From disenchantment to a universal culture of compliance: IHL education “2.0”

April 10, 2025 12 mins read Accountability / Analysis / Communications / Conduct of Hostilities / Education in Armed Conflict / Generating Respect for IHL / IHL / Law and Conflict / Youth and IHL Etienne Kuster, Catherine Gribbin, Jonathan Somer, Thomas Harper & Charlotte Tocchio

As public opinion is critical in shaping decision-making during armed conflict, engaging with and informing ...

Complying with IHL in large-scale conflicts: key preparedness measures

April 3, 2025 12 mins read Analysis / Complying with IHL in large-scale conflicts / Conduct of Hostilities / Generating Respect for IHL / Humanitarian Principles / IHL / Law and Conflict / Special Themes / Topics / Type of post Isabelle Gallino & Sylvain Vité

As states increasingly focus on strengthening their defense capabilities, discussions on military preparedness are gaining ...

Canada’s first voluntary IHL report: a step forward with opportunities for improvement

January 30, 2025 12 mins read Accountability / Analysis / Generating Respect for IHL / IHL Steve Tiwa Fomekong

Canada recently published its first voluntary report on the implementation of international humanitarian law (IHL), ...

War in cities: a solemn appeal from the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement

January 7, 2025 6 mins read Access / Accountability / Analysis / Armed Groups / Conduct of Hostilities / Generating Respect for IHL / Humanitarian Action / Humanitarian diplomacy / Humanitarian Principles / IHL

Around the world, civilians in cities at war face immense risks. Urban warfare devastates lives ...

If you teach it, they’ll enroll: IHL education in Canadian law schools

December 17, 2024 11 mins read Analysis / Education in Armed Conflict / Generating Respect for IHL / Humanitarian Principles / IHL / Law and Conflict Marina Sharpe

Members of armed forces receive international humanitarian law (IHL) training as a matter of course, ...

What private businesses need to know about international humanitarian law

November 26, 2024 11 mins read Accountability / Analysis / Generating Respect for IHL / IHL / Law and Conflict / Scope of application Matt Pollard, Fauve Kurnadi & Coline Beytout-Lamarque

Private businesses that operate in situations of armed conflict, do business with a government or ...

IHL and the challenge of maintaining food security in armed conflict

October 17, 2024 11 mins read Access / Analysis / Conduct of Hostilities / Generating Respect for IHL / IHL / Special Protections Matt Pollard

Food insecurity remains a critical issue in modern armed conflicts, exacerbated by the mutually reinforcing ...

Conceive, standardize, integrate: the past, present, and future of adopting distinctive emblems and signs under IHL

September 12, 2024 10 mins read Analysis / Communications / Generating Respect for IHL / Health Care / History / IHL / New Technologies / Special Protections / Technology in Humanitarian Action Samit D’Cunha

When the very first Geneva Convention was adopted in 1864, it was the culmination of ...

War’s long legacy: the continued importance of the Geneva Conventions 75 years later

August 8, 2024 14 mins read Accountability / Analysis / Conduct of Hostilities / Generating Respect for IHL / IHL / Law and Conflict / Special Themes / The Geneva Conventions at 75 Ellen Policinski

Next week marks the 75th anniversary of the four Geneva Conventions of 1949. Against a ...

International humanitarian law and Islamic law: a principled and inclusive dialogue

July 25, 2024 7 mins read Analysis / Conduct of Hostilities / Generating Respect for IHL / Humanitarian Principles / IHL / Islamic Law / Localisation / Related bodies of law / Religion / Special Themes Ahmed Al-Dawoody

Around two thirds of ICRC operations are in Muslim countries where armed conflicts are in ...

War and what we make of the law

July 18, 2024 10 mins read Accountability / Analysis / Conduct of Hostilities / Generating Respect for IHL / Humanitarian Principles / IHL / Special Themes / The Geneva Conventions at 75 Cordula Droege

Preventing the catastrophic human cost of war is a central purpose of modern international law. ...

Voluntary reports: a new tool ‘toward a universal culture of compliance with IHL’

April 11, 2024 14 mins read Analysis / Generating Respect for IHL / IHL / Special Themes / The Geneva Conventions at 75 Giulio Bartolini

The draft elements of the resolution ‘Toward a universal culture of compliance with international humanitarian ...