Ethiopia: operational and legal response to armed conflict

June 1, 2023 15 mins read Analysis / Generating Respect for IHL / Humanitarian Action / Humanitarian Principles / Humanity in War podcast / Law and Conflict / Sexual Violence Romaric Ferraro & Elizabeth Rushing

The ICRC has been present in Ethiopia since the 1977 Ethio-Somalia armed conflict. However, the ...

‘Back to basics’ with a digital twist: humanitarian principles and dilemmas in the digital age

February 2, 2023 14 mins read Analysis / Back to basics: humanitarian principles in contemporary armed conflict / Humanitarian Action / Humanitarian Principles / New Technologies Pierrick Devidal

The digital transformation has been a key vector of progress for the humanitarian sector. It ...

What does ‘back to basics’ mean for gender and the fundamental principles?

September 1, 2022 13 mins read Analysis / Back to basics: humanitarian principles in contemporary armed conflict / Gender / Gender and conflict / Generating Respect for IHL / Humanitarian Action / Humanitarian Principles / Law and Conflict Ariana Lopes Morey

The recently-launched ICRC blog series ‘Back to basics: humanitarian principles in contemporary armed conflict’ aims ...

Shielding prisoners of war from public curiosity

June 28, 2022 9 mins read Analysis / GCIII Commentary / Generating Respect for IHL / Humanitarian Principles / Law and Conflict Ramin Mahnad

Recent media reports on prisoners of war (POWs) and deceased combatants have raised questions among ...

Taking action, not sides: the benefits of humanitarian neutrality in war

June 21, 2022 8 mins read Back to basics: humanitarian principles in contemporary armed conflict / Humanitarian Action / Humanitarian Principles Fiona Terry

In this post – part of our new series ‘Back to basics: humanitarian principles in ...

Armed conflict in Ukraine: a recap of basic IHL rules

March 17, 2022 11 mins read Generating Respect for IHL / Humanitarian Action / Humanitarian Principles / Law and Conflict Cordula Droege

For the past two weeks, the world has watched a humanitarian crisis unfold across Ukraine. ...

The SolarWinds hack: lessons for humanitarians

March 18, 2021 9 mins read Analysis / Humanitarian Action / Humanitarian Principles / New Technologies Massimo Marelli

As humanitarian organizations become more active in and reliant upon new technologies and the digital ...

Cashless cash: financial inclusion or surveillance humanitarianism?

March 2, 2021 7 mins read Analysis / Humanitarian Action / Humanitarian Principles / New Technologies Pierrick Devidal

Cash has been an exceptional vector of progress in humanitarian action, empowering people, protecting dignity, ...

We may need more humanitarian bureaucracy, not less

February 4, 2021 5 mins read Accountability / Analysis / Humanitarian Action / Humanitarian Principles / Sexual Violence Aaron Clark-Ginsberg & Mary Kate Adgie

In the humanitarian sector, bureaucracy has been faulted for everything from ageism and the suppression ...

GCIII Commentary: a Buddhist perspective on the treatment of prisoners of war

January 19, 2021 7 mins read Analysis / Conduct of Hostilities / GCIII Commentary / Generating Respect for IHL / History / Humanitarian Action / Humanitarian Principles / Law and Conflict / Religion Asanga Tilakaratne, Peter Harvey, Sunil Kariyakarawana & Andrew Bartles-Smith

While ratification of the Geneva Conventions is a relatively recent phenomenon, warfare has always been ...

Race, equity, and neo-colonial legacies: identifying paths forward for principled humanitarian action

July 16, 2020 18 mins read Analysis / Gender and conflict / Humanitarian Action / Humanitarian Principles / Sexual Violence Saman Rejali

In the wake of the murder of George Floyd in the United States, and the ...

The world tomorrow: COVID-19 and the new humanitarian

May 20, 2020 14 mins read Analysis / Counterterrorism / COVID-19 and conflict / Humanitarian Action / Humanitarian Principles Raphael Gorgeu

Two months in, the COVID-19 crisis has sent shock waves throughout the humanitarian sector, prompting ...