international human rights law

The evolution of warfare: Focus on the Law

The evolution of warfare: Focus on the Law

February 16, 2017, Law and Conflict / Online publications / Review-related
George Dvaladze

How has warfare changed over the past 100 years? Is the international community still sufficiently ...

Are we living through the worst period in history?

Are we living through the worst period in history?

February 15, 2017, Analysis / Humanitarian Action / Review-related
Vincent Bernard

Vincent Bernard is the editor in chief of the International Review of the Red Cross. This article is an adaptation of his editorial ...

ICRC report demonstrates people believe that wars should have limits

ICRC report demonstrates people believe that wars should have limits

December 5, 2016, 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 ...

The evolution of warfare: New edition of the International Review

The evolution of warfare: New edition of the International Review

November 28, 2016, Events and highlights / Law and Conflict / Online publications / Review-related
The editors

We are pleased to present the latest issue of the International Review of the Red ...

Casualty recording in and for the modern age: Why standards matter

Casualty recording in and for the modern age: Why standards matter

November 8, 2016, Analysis / Events and highlights / Humanitarian Action
Hamit Dardagan & John Sloboda

In peacetime and wartime alike, it is not sufficient to ask “how many died,” but ...

Terrorism, counter-terrorism and IHL: Primer on a recurring conversation

Terrorism, counter-terrorism and IHL: Primer on a recurring conversation

November 2, 2016, Law and Conflict / Primers
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. ...

How humanitarians safeguard the law of armed conflict

How humanitarians safeguard the law of armed conflict

October 25, 2016, Humanitarian Action / Law and Conflict
The editors

In situations of armed conflicts and violence across the world, humanitarian actors operate amidst recurring violations of international humanitarian law (IHL). Not only ...

e-Briefing: The human cost of nuclear weapons

e-Briefing: The human cost of nuclear weapons

October 12, 2016, Humanitarian Action / Online publications / Quick Links
The editors

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

The establishment of courts by armed groups: what is the legal basis?

The establishment of courts by armed groups: what is the legal basis?

October 11, 2016, Analysis / Law and Conflict
Ezequiel Heffes

While the law of armed conflict is understood as granting armed groups the possibility to install judicial mechanisms in order to pass judgments ...

Protecting schools from military use: From Ancient Rome to today

Protecting schools from military use: From Ancient Rome to today

September 27, 2016, Analysis / Education in Armed Conflict / Humanitarian Action / Special Protections
Bede Sheppard

The Safe Schools Declaration, opened for endorsement on 29 May 2015, outlines concrete steps that ...

Clarifying the fate of missing persons

Clarifying the fate of missing persons

September 15, 2016, Events and highlights / Humanitarian Action / Law and Conflict
Raphaël Dallaire Ferland

How does looking at prisons’ laundry receipts or funeral documents help finding those who have ...

Launch of the ICRC handbook on IHL

Launch of the ICRC handbook on IHL

September 13, 2016, Events and highlights / Law and Conflict
Dr Nils Melzer, Human Rights Chair, Geneva Academy

Speech given by Dr Nils Melzer, author of International Humanitarian Law – a Comprehensive Introduction, at the International Institute for Humanitarian Law, Sanremo, ...