Digital risks for populations in armed conflict: Five key gaps the humanitarian sector should address June 12, 2019 8 mins read Cyber / Human Costs of Cyber / Humanitarian Action / Technology in Humanitarian Action Delphine van Solinge The Digital Revolution is affecting the lives of people around the world, from connected citizens ...
Know your enemy and know yourself: Attribution in the cyber domain June 3, 2019 9 mins read Accountability / Cyber / Human Costs of Cyber / Law and Conflict / New Technologies Vitaly Kamluk ‘It is said that if you know your enemy and know yourself, you will not ...
The potential human costs of eschewing cyber operations May 31, 2019 11 mins read Conduct of Hostilities / Cyber / Human Costs of Cyber / Law and Conflict / New Technologies Colonel Gary P Corn Over the last few decades, militaries have grown increasingly dependent on electronics, computational systems and ...
Potential human costs of cyber operations—Key ICRC takeaways from discussion with tech experts May 29, 2019 11 mins read Conduct of Hostilities / Human Costs of Cyber / Humanitarian Action / Law and Conflict / New Technologies / The most read blog posts in 2019 Laurent Gisel & Lukasz Olejnik Cyber attacks and their consequences are on top of the agenda around the world. Cyber ...
Malware: A selection of essential cyber notions and concepts May 23, 2019 9 mins read Cyber / Human Costs of Cyber / Law and Conflict / New Technologies Lukasz Olejnik & Tilman Rodenhäuser Editor’s note: This blog post is part of the upcoming Cyber Series. It sets the ...
Masculinity and humanitarianism May 20, 2019 9 mins read Gender / Gender and conflict / Humanitarian Action / Identity / Sexual Violence Graham Parsons As I write, a boy, no older than 2, is bouncing around the café, laughing ...
The masculine condition in contemporary warfare May 14, 2019 13 mins read Gender / Gender and conflict / Humanitarian Action / Identity Gilbert Holleufer Hugo Slim, in a piece entitled Masculinity and war—let’s talk about it, puts his finger ...
Legal regulation of AI weapons under international humanitarian law: A Chinese perspective May 2, 2019 9 mins read Artificial Intelligence and Armed Conflict / Law and Conflict / The most read blog posts in 2019 / Weapons Qiang Li & Dan Xie Arguably, international humanitarian law (IHL) evolves with the development of emerging technologies. The history of ...
Structural disconnects between algorithmic decision-making and the law April 25, 2019 8 mins read Artificial Intelligence and Armed Conflict / Conduct of Hostilities / Detention / Law and Conflict / New Technologies Suresh Venkatasubramanian Editor’s note: There are disconnects between how algorithmic decision-making systems work and how law works, according to ...
Safety net or tangled web: Legal reviews of AI in weapons and war-fighting April 18, 2019 11 mins read Artificial Intelligence and Armed Conflict / Law and Conflict / New Technologies / Weapons Netta Goussac Editor’s note: For those interested in the topic of legal reviews of weapons, it is ...
Essay competition: Cyber warfare and artificial intelligence in warfare April 15, 2019 3 mins read Call for papers / Law and Conflict / New Technologies On the occasion of the 42nd Round Table on Current Issues of International Humanitarian Law, the International Institute of Humanitarian Law and the International ...
The viability of data-reliant predictive systems in armed conflict detention April 8, 2019 10 mins read Artificial Intelligence and Armed Conflict / Detention / Law and Conflict / New Technologies Tess Bridgeman Editor’s note: In this post, Tess Bridgeman continues the discussion on detention and the potential use of ...
