IHL & the protection of migrants caught in armed conflict June 4, 2018 11 mins read Analysis / Law and Conflict / Migration Helen Obregón Gieseken & Éloïse Ouellet-Décoste In the wake of the 2016 New York Declaration for Refugees and Migrants, this year marks the final phase of the process leading ...
War on your doorstep: A visual journey through the everyday realities of urban warfare May 31, 2018 5 mins read Humanitarian Action / Stories Vincent Bernard In 2017 the ICRC unveiled ‘War in Cities / Villes en Guerre’—an exhibition on the catastrophic impact that urban warfare has on the ...
The world needs robust peacekeeping not aggressive peacekeeping May 15, 2018 10 mins read Analysis / Conduct of Hostilities / Counterterrorism / Humanitarian Action / Law and Conflict / The most read blog posts in 2018 Mona Ali Khalil Since 1999, and in response to the tragic failures to protect civilians in Rwanda and Srebrenica, the ...
Just out! New issue of the Review on migration and displacement May 9, 2018 12 mins read Humanitarian Action / Law and Conflict / Migration / The most read blog posts in 2018 Jovana Kuzmanovic & Vincent Bernard This edition of the International Review of the Red Cross (the Review) explores complex and ...
Ten armed groups share their views on education in armed conflict May 2, 2018 12 mins read Analysis / Armed Groups / Humanitarian Action / Law and Conflict Ezequiel Heffes & Carolin Nehmé It is well known that armed non-State actors (ANSAs) often pose a threat to education. ...
A conversation with Dr Helen Durham–IHL and women March 8, 2018 6 mins read Analysis / Gender / Gender and conflict / Law and Conflict / The most read blog posts in 2018 Helen Durham On this International Women’s Day, Dr Helen Durham, Director of the Humanitarian Law & Policy ...
The Independent Humanitarian Fact-Finding Commission: Has the ‘Sleeping Beauty’ Awoken? January 9, 2018 14 mins read Accountability / Analysis / Law and Conflict Cristina Azzarello & Matthieu Niederhauser In 2015, the International Humanitarian Fact-Finding Commission (the Commission) received a great deal of attention after Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) called for an ...
Can religious leaders play a role in enhancing compliance with IHL? December 20, 2017 12 mins read Analysis / Armed Groups / Generating Respect for IHL / Law and Conflict / Religion Ioana Cismas & Ezequiel Heffes The effectiveness of international humanitarian law (IHL) faces challenges from different quarters. Parties may be ...
Persons with disabilities in armed conflicts December 13, 2017 3 mins read Humanitarian Action / Law and Conflict / Special Protections Alexander Breitegger December 13 is the 11th anniversary of the adoption of the Convention on the Rights ...
Changing the narrative on international humanitarian law November 24, 2017 10 mins read Analysis / Generating Respect for IHL / Humanitarian Action / Influencing Behaviour in Armed Conflict / Law and Conflict Juliane Garcia Ravel & Vincent Bernard Two ICRC initiatives to reaffirm the relevance of international humanitarian law (IHL) in today’s armed ...
Ethics as a source of law: The Martens clause and autonomous weapons November 14, 2017 12 mins read Analysis / Autonomous Weapons / Law and Conflict / New Technologies Rob Sparrow Ethics evolves, the law changes. In this way, moral progress may occur. Yet the relation ...
Military influence operations & IHL: Implications of new technologies October 27, 2017 12 mins read Analysis / Conduct of Hostilities / Humanitarian Action / Law and Conflict / New Technologies Pontus Winther The use of smartphones, apps, social media and other methods of digital communication between people ...
