Joint Blog Series: Urban warfare: The obligations of defenders January 28, 2019 3 mins read Conduct of Hostilities / Joint Blog Series / Law and Conflict Aurel Sari The fifth post in our Joint Series as published by Lawfare—Urban warfare: The obligations of the ...
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 ...
Joint Blog Series: Medical care in armed conflict PART I January 24, 2019 13 mins read Health Care / Joint Blog Series / Law and Conflict Marco Sassòli Rules regarding medical care in armed conflict have been a cornerstone of international humanitarian law (IHL) since it was first codified in 1864. ...
Joint Blog Series: Better safe than sorry: Transferring detainees safely to Coalition Partners January 20, 2019 3 mins read Detention / Joint Blog Series / Law and Conflict / Migration / Torture Tilman Rodenhäuser Over the weekend, the third post in our Joint Series was published by Lawfare—Better safe than sorry: Transferring ...
Is arms control over emerging technologies just a peacetime luxury? Lessons learned from the First World War January 18, 2019 14 mins read History / Humanitarian Action / Law and Conflict / Weapons Eric Germain At the turn of the twentieth century, many engineers with fertile imaginations—from France’s Gustave Gabet to America’s Orville Wright—hoped that their inventions would ...
Joint Blog Series: Precautionary measures in urban warfare: A commander’s obligation to obtain information January 10, 2019 14 mins read Conduct of Hostilities / Joint Blog Series / Law and Conflict Jonathan Horowitz Cities across the globe are expanding at unprecedented rates and this urban population boom is ...
Introducing the Latest Transatlantic Workshop Joint Blog Series January 9, 2019 3 mins read Conduct of Hostilities / Joint Blog Series / Law and Conflict Sasha Radin In 2018, the Sixth Annual Transatlantic Workshop on International Law and Armed Conflict once again ...
Strengthening compliance with IHL: Disappointment and hope December 14, 2018 6 mins read Analysis / Generating Respect for IHL / Law and Conflict Helen Durham Last week, participants in an intergovernmental process on ‘Strengthening Respect for International Humanitarian Law’ were forced to acknowledge a significant challenge facing the ...
Machine autonomy and the constant care obligation December 11, 2018 11 mins read Autonomous Weapons / Conduct of Hostilities / Law and Conflict / New Technologies / Weapons Chris Jenks & Rain Liivoja The debate about the way the international community should deal with autonomous weapon systems has ...
The price of virtual proximity: How humanitarian organizations’ digital trails can put people at risk December 7, 2018 6 mins read Accountability / Humanitarian Action / Technology in Humanitarian Action Tina Bouffet & Massimo Marelli Your text messages, phone calls, social media posts and cash transfers can say a lot ...
5 operational realities of detention in contemporary armed conflict November 30, 2018 12 mins read Counterterrorism / Detention / Humanitarian Action / Law and Conflict / Terrorism and IHL Laurent Saugy & Tilman Rodenhäuser Hidden behind thick walls and barbed wire, detention realities are generally little known to the ...
Administration of justice by armed groups: Some legal and practical concerns November 22, 2018 13 mins read Analysis / Armed Groups / Detention / Law and Conflict / Religion Ezequiel Heffes Geneva Call recently issued a report on challenges faced by armed non-State actors (ANSAs) in ...