Towards a humanitarian ban on nuclear weapons August 4, 2016 10 mins read Humanitarian Action Elizabeth Minor Over the past six years, a concerted effort by committed States, international organizations and civil society to reframe the international discourse on nuclear ...
Why educating students on humanitarian norms and values matters July 29, 2016 10 mins read Events and highlights / Humanitarian Action / Law and Conflict Etienne Kuster & George Dvaladze Apart from the renowned Jean-Pictet Competition, there are dozens of student competitions in international humanitarian ...
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 ...
Drawing the line between armed groups under IHL July 22, 2016 9 mins read Analysis / Armed Groups / Law and Conflict / Religion Ellen Nohle From Nigeria to Russia, the number of entities claiming affiliation with the Islamic State Group (ISG) is on the rise. In Colombia, concerns ...
Joint series: First thoughts from academia on the updated GCI Commentary July 22, 2016 2 mins read ICRC Commentaries / Law and Conflict Kevin Jon Heller In the third installment of episode 1 in this multi-blog series on the updated Geneva Conventions Commentaries, Professor Kevin Jon Heller responds to ...
Nuclear weapons: 20 years since the ICJ advisory opinion and still difficult to reconcile with international humanitarian law July 8, 2016 8 mins read Analysis / Law and Conflict / Weapons Louis G. Maresca Everything we know about nuclear weapons, including the new information and analysis that has come to light in recent years, has only strengthened ...
International law of military operations: Mapping the field to improve compliance with the law July 7, 2016 5 mins read Events and highlights / Law and Conflict The editors On 21-23 June 2016, the International Society for Military Law and the Law of War (ISMLLW) and Exeter Law School convened an international ...
Joint series: The role of the ICRC Commentaries in understanding international humanitarian law July 7, 2016 2 mins read ICRC Commentaries / Law and Conflict Sean D. Murphy In the second installment of episode 1 in this multi-blog series on the updated Commentaries, Professor Sean Murphy responds to Jean-Marie Henckaerts’ first ...
Remember the millions of people living in urban violence July 4, 2016 6 mins read Videos Hugo Slim With all eyes on the upcoming Habitat 3 Conference in Quito, Ecuador, and the New Urban Agenda which will be adopted there, the ...
Cyberspace operations in armed conflicts and the proportionality rule June 29, 2016 6 mins read Events and highlights / Law and Conflict ICRC Moscow What does the principle of proportionality entail for cyberspace operations in armed conflicts? How can you decide whether you are using a sledgehammer ...
Joint series: Locating the Geneva Conventions Commentaries in the international legal landscape June 29, 2016 7 mins read ICRC Commentaries / Law and Conflict Jean-Marie Henckaerts Where do the ICRC Commentaries fit into the legal landscape? What are the rules governing treaty interpretation and how do they operate in ...
European ‘migrant crisis’: Avoiding another wave of refugees living in limbo June 23, 2016 7 mins read Analysis / Humanitarian Action / Migration Pavle Kilibarda That the brutal excesses of the conflict in Syria, well into its sixth year, have proven capable of causing one of the greatest ...
