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 ...

Casualty recording in and for the modern age: Why standards matter

November 8, 2016 10 mins read Analysis / Events and highlights / Humanitarian Action Hamit Dardagan & John Sloboda

In peacetime and wartime alike, it is not sufficient to ask “how many died,” but also “who died”. Casualty recording is a systematic ...

Generating respect for the law in Africa

August 31, 2016 11 mins read Events and highlights / Law and Conflict Margherita D’Ascanio

The majority of armed conflicts being fought on the African continent are classified as non-international armed conflicts, and are characterized by the presence ...

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, ...