COVID-19 vaccine: three considerations for equitable access within countries at war

March 24, 2021 9 mins read Analysis / COVID-19 and conflict / Health Care / Humanitarian Action / Law and Conflict Charles Deutscher

Equitable access to safe and effective COVID-19 vaccines will be the defining global issue of ...

GCIII Commentary: I’m a woman and a POW in a pandemic. What does the Third Geneva Convention mean for me?

December 8, 2020 11 mins read Analysis / GCIII Commentary / Gender and conflict / Generating Respect for IHL / Health Care / Humanitarian Action / Law and Conflict / Sexual Violence Heleen Hiemstra & Vanessa Murphy

While a woman’s experience in a prisoners of war (POW) camp may not differ drastically ...

Sexual violence in armed conflict: can we prevent a COVID-19 backslide?

November 25, 2020 9 mins read Analysis / COVID-19 and conflict / Gender / Gender and conflict / Health Care / Humanitarian Action / Law and Conflict / Sexual Violence May Maloney

Three months into the pandemic, the ICRC’s Head of Addressing Sexual Violence published a call ...

‘Please, don’t tell anyone!’: healthcare stigma in the COVID-19 era

November 12, 2020 10 mins read Analysis / COVID-19 and conflict / Health Care / Humanitarian Action / Sexual Violence Paola Forgione

Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, healthcare workers in conflict zones and peaceful countries ...

COVID-19 vaccines and IHL: ensuring equal access in conflict-affected countries

November 5, 2020 10 mins read Analysis / COVID-19 and conflict / Health Care / Humanitarian Action / Law and Conflict Alexander Breitegger

As countries struggle to contain the COVID-19 pandemic, the world’s focus is on developing a ...

COVID-19 and its impact on persons with disabilities

September 17, 2020 7 mins read Analysis / COVID-19 and conflict / Health Care / Humanitarian Action Jess Markt

Jess Markt, ICRC Disability Sport & Inclusion Advisor, is an internationally-acclaimed wheelchair basketball coach who ...

Palliative care, COVID-19 and humanitarian action: it’s time to talk.

July 2, 2020 14 mins read Analysis / COVID-19 and conflict / Health Care / Humanitarian Action Rachel Coghlan

For countries already gripped by war or disaster, COVID-19 is magnifying existing challenges to healthcare. ...

Call by global leaders: work together now to stop cyberattacks on the healthcare sector

May 26, 2020 9 mins read COVID-19 and conflict / Health Care / Human Costs of Cyber / Law and Conflict / New Technologies

Today, the ICRC’s president, Peter Maurer, added his name to a list of more than ...

Cyber attacks against hospitals and the COVID-19 pandemic: How strong are international law protections?

April 2, 2020 12 mins read Analysis / COVID-19 and conflict / Health Care / Human Costs of Cyber / Law and Conflict / New Technologies Kubo Mačák, Tilman Rodenhäuser & Laurent Gisel

Editor’s Note – The views of the authors expressed in this blog are those of ...

Equal treatment for women in State armed forces: Three practical implications for medical care

March 8, 2019 13 mins read Gender and conflict / Health Care / Law and Conflict / Sexual Violence Helen Durham & Vanessa Murphy

Today marks International Women’s Day, providing us with an opportunity to pause and reflect on ...

Status of medical personnel: Clear as mud?

February 25, 2019 10 mins read Conduct of Hostilities / Health Care / Law and Conflict Rain Liivoja

The protection of the wounded and sick, and of medical personnel, stands as the cornerstone of international humanitarian law (IHL). Indeed, the first ...

Joint Blog Series: Medical care in armed conflict PART II

January 24, 2019 9 mins read Conduct of Hostilities / Health Care / Joint Blog Series / Law and Conflict Marco Sassòli

When do medical personnel lose their protection under IHL in armed conflict? Specifically, what acts ...