Sixty years on: why the Fundamental Principles must be lived, not just remembered October 23, 2025 13 mins read Analysis / Conduct of Hostilities / Generating Respect for IHL / History / Humanitarian Action / Humanitarian diplomacy / Humanitarian Principles / IHL / Law and Conflict Pierre Krähenbühl This year marks the 60th anniversary of the Fundamental Principles of the International Red Cross ...
How AI learns, and what it misses: why data selection matters in humanitarian action August 14, 2025 16 mins read Analysis / Emerging Voices / Humanitarian Action / Humanitarian Principles / New Technologies / Special Themes / Technology in Humanitarian Action Maria Haas Artificial intelligence (AI) is entering humanitarian action at pace, shaping decisions from crisis forecasting to ...
War in cities: a solemn appeal from the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement January 7, 2025 6 mins read Access / Accountability / Analysis / Armed Groups / Conduct of Hostilities / Generating Respect for IHL / Humanitarian Action / Humanitarian diplomacy / Humanitarian Principles / IHL Around the world, civilians in cities at war face immense risks. Urban warfare devastates lives ...
Principles under pressure: have humanitarian principles really stood the test of time? July 11, 2024 12 mins read Analysis / Humanitarian Action / Humanitarian Principles / Humanitarian principles in contemporary armed conflict / Special Themes Olivier Ray Recent conflicts have brought to light the jarring personal dilemmas humanitarian workers confront and provoked ...
It’s all relative: the humanitarian principles in historical and legal perspective March 16, 2023 11 mins read Analysis / Humanitarian Action / Humanitarian principles in contemporary armed conflict Marina Sharpe Humanitarian actors broadly agree on the humanitarian principles’ meanings and their utility in responses to ...
‘Back to basics’ with a digital twist: humanitarian principles and dilemmas in the digital age February 2, 2023 14 mins read Analysis / Humanitarian Action / Humanitarian Principles / Humanitarian principles in contemporary armed conflict / New Technologies Pierrick Devidal The digital transformation has been a key vector of progress for the humanitarian sector. It ...
Humanitarian neutrality in contemporary armed conflict: a conversation with Nils Melzer January 26, 2023 13 mins read Humanitarian Action / Humanitarian principles in contemporary armed conflict / Humanity in War podcast / Law and Conflict Nils Melzer & Elizabeth Rushing As with many humanitarian crises in the past, the international armed conflict between Russia and ...
What does ‘back to basics’ mean for gender and the fundamental principles? September 1, 2022 13 mins read Analysis / Gender / Gender and conflict / Generating Respect for IHL / Humanitarian Action / Humanitarian Principles / Humanitarian principles in contemporary armed conflict / Law and Conflict Ariana Lopes Morey The recently-launched ICRC blog series ‘Back to basics: humanitarian principles in contemporary armed conflict’ aims ...
Trust Me – I’m a Humanitarian October 24, 2019 12 mins read Accountability / Humanitarian Action / Humanitarian Principles / Sexual Violence / The most read blog posts in 2019 Hugo Slim The question of trust has become a major issue in humanitarian action. Can parties to ...
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. ...
Protected: Humanitarian-private sector partnerships: Never forget why! January 24, 2017 7 mins read Analysis Stéphane Bonamy, Deputy Head, ICRC Washington There is no excerpt because this is a protected post.
Terrorism, counter-terrorism and IHL: Primer on a recurring conversation November 2, 2016 5 mins read Counterterrorism Ellen Policinski Terrorism is not limited to any one part of the world. It can be seen everywhere, and is often linked to armed conflict. ...
