Engaging with the industry: integrating IHL into new technologies in urban warfare October 7, 2021 17 mins read Analysis / Humanitarian Action / Law and Conflict / New Technologies / Urban warfare Damian Copeland & Lauren Sanders Alongside the urbanization of armed conflict lies a second trend: the increase in the use ...
The value (and danger) of ‘shock’ in regulating new technology during armed conflict August 12, 2021 10 mins read Humanitarian Action / New Technologies Neil C. Renic The rules and standards of war are not self-correcting. Contradictions, gaps, and ambiguities often endure until an external pressure makes them salient. This ...
Assessing the risks of civilian harm from military cyber operations during armed conflicts June 22, 2021 10 mins read Analysis / Avoiding civilian harm during military cyber operations / Humanitarian Action / New Technologies Ellie Shami How can countries at war assess the potential harm that cyber operations may cause to ...
Stepping into the breach: military responses to global cyber insecurity June 17, 2021 11 mins read Analysis / Avoiding civilian harm during military cyber operations / Humanitarian Action / Law and Conflict / New Technologies Noëlle van der Waag-Cowling As the global geo-political landscape continues to experience increasing fragmentation, cyberspace grows in importance as ...
Avoiding civilian harm during military cyber operations: six key takeaways June 15, 2021 11 mins read Analysis / Avoiding civilian harm during military cyber operations / Humanitarian Action / Law and Conflict / New Technologies / Religion Kubo Mačák & Ewan Lawson In today’s armed conflicts, cyber operations are increasingly used in support of and alongside kinetic ...
If not us, who? How States – with the help of civil society – can implement the legal framework protecting the environment from armed conflict June 10, 2021 11 mins read Analysis / Humanitarian Action / Law and Conflict / Religion / War, law and the environment Doug Weir & Stavros-Evdokimos Pantazopoulos The International Law Commission’s long-running project to codify and progressively develop the legal framework protecting ...
Data-driven environmental decision-making and action in armed conflict June 1, 2021 12 mins read Analysis / Humanitarian Action / War, law and the environment Wim Zwijnenburg A digital revolution through a myriad of earth observation data and open-source investigations is reshaping ...
Overcoming the disconnect: environmental protection and armed conflicts May 27, 2021 10 mins read Analysis / Humanitarian Action / Law and Conflict / War, law and the environment Ambassador Marja Lehto Environmental effects of armed conflicts do not only result from the conduct of hostilities but ...
Fighting without a Planet B: how IHL protects the natural environment in armed conflict May 25, 2021 17 mins read Humanitarian Action / Law and Conflict / War, law and the environment Vanessa Murphy & Helen Obregón Gieseken Armed conflicts from Kuwait to Vietnam continue to remind us that the environment can be ...
Even ‘cyber wars’ have limits. But what if they didn’t? March 9, 2021 11 mins read Analysis / Human Costs of Cyber / Humanitarian Action / Law and Conflict / New Technologies Tilman Rodenhäuser & Kubo Mačák Cyber operations have become a reality of today’s armed conflicts, and their use is likely ...
Sexual violence in armed conflict: can we prevent a COVID-19 backslide? November 25, 2020 9 mins read Analysis / COVID-19 and conflict / Gender / Gender and conflict / Health Care / Humanitarian Action / Law and Conflict / Sexual Violence May Maloney Three months into the pandemic, the ICRC’s Head of Addressing Sexual Violence published a call ...
COVID-19 and its impact on persons with disabilities September 17, 2020 7 mins read Analysis / COVID-19 and conflict / Health Care / Humanitarian Action Jess Markt Jess Markt, ICRC Disability Sport & Inclusion Advisor, is an internationally-acclaimed wheelchair basketball coach who ...
