The impact of gender and race bias in AI August 28, 2018 13 mins read Analysis / Autonomous Weapons / Gender / Gender and conflict / Law and Conflict / Weapons Noel Sharkey Automated decision algorithms are currently propagating gender and race discrimination throughout our global community. The ...
The human nature of international humanitarian law August 23, 2018 10 mins read Analysis / Autonomous Weapons / Conduct of Hostilities / Law and Conflict Eric Talbot Jensen International humanitarian law (IHL) regulates the use of force in armed conflict. It inherently provides ...
Autonomous weapons and human control July 18, 2018 7 mins read Analysis / Autonomous Weapons / Conduct of Hostilities / Law and Conflict / Weapons Tim McFarland Concerns about ensuring sufficient human control over autonomous weapon systems (AWS) have been prominent since ...
A humanitarian-development nexus that works June 21, 2018 11 mins read Humanitarian Action / Humanitarian Principles / Protracted Conflict / The most read blog posts in 2018 Filipa Schmitz Guinote The decades-old discussion on the ‘humanitarian-development nexus’ is again in full swing. At the beginning, ...
IHL & the protection of migrants caught in armed conflict June 4, 2018 11 mins read Analysis / Law and Conflict / Migration Helen Obregón Gieseken & Éloïse Ouellet-Décoste In the wake of the 2016 New York Declaration for Refugees and Migrants, this year marks the final phase of the process leading ...
War on your doorstep: A visual journey through the everyday realities of urban warfare May 31, 2018 5 mins read Humanitarian Action / Stories Vincent Bernard In 2017 the ICRC unveiled ‘War in Cities / Villes en Guerre’—an exhibition on the catastrophic impact that urban warfare has on the ...
The world needs robust peacekeeping not aggressive peacekeeping May 15, 2018 10 mins read Analysis / Conduct of Hostilities / Counterterrorism / Humanitarian Action / Law and Conflict / The most read blog posts in 2018 Mona Ali Khalil Since 1999, and in response to the tragic failures to protect civilians in Rwanda and Srebrenica, the ...
Just out! New issue of the Review on migration and displacement May 9, 2018 12 mins read Humanitarian Action / Law and Conflict / Migration / The most read blog posts in 2018 Jovana Kuzmanovic & Vincent Bernard This edition of the International Review of the Red Cross (the Review) explores complex and ...
Ten armed groups share their views on education in armed conflict May 2, 2018 12 mins read Analysis / Armed Groups / Humanitarian Action / Law and Conflict Ezequiel Heffes & Carolin Nehmé It is well known that armed non-State actors (ANSAs) often pose a threat to education. ...
Everything you always wanted to know about engagement and accountability … (but were afraid to ask) April 17, 2018 10 mins read Analysis / Humanitarian Action Tina Bouffet Your five-buzzword guide to better understanding how people affected by conflict and violence can take the lead in humanitarian action. Stranded in the ...
Essay Competition: Sanremo New Voices in IHL April 16, 2018 3 mins read Call for papers / Detention / Humanitarian Action / Law and Conflict / The most read blog posts in 2018 On the occasion of the 41st Round Table on Current Issues of International Humanitarian Law ...
Human judgment and lethal decision-making in war April 11, 2018 8 mins read Analysis / Autonomous Weapons / Conduct of Hostilities / Law and Conflict / New Technologies / Weapons Paul Scharre For the fifth year in a row, government delegates meet at the United Nations in ...
