Autonomous Weapons Systems: When is the right time to regulate? September 26, 2019 10 mins read Autonomous Weapons / Law and Conflict / New Technologies / Weapons Neil C. Renic Those wishing to control the spread and use of autonomous weapons systems generally favour pre-emptive ...
IEDs and the Mine Ban Convention: a minefield of definitions? September 17, 2019 12 mins read Conduct of Hostilities / Landmines and the Law / Law and Conflict / Weapons Wen Zhou & Andrea Raab The year 2019 marks the 20th anniversary of the entry into force of the Anti-Personnel ...
Black magic, zombies and dragons: a tale of IHL in the 21st Century September 3, 2019 14 mins read Armed Groups / Conduct of Hostilities / Counterterrorism / Generating Respect for IHL / Humanitarian Principles / Law and Conflict / New Technologies / Scope of application / Sexual Violence / Technology in Humanitarian Action / Terrorism and IHL / The most read blog posts in 2019 Helen Durham As we marked the 70th anniversary of the Geneva Conventions last month, I want to ...
Courage, responsibility and the path towards a world without nuclear weapons: a message to youth August 21, 2019 10 mins read Conduct of Hostilities / Humanitarian Action / Law and Conflict / Weapons Magnus Løvold The Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, adopted in July 2017, is the first ...
Potential human costs of cyber operations—Key ICRC takeaways from discussion with tech experts May 29, 2019 11 mins read Conduct of Hostilities / Human Costs of Cyber / Humanitarian Action / Law and Conflict / New Technologies / The most read blog posts in 2019 Laurent Gisel & Lukasz Olejnik Cyber attacks and their consequences are on top of the agenda around the world. Cyber ...
Masculinity and humanitarianism May 20, 2019 9 mins read Gender / Gender and conflict / Humanitarian Action / Identity / Sexual Violence Graham Parsons As I write, a boy, no older than 2, is bouncing around the café, laughing ...
The masculine condition in contemporary warfare May 14, 2019 13 mins read Gender / Gender and conflict / Humanitarian Action / Identity Gilbert Holleufer Hugo Slim, in a piece entitled Masculinity and war—let’s talk about it, puts his finger ...
Structural disconnects between algorithmic decision-making and the law April 25, 2019 8 mins read Artificial Intelligence and Armed Conflict / Conduct of Hostilities / Detention / Law and Conflict / New Technologies Suresh Venkatasubramanian Editor’s note: There are disconnects between how algorithmic decision-making systems work and how law works, according to ...
Enhanced distinction: The need for a more focused autonomous weapons targeting discussion at the LAWS GGE March 28, 2019 10 mins read Law and Conflict / New Technologies / Weapons John Cherry & Christopher Korpela The meeting of the Lethal Autonomous Weapon Systems (LAWS) Group of Governmental Experts (GGE) has been taking place in Geneva this week. This ...
Detaining by algorithm March 25, 2019 11 mins read Artificial Intelligence and Armed Conflict / Detention / Law and Conflict / New Technologies Ashley Deeks Editor’s note: As part of this AI blog series, several posts focus on detention and the ...
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: 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 ...
