Canada’s first voluntary IHL report: a step forward with opportunities for improvement

January 30, 2025 12 mins read Accountability / Analysis / Generating Respect for IHL / IHL Steve Tiwa Fomekong

Canada recently published its first voluntary report on the implementation of international humanitarian law (IHL), ...

‘Hybrid threats’, ‘grey zones’, ‘competition’, and ‘proxies’: When is it actually war?

January 16, 2025 10 mins read Analysis / Armed Groups / IHL / Law and Conflict / Scope of application Samit D’Cunha, Tristan Ferraro & Tilman Rodenhäuser

In an era of rising geopolitical tensions, terms like ‘hybrid threats,’ ‘grey zones,’ and ‘proxy ...

War in cities: a solemn appeal from the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement

January 7, 2025 6 mins read Access / Accountability / Analysis / Armed Groups / Conduct of Hostilities / Generating Respect for IHL / Humanitarian Action / Humanitarian diplomacy / Humanitarian Principles / IHL

Around the world, civilians in cities at war face immense risks. Urban warfare devastates lives ...

If you teach it, they’ll enroll: IHL education in Canadian law schools

December 17, 2024 11 mins read Analysis / Education in Armed Conflict / Generating Respect for IHL / Humanitarian Principles / IHL / Law and Conflict Marina Sharpe

Members of armed forces receive international humanitarian law (IHL) training as a matter of course, ...

The (im)possibility of responsible military AI governance

December 12, 2024 11 mins read Accountability / Analysis / Artificial intelligence in military decision-making / Conduct of Hostilities / IHL / New Technologies / Special Themes Elke Schwarz

During 2024, efforts to address the governance of military artificial intelligence (AI) have gained momentum. ...

Beyond prevalence: new approaches to measuring sexual- and gender-based violence prevention in conflict settings

December 5, 2024 12 mins read Analysis / Gender / Gender and conflict / IHL / Sexual Violence / Social Protection / Special Protections / Special Themes Zuleyka Piniella & Jessica Lenz

When discussing the measurement of sexual- and gender-based violence (SGBV) prevention in humanitarian settings, reactions ...

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 ...

What private businesses need to know about international humanitarian law

November 26, 2024 11 mins read Accountability / Analysis / Generating Respect for IHL / IHL / Law and Conflict / Scope of application Matt Pollard, Fauve Kurnadi & Coline Beytout-Lamarque

Private businesses that operate in situations of armed conflict, do business with a government or ...

Climate action in conflict and fragile settings: closing the implementation gap

November 12, 2024 12 mins read Access / Analysis / Climate change, conflict and humanitarian action / Humanitarian Action / Social Protection / Special Themes Catherine-Lune Grayson & Amir Khouzam

Communities in conflict-affected areas are direly impacted by growing climate risks and shocks. Over the ...

Dehumanizing detention: degrading our collective humanity

November 7, 2024 6 mins read Analysis / Communications / Detention / Social Protection Terry Hackett

Language matters and the protections of international law are crucial when facing global trends of dehumanization. Dehumanizing narratives strip people of their dignity, ...

ICRC engagement with armed groups in 2024

October 31, 2024 14 mins read Access / Analysis / Armed Groups / Generating Respect for IHL / Humanitarian diplomacy Matthew Bamber-Zryd

In line with its mandate, the ICRC engages with all parties to an armed conflict, ...

Applying IHL with a gender perspective in the planning and conduct of military operations

October 24, 2024 16 mins read Analysis / Conduct of Hostilities / Gender / Gender and conflict / Sexual Violence / Special Protections / Special Themes Kristina Lindvall, Paula Iwanowska & Vanessa Murphy

Gender can still be a confusing and contested subject for international humanitarian law (IHL) and ...

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