Trying to square the circle: the ICRC AI Policy

November 28, 2024 16 mins read Accountability / Analysis / Humanitarian Action / New Technologies / Technology in Humanitarian Action Pierrick Devidal

The development of artificial intelligence (AI) technologies brings significant opportunities, and risks, for principled humanitarian ...

Conceive, standardize, integrate: the past, present, and future of adopting distinctive emblems and signs under IHL

September 12, 2024 10 mins read Analysis / Communications / Generating Respect for IHL / Health Care / History / IHL / New Technologies / Special Protections / Technology in Humanitarian Action Samit D’Cunha

When the very first Geneva Convention was adopted in 1864, it was the culmination of ...

Victim/survivor-centeredness, data protection and open-source collection in accountability: lessons from IIIM-Syria

January 9, 2024 9 mins read Accountability / Analysis / Artificial Intelligence and Armed Conflict / Cybersecurity and data protection in humanitarian action / Humanitarian Action / New Technologies / Technology in Humanitarian Action Rayyan Ghuma & Birhane Wossen Reta

The extent to which a victim/survivor-centered approach (VSCA) should be incorporated into data protection remains ...

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 ...

Mobile phones for participation: building responsible public-private humanitarian partnerships

December 7, 2023 11 mins read Analysis / Cybersecurity and data protection in humanitarian action / Technology in Humanitarian Action Susanna Acland & Barnaby Willitts-King

Mobile phones are a powerful tool for participation and engagement in humanitarian crises. Responsible public/private ...

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 ...

The complex neutrality of commercial space actors in armed conflict

November 16, 2023 12 mins read Analysis / Communications / Humanitarian Principles / Outer Space / Technology in Humanitarian Action / War, law, and outer space Guoyu Wang

During an international armed conflict, commercial space actors under the jurisdiction or control of a ...

A human-centered approach to outer space security: how to boost UN efforts in the near-term

November 9, 2023 10 mins read Analysis / Disarmament / Outer Space / Technology in Humanitarian Action / War, law, and outer space Michael Spies

Technological trends and the rapid expansion of activity in outer space are creating a new ...

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 ...

Foghorns of war: IHL and information operations during armed conflict

October 12, 2023 11 mins read Analysis / Communications / Humanitarian Action / IHL / Technology in Humanitarian Action Tilman Rodenhäuser & Samit D’Cunha

“In war, truth is the first casualty” is perhaps one of the best known aphorisms ...

Space security governance: steps to limit the human costs of military operations in outer space

August 22, 2023 13 mins read Analysis / Law and Conflict / Outer Space / Technology in Humanitarian Action / War, law, and outer space / Weapons Nivedita Raju

Civilians are heavily dependent on space systems for everyday life. Yet, those same space systems ...