ICRC engagement with armed groups in 2024

October 31, 2024 14 mins read Access / Analysis / Armed Groups / Generating Respect for IHL / Humanitarian diplomacy Matthew Bamber-Zryd

In line with its mandate, the ICRC engages with all parties to an armed conflict, ...

Unblocking aid: the EU’s 2023 shift in sanctions policy to safeguard humanitarian efforts

January 23, 2024 16 mins read Access / Analysis / Counterterrorism / Humanitarian Action / Humanitarian diplomacy / Special Themes / The Geneva Conventions at 75 Sophie Huvé, Guillemette Moulin & Tristan Ferraro

The year 2023 marked a significant shift in how the EU makes space for humanitarian ...

Five types of humanitarian influence

February 7, 2023 12 mins read Analysis / History / Humanitarian Action / Humanitarian diplomacy Hugo Slim

Humanitarian action involves words as well as deeds, influence as well as operations. Every year ...

The art of influencing: how to maximize impact in a complex, interconnected world

December 8, 2022 11 mins read Analysis / Humanitarian Action / Humanitarian diplomacy Nicholas Hawton

With increasing pressures on the humanitarian environment – shrinking space and shrinking funds first among them – the need to influence authorities and ...

‘Catching up with the curve’: the participation of women in disarmament diplomacy

August 25, 2022 12 mins read Analysis / Gender / Gender and conflict / Humanitarian Action / Humanitarian diplomacy / Law and Conflict Véronique Christory

Though it cannot be up to women alone to capture gendered impacts in treaty texts ...

Revisiting the history of the Geneva Conventions

February 17, 2022 8 mins read Analysis / History / Humanitarian Action / Humanitarian diplomacy / Law and Conflict Boyd van Dijk

With armed conflicts persisting in various parts of the globe and at risk of breaking ...

Carve-out in Kabul: hard won resolution lifts humanitarian roadblock in Afghanistan

February 3, 2022 7 mins read Access / Analysis / Counterterrorism / Humanitarian Action / Humanitarian diplomacy Helen Durham & Christopher Harland

On 22 December 2021, the United Nations Security Council voted unanimously to adopt a resolution ...

The holy grail of virtual diplomacy: how to achieve trust

November 4, 2021 8 mins read Analysis / COVID-19 and conflict / Humanitarian Action / Humanitarian diplomacy Nicholas Hawton & Shahrokh Shakerian

The ‘Great Move’ to communication in the virtual world has been underway for some time. ...