Cyber operations during armed conflict: 7 essential law and policy questions March 26, 2020 11 mins read Analysis / Human Costs of Cyber / Law and Conflict / New Technologies Helen Durham In the current UN-mandated cyber discussions, many issues have been raised on the legal and ...
Where are the carrots? Positive discipline for armed groups March 19, 2020 14 mins read Generating Respect for IHL / Influencing Behaviour in Armed Conflict / Law and Conflict / Sexual Violence Anki Sjöberg We read about violations of international humanitarian law and international human rights law on a ...
Influencing behaviour in armed conflict – what is the point? March 12, 2020 9 mins read Analysis / Generating Respect for IHL / Influencing Behaviour in Armed Conflict / Law and Conflict Eva Svoboda Is influencing behaviour an art or is it a science? Or is it a bit ...
Who’s your favorite female judge? March 9, 2020 2 mins read Gender / Law and Conflict Helen Durham Many years ago when I was co-writing a book on Women and War, I decided that having a female judge write the foreward ...
The power of words: the dangerous rhetoric of the “terrorist” March 4, 2020 6 mins read Counterterrorism / Religion Ellen Policinski Although acts of terrorism are prohibited under a wide variety of legal regimes at the international, regional and domestic levels (including international humanitarian ...
A New Year’s resolution: bringing IHL home January 21, 2020 8 mins read Generating Respect for IHL / Humanitarian Action / Law and Conflict / Sexual Violence Eva Svoboda As the old year bids farewell and the new year takes shape, we tend to ...
‘Act today, shape tomorrow’: the 33rd International Conference December 10, 2019 7 mins read Counterterrorism / Generating Respect for IHL / Humanitarian Principles / Sexual Violence Helen Durham & Kosuke Onishi Today we launch the 33rd International Conference of the Red Cross and Red Crescent, a ...
Industrial cyber attacks: a humanitarian crisis in the making December 3, 2019 10 mins read Analysis / Cyber / Human Costs of Cyber / Law and Conflict / New Technologies Sergio Caltagirone Industrial control systems manage almost every aspect of daily life, from water supply to electricity ...
Two truths and a lie: seventy years of the Geneva Conventions November 14, 2019 7 mins read Generating Respect for IHL / Humanitarian Action / Law and Conflict / Sexual Violence / The most read blog posts in 2019 Jean-Marie Henckaerts This year’s anniversary of the Geneva Conventions provides the space for humanitarian practitioners and legal ...
The International Review of the Red Cross at 150: What’s changed and what remains the same October 31, 2019 9 mins read Humanitarian Action / Humanitarian Principles / Law and Conflict / Review-related Ellen Policinski In 1869, the world was changing at a remarkable pace. Russian chemist Dimitri Mendeleev developed ...
The Mine Ban Convention, Article 5 & 2019 Review Conference: need for urgent action October 15, 2019 10 mins read Generating Respect for IHL / Landmines and the Law / Law and Conflict / Religion / Weapons Chris Loughran The Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention (APMBC) entered into force 20 years ago this year. It ...
IEDs and the Mine Ban Convention: a minefield of definitions? September 17, 2019 12 mins read Conduct of Hostilities / Landmines and the Law / Law and Conflict / Weapons Wen Zhou & Andrea Raab The year 2019 marks the 20th anniversary of the entry into force of the Anti-Personnel ...
