A global ban on nuclear weapons: Are we there yet? May 24, 2017 12 mins read Analysis / Law and Conflict / Weapons Melina Lito In the heart of the Cold War, nuclear weapons were the central issue of international peace and security debates, with a devastating nuclear ...
The Thirty Years’ War: The first modern war? May 23, 2017 15 mins read Pascal Daudin In 1618, the first in a series of conflicts broke out in Northern Europe, sparking three decades of violence, famine and disease that ...
Protected: Supersoldiers: Ethical concerns in human enhancement technologies May 3, 2017 6 mins read Videos Adam Henschke There is no excerpt because this is a protected post.
Space law revisited (3/3): The regime of international liability in space April 27, 2017 10 mins read Analysis / Law and Conflict / New Technologies Pavle Kilibarda Outer space is becoming an arena for technological shows of force – whether by deployment of spy satellites or testing of weapons. What ...
Fighting together: Obligations and opportunities in partnered warfare March 28, 2017 10 mins read Analysis / Law and Conflict / Partnering in Warfare Cordula Droege & David Tuck Partnered warfare — i.e. activities in support of Parties to armed conflict—is a reality that demands attention. For civilians, the sick, the wounded and for ...
War in cities: Attackers have rules to follow. What about defenders? March 16, 2017 8 mins read Analysis / Law and Conflict Eric Talbot Jensen An attacker can commit grave breaches of the Geneva Conventions, but the defender — who is in the best position to protect civilians — faces no such ...
IHL and Islam: An overview March 14, 2017 22 mins read Analysis / Conduct of Hostilities / Islamic Law / Law and Conflict / Primers / Religion Ahmed Al-Dawoody With armed conflicts taking place in so many parts of the Muslim world, the Islamic ...
War in cities: The ‘reverberating effects’ of explosive weapons March 2, 2017 9 mins read Analysis / Conduct of Hostilities / Law and Conflict Ellen Nohle & Isabel Robinson Recent armed conflicts have demonstrated the devastating humanitarian impact of using explosive weapons with wide-area effects in populated areas. This is due not ...
From ‘false news’ to ‘fake news’: 3 lessons from history February 23, 2017 7 mins read Analysis / Review-related Audrey MacKay In the most recent issue of the International Review of the Red Cross, authors look back at the last century of war through ...
Joint series: Restricting medical personnel, units, and transports to ‘light individual weapons’ February 21, 2017 2 mins read Analysis / Conduct of Hostilities / Counterterrorism / Humanitarian Action / Law and Conflict In the first instalment of episode 2 in this multi-blog series on the updated Commentaries, ...
Introducing the second multi-blog series on the updated Geneva Conventions Commentaries February 21, 2017 2 mins read Analysis / Conduct of Hostilities / ICRC Commentaries / Law and Conflict The editors In order to bring to light the significance of the updated Commentary on the First Geneva ...
The evolution of warfare: Focus on the Law February 16, 2017 9 mins read Law and Conflict / Online publications / Review-related George Dvaladze How has warfare changed over the past 100 years? Is the international community still sufficiently equipped to reasonably minimize its negative effects on ...
