IHL and Islam: An overview March 14, 2017 22 mins read Analysis / Conduct of Hostilities / Islamic Law / Law and Conflict / Primers / Religion Ahmed Al-Dawoody With armed conflicts taking place in so many parts of the Muslim world, the Islamic ...
War in cities: The ‘reverberating effects’ of explosive weapons March 2, 2017 9 mins read Analysis / Conduct of Hostilities / Law and Conflict Ellen Nohle & Isabel Robinson Recent armed conflicts have demonstrated the devastating humanitarian impact of using explosive weapons with wide-area effects in populated areas. This is due not ...
From ‘false news’ to ‘fake news’: 3 lessons from history February 23, 2017 7 mins read Analysis / Review-related Audrey MacKay In the most recent issue of the International Review of the Red Cross, authors look back at the last century of war through ...
Joint series: Restricting medical personnel, units, and transports to ‘light individual weapons’ February 21, 2017 2 mins read Analysis / Conduct of Hostilities / Counterterrorism / Humanitarian Action / Law and Conflict In the first instalment of episode 2 in this multi-blog series on the updated Commentaries, ...
Introducing the second multi-blog series on the updated Geneva Conventions Commentaries February 21, 2017 2 mins read Analysis / Conduct of Hostilities / ICRC Commentaries / Law and Conflict The editors In order to bring to light the significance of the updated Commentary on the First Geneva ...
The evolution of warfare: Focus on the Law February 16, 2017 9 mins read Law and Conflict / Online publications / Review-related George Dvaladze How has warfare changed over the past 100 years? Is the international community still sufficiently equipped to reasonably minimize its negative effects on ...
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. ...
Q&A – Welcome to the new online casebook! February 14, 2017 5 mins read Events and highlights / Interviews / Law and Conflict / Online learning / Online publications The editors How does law protect in war? is the ICRC’s core publication on teaching international humanitarian ...
Algeria and the Geneva Conventions: Crossroads in history January 31, 2017 9 mins read Interviews / Law and Conflict Raphaël Dallaire Ferland This is our conversation with Soualem Lazhar, director of Human Rights, Social Development and Cultural, Scientific and Technical Affairs at the Algerian Ministry ...
Torture: Primer on a wrong and illegal practice January 27, 2017 5 mins read Law and Conflict / Primers / Torture Ellen Policinski The ICRC’s position on torture is clear: torture and other forms of cruel, inhuman, degrading or humiliating treatment are banned under international law. ...
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 ...