Cyber operations and international humanitarian law: five key points

November 28, 2019 10 mins read Analysis / Cyber / Human Costs of Cyber / Law and Conflict / New Technologies Laurent Gisel & Tilman Rodenhäuser

Cyber operations are high on legal and policy agendas, with States convening two intergovernmental processes ...

Digital risks for populations in armed conflict: Five key gaps the humanitarian sector should address

June 12, 2019 8 mins read Cyber / Human Costs of Cyber / Humanitarian Action / Technology in Humanitarian Action Delphine van Solinge

The Digital Revolution is affecting the lives of people around the world, from connected citizens ...

Potential human costs of cyber operations—Key ICRC takeaways from discussion with tech experts

May 29, 2019 11 mins read Conduct of Hostilities / Human Costs of Cyber / Humanitarian Action / Law and Conflict / New Technologies / The most read blog posts in 2019 Laurent Gisel & Lukasz Olejnik

Cyber attacks and their consequences are on top of the agenda around the world. Cyber ...

The potential human cost of cyber operations: Starting the conversation

November 14, 2018 14 mins read Analysis / Cyber / Human Costs of Cyber / Law and Conflict / Religion Laurent Gisel & Lukasz Olejnik

Cyber attacks, defence and security are increasingly high on the agenda of technology and policy ...

“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. ...

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 ...

Nuclear weapons: Rising in defence of humanity

July 27, 2016 8 mins read Law and Conflict / Online publications Ellen Policinski & Vincent Bernard

Approximately 340,000 people died immediately and within the five years following the atomic bombs being dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki on 6 and ...