Signaling legal protection during cyber warfare: an authenticated digital emblem

September 21, 2021 8 mins read Analysis / Humanitarian Action / Law and Conflict / New Technologies Felix E. Linker & David Basin

Warfare increasingly takes place in cyberspace. Consequently, the question arises how a digital analogy of ...

Future developments in military cyber operations and their impact on the risk of civilian harm

June 24, 2021 10 mins read Analysis / Avoiding civilian harm during military cyber operations / Humanitarian Action / New Technologies Pete Renals

Over the past decade, several States have begun to develop military cyber elements capable of ...

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 ...

The right tool for the job: how does international law apply to cyber operations?

October 6, 2020 8 mins read Analysis / Human Costs of Cyber / Law and Conflict / New Technologies Kubo Mačák, Tatiana Jančárková & Tomáš Minárik

The international community agrees that international law applies in cyberspace. But how does it apply? ...

Hacking humanitarians: operational dialogue and cyberspace

June 4, 2020 11 mins read Analysis / Human Costs of Cyber / Humanitarian Action / New Technologies Massimo Marelli & Martin Schüepp

As humanitarian organizations become more active in and reliant upon new technologies and the digital ...

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 ...

Are we living through the worst period in history?

February 15, 2017 10 mins read Analysis / Humanitarian Action / Review-related / Sexual Violence Vincent Bernard

Vincent Bernard is the editor in chief of the International Review of the Red Cross. ...