: Transferring detainees safely to Coalition Partners

January 20, 2019, Detention / Joint Blog Series / Law and Conflict / Migration / Torture
Tilman Rodenhäuser

Over the weekend, the third post in our Joint Series was published by Lawfare—Better safe than sorry: Transferring ...

5 operational realities of detention in contemporary armed conflict

5 operational realities of detention in contemporary armed conflict

November 30, 2018, Detention / Humanitarian Action / Law and Conflict / Terrorism and IHL
Laurent Saugy & Tilman Rodenhäuser

Hidden behind thick walls and barbed wire, detention realities are generally little known to the ...

Administration of justice by armed groups: Some legal and practical concerns

Administration of justice by armed groups: Some legal and practical concerns

November 22, 2018, Analysis / Armed Groups / Detention / Law and Conflict
Ezequiel Heffes

Geneva Call recently issued a report on challenges faced by armed non-State actors (ANSAs) in ...

Detention and armed conflicts: Exploring realities and remedies

Detention and armed conflicts: Exploring realities and remedies

September 10, 2018, Detention / Humanitarian Action / Law and Conflict
Helen Durham

The honour of delivering one of the opening speeches at the Sanremo Roundtable on the topic of the deprivation of liberty and armed ...

Essay Competition: Sanremo New Voices in IHL

Essay Competition: Sanremo New Voices in IHL

April 16, 2018, Call for papers / Detention / Humanitarian Action / Law and Conflict / The most read blog posts in 2018

On the occasion of the 41st Round Table on Current Issues of International Humanitarian Law ...

The principle of non-refoulement in the migration context: 5 key points

The principle of non-refoulement in the migration context: 5 key points

March 30, 2018, Detention / Humanitarian Action / Law and Conflict / Migration / The most read blog posts in 2018 / Torture
Tilman Rodenhäuser

The current discussions on the Global Compact for Migration and the Global Compact on Refugees ...

The 1918 Bern Agreements: repatriating prisoners in a total war

The 1918 Bern Agreements: repatriating prisoners in a total war

March 29, 2018, Detention / Humanitarian Action
Cédric Cotter

100 years ago, under the auspices of the ICRC and the Swiss Confederation, the French and German governments signed the Bern Agreements. A ...

Just out! New Review issue on human cost of detention

Just out! New Review issue on human cost of detention

February 12, 2018, Detention / Humanitarian Action / Law and Conflict
Ellen Policinski & Vincent Bernard

The latest edition of International Review of the Red Cross has been released—Detention: Addressing the human cost. This edition of the International Review ...