The holy grail of virtual diplomacy: how to achieve trust

November 4, 2021 8 mins read Analysis / COVID-19 and conflict / Humanitarian Action / Humanitarian diplomacy Nicholas Hawton & Shahrokh Shakerian

The ‘Great Move’ to communication in the virtual world has been underway for some time. ...

The nature-security nexus and the UN Security Council

October 14, 2021 12 mins read Analysis / Humanitarian Action / Law and Conflict / War, law and the environment Florian Titze

The destruction of nature and the world’s ecosystems presents an unprecedented challenge for humanity. With ...

Autonomy in weapons systems: playing catch up with technology

September 29, 2021 11 mins read Analysis / Autonomous Weapons / Humanitarian Action / Law and Conflict / New Technologies Frank Sauer

For almost eight years now, the international community at the United Nations (UN) has been ...

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 ...

The ‘fog of war’ . . . and information

March 30, 2021 8 mins read Analysis / Humanitarian Action / New Technologies Sandrine Tiller, Pierrick Devidal & Delphine van Solinge

Misinformation, disinformation and hate speech (MDH) has become a ubiquitous feature of the ‘information’ or ‘digital’ age. In conflict settings, so-called ‘fake news’ ...

COVID-19 vaccine: three considerations for equitable access within countries at war

March 24, 2021 9 mins read Analysis / COVID-19 and conflict / Health Care / Humanitarian Action / Law and Conflict Charles Deutscher

Equitable access to safe and effective COVID-19 vaccines will be the defining global issue of ...

The mosaic effect: the revelation risks of combining humanitarian and social protection data

February 9, 2021 12 mins read Analysis / Humanitarian Action / New Technologies / Religion / Sexual Violence Jill Capotosto

As the world faces more frequent and intense crises—driven in part by climate change, political ...

You can’t handle the truth: misinformation and humanitarian action

January 15, 2021 9 mins read Analysis / Humanitarian Action / New Technologies / Technology in Humanitarian Action Rachel Xu

Misinformation is on the rise, and the humanitarian sector has not escaped the consequences. The ...

Disability and sexual violence in the COVID-19 era

December 3, 2020 7 mins read Sexual Violence NG’AA Michael Mwendwa

While disability inequalities have long been observed, the global COVID-19 crisis has deepened and exposed the problem of exclusion, which renders work on ...

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 ...

‘Please, don’t tell anyone!’: healthcare stigma in the COVID-19 era

November 12, 2020 10 mins read Analysis / COVID-19 and conflict / Health Care / Humanitarian Action / Sexual Violence Paola Forgione

Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, healthcare workers in conflict zones and peaceful countries ...

COVID-19 vaccines and IHL: ensuring equal access in conflict-affected countries

November 5, 2020 10 mins read Analysis / COVID-19 and conflict / Health Care / Humanitarian Action / Law and Conflict Alexander Breitegger

As countries struggle to contain the COVID-19 pandemic, the world’s focus is on developing a ...