Ellen Policinski

Ellen Policinski is currently a legal adviser working on the ICRC’s project to update the Commentaries on the Geneva Conventions and their Additional Protocols. She is the previous Managing Editor of the International Review of the Red Cross. Prior to joining the Review, she worked in the legal department at the ICRC delegation in Washington, DC. She also previously worked on IHL dissemination at the American Red Cross and was a law and policy consultant at the Washington-based NGO Center for Civilians in Conflict. She has an LL.M. from the Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights, and a J.D. from the University of Villanova Law School.
Posts by the contributor
Prisoners of war in contemporary armed conflict: Interpreting the Third Geneva Convention 70+ years after its negotiation
18 mins read GCIII Commentary / Law and Conflict Ellen Policinski
The power of words: the dangerous rhetoric of the “terrorist”
6 mins read Counterterrorism / Religion Ellen Policinski
Children and war: upcoming Review edition
6 mins read Call for papers / Children in conflict / Humanitarian Action / Law and Conflict / Sexual Violence / Special Protections Ellen Policinski
The International Review of the Red Cross at 150: What’s changed and what remains the same
9 mins read Humanitarian Action / Humanitarian Principles / Law and Conflict / Review-related Ellen Policinski
The Missing: What’s in this edition of the Review
7 mins read Humanitarian Action / Law and Conflict / Online publications / Religion / Special Protections Ellen Policinski
The importance of psychosocial support for families missing loved ones – Review edition launch
5 mins read Events and highlights / Humanitarian Action Ellen Policinski
Just out! ‘Conflict in Syria’, a new issue of the Review
11 mins read Humanitarian Action / Law and Conflict / Religion / Review-related Ellen Policinski
Just out! New Review issue on human cost of detention
9 mins read Detention / Humanitarian Action / Law and Conflict Ellen Policinski & Vincent Bernard
Torture: Primer on a wrong and illegal practice
5 mins read Law and Conflict / Primers / Torture Ellen Policinski
Terrorism, counter-terrorism and IHL: Primer on a recurring conversation
5 mins read Counterterrorism Ellen Policinski
Majority of governments vote for negotiations to prohibit nuclear weapons
3 mins read Law and Conflict Ellen Policinski
Nuclear weapons: Rising in defence of humanity
8 mins read Law and Conflict / Online publications Ellen Policinski & Vincent Bernard