Online violence: real life impacts on women and girls in humanitarian settings

January 4, 2024 11 mins read Analysis / Cybersecurity and data protection in humanitarian action / Gender and conflict / New Technologies / Technology in Humanitarian Action Megan O’Brien

Online violence is not contained by the digital sphere – it is killing women and ...

Not child’s play: protecting children’s data in humanitarian AI ecosystems

December 14, 2023 8 mins read Artificial Intelligence and Armed Conflict / Children in conflict / Cybersecurity and data protection in humanitarian action / Humanitarian Action / New Technologies / Technology in Humanitarian Action Roxana Radu & Eugenia Olliaro

In times of crisis and conflict, advanced artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (AI/ML) might ...

Deploying OSINT in armed conflict settings: law, ethics, and the need for a new theory of harm

December 5, 2023 16 mins read Analysis / Cybersecurity and data protection in humanitarian action / Human Costs of Cyber / IHL / New Technologies / Technology in Humanitarian Action Ed Millett

The deployment of open-source intelligence, or OSINT – information gathered from publicly available data sources ...

Algorithms of war: The use of artificial intelligence in decision making in armed conflict

October 24, 2023 14 mins read Artificial Intelligence and Armed Conflict / Autonomous Weapons / Humanitarian Action / New Technologies / Technology in Humanitarian Action Ruben Stewart & Georgia Hinds

In less than a year, Chat-GPT has become a household name, reflecting astonishing advances in ...

Protecting civilians against digital threats: four worrying trends and recommendations to address them

October 19, 2023 11 mins read Analysis / New Technologies Cordula Droege, Laurent Gisel, Tilman Rodenhäuser & Joelle Rizk

In situations of armed conflict, access to digital technology can save lives. But the use of cyber, information, and other digital operations by ...

8 rules for “civilian hackers” during war, and 4 obligations for states to restrain them

October 4, 2023 12 mins read Analysis / Law and Conflict / New Technologies Tilman Rodenhäuser & Mauro Vignati

As digital technology is changing how militaries conduct war, a worrying trend has emerged in which a growing number of civilians become involved in ...

Reducing the civilian cost of military counterspace operations

August 17, 2023 14 mins read Analysis / Avoiding civilian harm during military cyber operations / Communications / IHL / Law and Conflict / New Technologies / Outer Space / Technology in Humanitarian Action / War, law, and outer space Dr Stuart Eves, PhD, FRAS, FBIS & Gilles Doucet

Enabled by advanced technologies, the past few decades have seen a revolution in the utility ...

War, law and outer space: pathways to reduce the human cost of military space operations

August 15, 2023 16 mins read Analysis / Communications / Law and Conflict / New Technologies / Outer Space / Technology in Humanitarian Action / War, law, and outer space / Weapons Wen Zhou

Despite the long-term desire of the international community to explore and use outer space for ...

What we don’t understand about digital risks in armed conflict and what to do about it

July 27, 2023 15 mins read Analysis / Artificial Intelligence and Armed Conflict / Cyber / Humanitarian Action / New Technologies / Technology in Humanitarian Action Joelle Rizk & Sean Cordey

The deployment and use of new digital technologies in modern conflicts – from information to ...

Loitering munitions: flagging an urgent need for legally binding rules for autonomy in weapon systems

June 29, 2023 10 mins read Analysis / Artificial Intelligence and Armed Conflict / Autonomous Weapons / New Technologies / Weapons Ingvild Bode & Tom F.A. Watts

Earlier this month, a viral story alleged that a US Air Force simulation took place ...

Responsible data sharing between humanitarian organizations and donors: towards a common approach

June 22, 2023 7 mins read Access / Analysis / Humanitarian Action / New Technologies / Technology in Humanitarian Action Vincent Cassard, Stuart Campo & Jonas Belina

Humanitarian organizations are facing increased incentives to collect and share disaggregated data about their operations. ...

Harnessing the power of Artificial Intelligence to uncover patterns of violence

May 25, 2023 9 mins read Analysis / Artificial Intelligence and Armed Conflict / Humanitarian Action / New Technologies Fiona Terry & Fabien Dany

This month saw the successful conclusion to a year-long collaboration between the ICRC and the ...