Status of medical personnel: Clear as mud? February 25, 2019 10 mins read Conduct of Hostilities / Health Care / Law and Conflict Rain Liivoja The protection of the wounded and sick, and of medical personnel, stands as the cornerstone of international humanitarian law (IHL). Indeed, the first ...
Displaced in cities: Who are the hosts? February 12, 2019 11 mins read Humanitarian Action / Migration Zoë Jordan The recent ICRC report, Displaced in Cities, shines a much-needed light on experiences of hosting IDPs in urban centres. This is an increasing ...
100 ratifications of the Arms Trade Treaty: Celebration and reflection February 7, 2019 5 mins read Law and Conflict / Weapons Helen Durham As Director of International Law and Policy, I have the privilege of regularly representing the ICRC at the United Nations and other diplomatic ...
Joint Blog Series: Are sieges prohibited under contemporary IHL? February 5, 2019 4 mins read Joint Blog Series / Law and Conflict Gloria Gaggioli Closing out our Joint Series is a post by on Gloria Gaggioli on siege warfare published by EJIL Talk! Are Sieges Prohibited under Contemporary IHL? ...
Joint Blog Series: Sieges, evacuations and urban warfare: Thoughts from the Transatlantic Workshop on International Law and Armed Conflict February 5, 2019 4 mins read Conduct of Hostilities / Joint Blog Series / Law and Conflict Laurie Blank Laurie Blank recently wrote some of her thoughts on sieges on EJIL Talk! as part ...
5 things that make ICRC confidential information unsuitable for legal proceedings January 31, 2019 17 mins read Humanitarian Action / Humanitarian Principles / Law and Conflict Elem Khairullin Due to the specificities of its work, the ICRC can at times be the only ...
Joint Blog Series: Urban warfare: The obligations of defenders January 28, 2019 3 mins read Conduct of Hostilities / Joint Blog Series / Law and Conflict Aurel Sari The fifth post in our Joint Series as published by Lawfare—Urban warfare: The obligations of the ...
Joint Blog Series: Medical care in armed conflict PART II January 24, 2019 9 mins read Conduct of Hostilities / Health Care / Joint Blog Series / Law and Conflict Marco Sassòli When do medical personnel lose their protection under IHL in armed conflict? Specifically, what acts ...
Joint Blog Series: Medical care in armed conflict PART I January 24, 2019 13 mins read Health Care / Joint Blog Series / Law and Conflict Marco Sassòli Rules regarding medical care in armed conflict have been a cornerstone of international humanitarian law (IHL) since it was first codified in 1864. ...
Joint Blog Series: Better safe than sorry: Transferring detainees safely to Coalition Partners January 20, 2019 3 mins read Detention / Joint Blog Series / Law and Conflict / Migration / Torture Tilman Rodenhäuser Over the weekend, the third post in our Joint Series was published by Lawfare—Better safe than sorry: Transferring ...
Is arms control over emerging technologies just a peacetime luxury? Lessons learned from the First World War January 18, 2019 14 mins read History / Humanitarian Action / Law and Conflict / Weapons Eric Germain At the turn of the twentieth century, many engineers with fertile imaginations—from France’s Gustave Gabet to America’s Orville Wright—hoped that their inventions would ...
Joint Blog Series: Precautionary measures in urban warfare: A commander’s obligation to obtain information January 10, 2019 14 mins read Conduct of Hostilities / Joint Blog Series / Law and Conflict Jonathan Horowitz Cities across the globe are expanding at unprecedented rates and this urban population boom is ...
