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 ...
Autonomous weapon systems: A threat to human dignity? April 10, 2018 13 mins read Autonomous Weapons / Law and Conflict / New Technologies / Weapons Ariadna Pop In the opening scene of Christopher Nolan’s Dunkirk, six British soldiers, looking for food and ...
Autonomous weapon systems: An ethical basis for human control? April 3, 2018 6 mins read Artificial Intelligence and Armed Conflict / Autonomous Weapons / Law and Conflict / New Technologies / The most read blog posts in 2018 / Weapons Neil Davison The requirement for human control The risks of functionally delegating complex tasks—and associated decisions—to sensors ...
The principle of non-refoulement in the migration context: 5 key points March 30, 2018 10 mins read Detention / Humanitarian Action / Law and Conflict / Migration / The most read blog posts in 2018 / Torture Tilman Rodenhäuser The current discussions on the Global Compact for Migration and the Global Compact on Refugees ...
The 1918 Bern Agreements: repatriating prisoners in a total war March 29, 2018 10 mins read Detention / Humanitarian Action Cédric Cotter 100 years ago, under the auspices of the ICRC and the Swiss Confederation, the French and German governments signed the Bern Agreements. A ...
Masculinity and war–let’s talk about it March 15, 2018 5 mins read Gender / Gender and conflict / Humanitarian Action / Identity / Sexual Violence / The most read blog posts in 2018 Hugo Slim There is much talk about violations, cruelty and brutality in the public discussion of war, ...
A conversation with Dr Helen Durham–IHL and women March 8, 2018 6 mins read Analysis / Gender / Gender and conflict / Law and Conflict / The most read blog posts in 2018 Helen Durham On this International Women’s Day, Dr Helen Durham, Director of the Humanitarian Law & Policy ...
Identities, intersectionalities and vulnerabilities in humanitarian operations: A response to Slim March 1, 2018 7 mins read Analysis / Gender and conflict / Humanitarian Action / Humanitarian Principles / Identity By Dr Ayesha Ahmad & Professor Lisa Eckenwiler together with Professor Jackie Leach Scully, Dr ...
The legality of flamethrowers: Taking unnecessary suffering seriously February 22, 2018 12 mins read Analysis / Conduct of Hostilities / Law and Conflict / New Technologies / Weapons Theo Boutruche Outside the academics and experts’ circles, discussions around weapons commonly make the news in at ...