The New Urban Agenda recognizes the humanitarian impact of urban warfare August 22, 2016 5 mins read Humanitarian Action Raphaël Dallaire Ferland After intensive negotiations in Surabaya, Indonesia, the latest draft (.pdf) of the New Urban Agenda now gives respect for international humanitarian law and ...
Humanitarianism at breaking point? New roles for local and international actors August 19, 2016 13 mins read Humanitarian Action / Review-related Claudia McGoldrick Is humanitarianism really at breaking point? The gap between today’s overwhelming needs and the constraints on international humanitarian actors’ efforts to address them, ...
Life after the atomic bomb: Testimonies of Hiroshima and Nagasaki survivors August 9, 2016 17 mins read Interviews / Online publications / Review-related / Stories The editors 71 years ago today, the second atomic bomb fell on the Japanese city of Nagasaki. ...
Towards a humanitarian ban on nuclear weapons August 4, 2016 10 mins read Humanitarian Action Elizabeth Minor Over the past six years, a concerted effort by committed States, international organizations and civil society to reframe the international discourse on nuclear ...
Why educating students on humanitarian norms and values matters July 29, 2016 10 mins read Events and highlights / Humanitarian Action / Law and Conflict Etienne Kuster & George Dvaladze Apart from the renowned Jean-Pictet Competition, there are dozens of student competitions in international humanitarian ...
Nuclear weapons: Rising in defence of humanity July 27, 2016 8 mins read Law and Conflict / Online publications Ellen Policinski & Vincent Bernard Approximately 340,000 people died immediately and within the five years following the atomic bombs being dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki on 6 and ...
Drawing the line between armed groups under IHL July 22, 2016 9 mins read Analysis / Armed Groups / Law and Conflict / Religion Ellen Nohle From Nigeria to Russia, the number of entities claiming affiliation with the Islamic State Group (ISG) is on the rise. In Colombia, concerns ...
Joint series: First thoughts from academia on the updated GCI Commentary July 22, 2016 2 mins read ICRC Commentaries / Law and Conflict Kevin Jon Heller In the third installment of episode 1 in this multi-blog series on the updated Geneva Conventions Commentaries, Professor Kevin Jon Heller responds to ...
Through a victim’s eyes: Interview with Terry Waite, humanitarian and former hostage July 15, 2016 12 mins read Humanitarian Principles / Interviews / Religion The editors Hostage-taking, torture and other forms of ill-treatment continue to put a tremendous strain on victims and their families. In this interview, Terry Waite ...
Separated: The humanitarian consequences of solitary confinement in detention July 15, 2016 7 mins read Events and highlights The editors Penitentiary authorities around the world have increasingly turned to restrictive detention regimes such as solitary confinement to manage high risk detainees. What are ...
Nuclear weapons: 20 years since the ICJ advisory opinion and still difficult to reconcile with international humanitarian law July 8, 2016 8 mins read Analysis / Law and Conflict / Weapons Louis G. Maresca Everything we know about nuclear weapons, including the new information and analysis that has come to light in recent years, has only strengthened ...
International law of military operations: Mapping the field to improve compliance with the law July 7, 2016 5 mins read Events and highlights / Law and Conflict The editors On 21-23 June 2016, the International Society for Military Law and the Law of War (ISMLLW) and Exeter Law School convened an international ...
