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 ...

A call to make international humanitarian law a political priority

February 6, 2025 8 mins read Accountability / Analysis / Conduct of Hostilities / Generating Respect for IHL / Humanitarian diplomacy / Humanitarian Principles / IHL Mirjana Spoljaric

As the devastating impacts of armed conflicts continue to mount, civilians are enduring unimaginable suffering. ...

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), ...

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 ...

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 ...

From theology to technology: a call for IHL ambassadors in the Asia-Pacific region

March 28, 2024 11 mins read Analysis / Education in Armed Conflict / Generating Respect for IHL / Humanitarian Action / IHL / Special Themes / The Geneva Conventions at 75 Jonathan Kwik, Ai Kihara-Hunt & Kelisiana Thynne

The Asia-Pacific region is diverse in religious, ethnic and historical backgrounds as well as in ...

Teaching international humanitarian law in the Gaza Strip: A success story amid complexities

March 13, 2019 6 mins read Generating Respect for IHL / Law and Conflict Samer Mousa

In the past few years, despite the difficult prevailing conditions, there has been a paradigm shift in how international humanitarian law (IHL) has ...

IHL and Islam: An overview

March 14, 2017 22 mins read Analysis / Conduct of Hostilities / Islamic Law / Law and Conflict / Primers / Religion Ahmed Al-Dawoody

With armed conflicts taking place in so many parts of the Muslim world, the Islamic ...

A new humanitarian law course for practitioners: Modernizing the ICRC’s approach to legal training

January 6, 2017 6 mins read Events and highlights / Law and Conflict Pavle Kilibarda & Etienne Kuster

Whether they engage in dialogue with belligerent parties or distribute relief to war-afflicted populations across the globe, humanitarian practitioners need to understand the ...

Interview with Dr Bassim Al-Rubaye, Member of Iraq’s Council of Ministers

December 20, 2016 5 mins read Events and highlights / Humanitarian Action / Interviews / Law and Conflict / Religion Raphaël Dallaire Ferland

National Committees on international humanitarian law (IHL) are at the forefront of efforts to ensure ...

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