Are we living through the worst period in history? February 15, 2017 10 mins read Analysis / Humanitarian Action / Review-related / Sexual Violence Vincent Bernard Vincent Bernard is the editor in chief of the International Review of the Red Cross. ...
Protected: Humanitarian-private sector partnerships: Never forget why! January 24, 2017 7 mins read Analysis Stéphane Bonamy, Deputy Head, ICRC Washington There is no excerpt because this is a protected post.
Space law revisited (2/3): Are weapons of mass destruction prohibited in space? December 21, 2016 8 mins read Analysis / Law and Conflict / New Technologies / Weapons Pavle Kilibarda Outer space is becoming an arena for technological shows of force – whether by deployment of spy satellites or testing of weapons. What ...
The digital transformation of the humanitarian sector December 5, 2016 11 mins read Analysis / Counterterrorism / Humanitarian Action Anja Kaspersen & Charlotte Lindsey-Curtet When you’re pulling people from rubble after missile strikes, or tending to injuries in a tent, or worrying about getting the next truck ...
Casualty recording in and for the modern age: Why standards matter November 8, 2016 10 mins read Analysis / Events and highlights / Humanitarian Action Hamit Dardagan & John Sloboda In peacetime and wartime alike, it is not sufficient to ask “how many died,” but also “who died”. Casualty recording is a systematic ...
Space law revisited (1/3): The notion of ‘peaceful uses’ and the Outer Space Treaty November 7, 2016 9 mins read Analysis / Law and Conflict / New Technologies Pavle Kilibarda Outer space is becoming an arena for technological shows of force – whether by deployment of spy satellites or testing of weapons. What ...
The establishment of courts by armed groups: what is the legal basis? October 11, 2016 10 mins read Analysis / Law and Conflict Ezequiel Heffes While the law of armed conflict is understood as granting armed groups the possibility to install judicial mechanisms in order to pass judgments ...
Protecting schools from military use: From Ancient Rome to today September 27, 2016 7 mins read Analysis / Education in Armed Conflict / Humanitarian Action / Special Protections Bede Sheppard The Safe Schools Declaration, opened for endorsement on 29 May 2015, outlines concrete steps that ...
Drawing the line between armed groups under IHL July 22, 2016 9 mins read Analysis / Armed Groups / Law and Conflict / Religion Ellen Nohle From Nigeria to Russia, the number of entities claiming affiliation with the Islamic State Group (ISG) is on the rise. In Colombia, concerns ...
Nuclear weapons: 20 years since the ICJ advisory opinion and still difficult to reconcile with international humanitarian law July 8, 2016 8 mins read Analysis / Law and Conflict / Weapons Louis G. Maresca Everything we know about nuclear weapons, including the new information and analysis that has come to light in recent years, has only strengthened ...
European ‘migrant crisis’: Avoiding another wave of refugees living in limbo June 23, 2016 7 mins read Analysis / Humanitarian Action / Migration Pavle Kilibarda That the brutal excesses of the conflict in Syria, well into its sixth year, have proven capable of causing one of the greatest ...
War crimes without criminal accountability? The case of Active Protection Systems June 1, 2016 6 mins read Analysis / Law and Conflict Michael Kurt Riepl As weapon systems take over more and more functions in the targeting cycle that used to be fulfilled by humans, it is increasingly ...
