War on the coastline: mitigating civilian harm in the littorals May 17, 2023 12 mins read Analysis / Humanitarian Action / Law and Conflict Prashant Kahlon With 80 per cent of the world’s population living within 100 kilometers of a coastline, and maritime trade accounting for around 90 per ...
A safety net for prisoners of war: five key principles of the Third Geneva Convention April 27, 2023 11 mins read Detention / GCIII Commentary / Humanitarian Action / Law and Conflict Yvette Issar After the Second World War, countries came together to improve the legal protection available to ...
When the lights go out: the protection of energy infrastructure in armed conflict April 20, 2023 25 mins read Analysis / Conduct of Hostilities / Humanitarian Action / Law and Conflict Eirini Giorgou & Abby Zeith In armed conflicts across the globe, critical infrastructure enabling the delivery of essential services for ...
Detention by non-State armed groups: translating law to practice April 4, 2023 11 mins read Analysis / Armed Groups / Detention / Humanitarian Action / Law and Conflict Tilman Rodenhäuser & Eloïse Lefebvre From the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the north of Syria, ...
The NSAG handbook: helping non-State armed groups reduce civilian harm during urban warfare March 30, 2023 8 mins read Analysis / Humanitarian Action / Law and Conflict / Urban warfare Ruben Stewart & Celia Edeline Today, more than half of the world’s population lives in urban areas. As the number ...
Protecting the innocent, the land, and the body: traditional sources of restraint on landmine use March 23, 2023 11 mins read Analysis / Humanitarian Action / Influencing Behaviour in Armed Conflict Henrique Garbino & Matthew Breay Bolton What drives restraint in armed conflict? Recent studies have examined different factors contributing to restraint ...
It’s all relative: the humanitarian principles in historical and legal perspective March 16, 2023 11 mins read Analysis / Humanitarian Action / Humanitarian principles in contemporary armed conflict Marina Sharpe Humanitarian actors broadly agree on the humanitarian principles’ meanings and their utility in responses to ...
International humanitarian law and policy in Colombia: progress and challenges March 9, 2023 12 mins read Humanitarian Action / Humanity in War podcast / Law and Conflict Mariana Chacón Lozano & Elizabeth Rushing Over the last several years, while attention was turned to tackling the impact of the ...
Towards common understandings: the application of established IHL principles to cyber operations March 7, 2023 9 mins read Analysis / Avoiding civilian harm during military cyber operations / Human Costs of Cyber / Law and Conflict / New Technologies Kubo Mačák & Tilman Rodenhäuser Cyber operations have become a reality of today’s armed conflicts, and their use is likely ...
Three lessons on the regulation of autonomous weapons systems to ensure accountability for violations of IHL March 2, 2023 11 mins read Analysis / Autonomous Weapons / Humanitarian Action / Law and Conflict / New Technologies Vincent Boulanin & Marta Bo States have agreed on the principle that machines cannot be held accountable for violations of ...
Preventing and eradicating the deadly legacy of explosive remnants of war February 23, 2023 13 mins read Analysis / Conduct of Hostilities / Humanitarian Action / Law and Conflict / Weapons Eirini Giorgou The deadly legacy of armed conflict continues to claim lives long after the fighting is ...
War, law and humanity: the role of the ICRC in international armed conflicts February 16, 2023 12 mins read Humanitarian Action / Law and Conflict Melina Fidelis The international armed conflict between Russia and Ukraine has seen the involvement of several humanitarian organizations on the ground – including the International ...
