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 ...

ICRC report demonstrates people believe that wars should have limits

December 5, 2016 5 mins read Online publications Helen Durham

The ICRC has published the results of a large survey detailing how people around the world perceive a range of issues relating to ...

Beyond ratification: National committees and the implementation of international humanitarian law

November 21, 2016 7 mins read Events and highlights / Generating Respect for IHL / Law and Conflict ICRC Advisory Service on IHL

Armed conflicts continue to cause immense suffering and large-scale destruction, despite the existence of a ...

Modern conflict: Address by ICRC’s vice-president to SWIRMO 2016

October 27, 2016 1 mins read Events and highlights / Law and Conflict Mme Christine Beerli, vice-president of the ICRC

Address by Mme Christine Beerli, vice-president of the ICRC, at the opening of the Senior Workshop on International Rules Governing Military Operations (SWIRMO), ...

How humanitarians safeguard the law of armed conflict

October 25, 2016 8 mins read Humanitarian Action / Law and Conflict The editors

In situations of armed conflicts and violence across the world, humanitarian actors operate amidst recurring violations of international humanitarian law (IHL). Not only ...

Back to basics: Enhancing African adherence to the rules of war

October 4, 2016 6 mins read Generating Respect for IHL / Law and Conflict Mutsa Mangezi

While many African countries continue to live with the daily consequences of armed conflict, the proper application and implementation of international humanitarian law ...

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