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Collateral damage from the use of indirect fire in populated areas – can it be avoided?

Collateral damage from the use of indirect fire in populated areas – can it be avoided?

May 5, 2022 11 mins read Analysis / Humanitarian Action / Urban warfare Ove Dullum

Collateral damage is the unintended damage inflicted on humans, structures, animals and the natural environment that are not the target of the attack. ...

Explosive weapons with wide area effects: a deadly choice in populated areas

Explosive weapons with wide area effects: a deadly choice in populated areas

January 25, 2022 12 mins read Analysis / Humanitarian Action / Law and Conflict / Urban warfare Eirini Giorgou

The use of explosive weapons with a wide impact area in populated areas is one ...

Urban warfare: an age-old problem in need of new solutions

Urban warfare: an age-old problem in need of new solutions

April 27, 2021 17 mins read Analysis / Humanitarian Action / Law and Conflict / Urban warfare Laurent Gisel, Pilar Gimeno Sarciada, Ken Hume & Abby Zeith

Urban warfare is not a new phenomenon; cities have featured as a stage for violence ...

A humanitarian-development nexus that works

A humanitarian-development nexus that works

June 21, 2018 11 mins read Humanitarian Action / Humanitarian Principles / Protracted Conflict / The most read blog posts in 2018 Filipa Schmitz Guinote

The decades-old discussion on the ‘humanitarian-development nexus’ is again in full swing. At the beginning, ...

War in cities: How to treat the disease without killing the patient?

War in cities: How to treat the disease without killing the patient?

September 26, 2017 12 mins read Analysis / Humanitarian Action / Law and Conflict / Review-related / Sexual Violence Vincent Bernard

Fighting in cities today causes immense suffering, massive displacement and enormous reconstruction costs. How can ...

A global ban on nuclear weapons: Are we there yet?

A global ban on nuclear weapons: Are we there yet?

May 24, 2017 12 mins read Analysis / Law and Conflict / Weapons Melina Lito

In the heart of the Cold War, nuclear weapons were the central issue of international peace and security debates, with a devastating nuclear ...

ICRC report demonstrates people believe that wars should have limits

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 ...

Habitat III: The smartest city is a safe city

Habitat III: The smartest city is a safe city

October 24, 2016 5 mins read Events and highlights / Humanitarian Action Hugo Slim

The humanitarian commitments in the New Urban Agenda are significant and will form clear policy guidance on urban humanitarian action for national governments ...

“The contamination from nuclear test explosions is in every one of our bodies”

“The contamination from nuclear test explosions is in every one of our bodies”

October 20, 2016 9 mins read Humanitarian Action / Review-related / Weapons Prof. Tilman Ruff, founding chair of ICAN

Selected passages from Professor Tilman Ruff’s speech, delivered at the Australian launch of The human cost of nuclear weapons, Melbourne, 10 October 2016. ...

Taking the high road in military operations

Taking the high road in military operations

October 19, 2016 7 mins read Counterterrorism / Events and highlights / Law and Conflict Andreas Kaufmann

Many of today’s armed conflicts involve opponents who significantly differ in terms of military capacity ...

e-Briefing: The human cost of nuclear weapons

e-Briefing: The human cost of nuclear weapons

October 12, 2016 5 mins read Humanitarian Action / Online publications / Quick Links / Sexual Violence The editors

The ICRC’s latest e-briefing exposes the catastrophic humanitarian consequences of nuclear weapons. It is being ...

Translating IHL into military operations

Translating IHL into military operations

September 15, 2016 6 mins read Events and highlights / Law and Conflict The editors

Most of today’s armed conflicts are characterized by asymmetry between the parties. When faced with opponents who significantly differ in terms of military ...