Complying with IHL in large-scale conflicts: How should states prepare to allow and facilitate delivery of humanitarian relief?

December 4, 2025 10 mins read Access / Accountability / Analysis / Complying with IHL in large-scale conflicts / Generating Respect for IHL / Humanitarian Action / IHL / Special Themes Ellen Policinski

Large-scale armed conflicts consistently sever the systems that sustain civilian life, leaving populations without essential ...

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 ...

Reaffirming the obligation to protect medical facilities and support their functioning

November 20, 2025 15 mins read Analysis / Conduct of Hostilities / Generating Respect for IHL / Health Care / Health care / IHL / Related bodies of law / Special Protections / Special Themes / Upholding humanity in war: the Global IHL Initiative Supriya Rao & Alexander Breitegger

Restrictions on movement and access to medical supplies have become an often-unseen threat to health ...

Outsourcing humanity? International law, humane treatment, and artificial intelligence in detention operations

November 13, 2025 14 mins read Accountability / Analysis / Detention / Generating Respect for IHL / IHL / Law and Conflict / New Technologies Terry Hackett & Alexis Comninos

As artificial intelligence (AI) begins to shape decisions about who is detained in armed conflict ...

Peace can start in a prison cell: how IHL and humane detention can build pathways to peace

November 6, 2025 14 mins read Accountability / Analysis / Detention / Generating Respect for IHL / IHL / Law and Conflict / Special Themes / Torture / Upholding humanity in war: the Global IHL Initiative Terry Hackett & Audrey Purcell-O’Dwyer

When wars end, peace rarely begins overnight. It’s built, slowly and painstakingly, through acts that ...

From hackers to tech companies: IHL and the involvement of civilians in ICT activities in armed conflict

November 4, 2025 10 mins read Accountability / Analysis / Communications / Conduct of Hostilities / Generating Respect for IHL / IHL / Law and Conflict / New Technologies / Scope of application Tilman Rodenhäuser, Samit D’Cunha, Laurent Gisel, Anna Rosalie Greipl & Marco Roscini

Picture a potential future armed conflict: missiles and drones crowding the skies, uncrewed vehicles rolling ...

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 ...

Protecting civilians in good faith: the updated Commentary on the Fourth Geneva Convention

October 21, 2025 10 mins read Accountability / Analysis / Conduct of Hostilities / Generating Respect for IHL / IHL / Law and Conflict Jean-Marie Henckaerts

Following five years of research and consultations, the ICRC has published a new, updated Commentary ...

Six ways IHL protects mental health

October 16, 2025 12 mins read Analysis / Conduct of Hostilities / Emerging Voices / Generating Respect for IHL / Health Care / IHL / Social Protection / Special Protections / Special Themes Giulia Bosi

The impact of armed conflict on mental health is increasingly evident. According to data from ...

The risks and legal limits of involving ‘self-defence groups’ in non-international armed conflict

September 18, 2025 14 mins read Accountability / Analysis / Armed Groups / Conduct of Hostilities / Generating Respect for IHL / IHL / Law and Conflict / Scope of application Jelena Nikolic, Tilman Rodenhäuser & Thomas de Saint Maurice

Across contemporary armed conflicts, the presence of civilian groups who take up arms to defend ...

Complying with IHL in large-scale conflict: navigating complexities in the Asia-Pacific

September 4, 2025 11 mins read Access / Analysis / Complying with IHL in large-scale conflicts / Conduct of Hostilities / Detention / Humanitarian Action / IHL / Law and Conflict / Special Themes Ansha Krishnan & Eve Massingham

The waters stretching from the Eastern Indian Ocean through Southeast and East Asia to the ...

Warfare at the speed of thought: can brain-computer interfaces comply with IHL?

August 21, 2025 13 mins read Accountability / Analysis / Conduct of Hostilities / Generating Respect for IHL / IHL / New Technologies / Weapons Anna M. Gielas

Brain-computer interfaces (BCIs) are no longer speculative technologies of future warfare – they are being ...

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