Engaging non-state armed groups on the protection of missing people and their families March 5, 2026 11 mins read Analysis / Armed Groups / Detention / Generating Respect for IHL / Humanitarian Principles / IHL / Special Protections Tilman Rodenhäuser & Ximena Londoño The ICRC continues to witness unacceptable levels of suffering when the law designed to protect ...
Islamic law and the right to life in armed conflict February 24, 2026 12 mins read Analysis / Emerging Voices / Generating Respect for IHL / Humanitarian Principles / IHL / Islamic Law / Law and Conflict / Related bodies of law / Religion Alannah Travers Islamic legal traditions and the modern framework of international humanitarian law (IHL) emerged from different ...
Navigating violence: five insights to strengthen humanitarian action in contested territories November 24, 2025 12 mins read Access / Analysis / Armed Groups / Humanitarian Action / IHL / Social Protection Arjun Claire & Matthew Bamber-Zryd More than 200 million people live today in contested territories – places where the authority ...
ICRC engagement with armed groups in 2025 October 30, 2025 14 mins read Access / Analysis / Armed Groups / Generating Respect for IHL / Humanitarian Action Matthew Bamber-Zryd In line with its mandate, the ICRC engages with all parties to an armed conflict, ...
Goodbye is the hardest part: why is ending violence so difficult for non-state armed groups? October 9, 2025 12 mins read Analysis / Armed Groups / Generating Respect for IHL / Identity / IHL / Influencing Behaviour in Armed Conflict / Protracted Conflict / Social Inclusion / Special Themes / Topics Thomas Evans For groups involved in long-running non-international armed conflicts, the decision to end the use of ...
Dialogue, dignity, and the humanitarian contribution to peace October 2, 2025 13 mins read Analysis / Generating Respect for IHL / Humanitarian Action / Humanitarian diplomacy / Humanitarian Principles / IHL / Law and Conflict / Special Themes / Upholding humanity in war: the Global IHL Initiative Ariana Lopes Morey & Avigail Shai The number of conflicts continues to rise – with the ICRC currently classifying some 130 ...
Anchoring protection: Islamic law contributions to the development of the 1977 Additional Protocols to the Geneva Conventions March 27, 2025 12 mins read Analysis / Conduct of Hostilities / Generating Respect for IHL / History / IHL / Islamic Law / Law and Conflict / Localisation / Related bodies of law / Religion Ahmed Al-Dawoody & Medha Damojipurapu References to Islamic law made by the delegations of Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Sudan and Syria ...
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 ...
ICRC engagement with armed groups in 2023 October 10, 2023 12 mins read Analysis / Humanitarian Action Matthew Bamber-Zryd In line with its mandate, the ICRC engages with all parties to an armed conflict, including non-state armed groups. The ICRC has a ...
The NSAG handbook: helping non-State armed groups reduce civilian harm during urban warfare March 30, 2023 8 mins read Analysis / Humanitarian Action / Law and Conflict / Urban warfare Ruben Stewart & Celia Edeline Today, more than half of the world’s population lives in urban areas. As the number ...
ICRC engagement with armed groups in 2022 January 12, 2023 11 mins read Analysis / Humanitarian Action Matthew Bamber-Zryd In line with its mandate, the ICRC engages with all parties to an armed conflict, including non-State armed groups. The ICRC has a ...
ICRC engagement with non-State armed groups: why and how March 4, 2021 9 mins read Access / Analysis / Armed Groups / Humanitarian Action / Influencing Behaviour in Armed Conflict / Sexual Violence Jelena Pejic, Irénée Herbet & Tilman Rodenhäuser In 2020, the ICRC counted 614 armed groups of concern to the organization’s humanitarian operations ...