Joint Blog Series: Better safe than sorry: Transferring detainees safely to Coalition Partners January 20, 2019 3 mins read Detention / Joint Blog Series / Law and Conflict / Migration / Torture Tilman Rodenhäuser Over the weekend, the third post in our Joint Series was published by Lawfare—Better safe than sorry: Transferring ...
Joint Blog Series: Precautionary measures in urban warfare: A commander’s obligation to obtain information January 10, 2019 14 mins read Conduct of Hostilities / Joint Blog Series / Law and Conflict Jonathan Horowitz Cities across the globe are expanding at unprecedented rates and this urban population boom is ...
Introducing the Latest Transatlantic Workshop Joint Blog Series January 9, 2019 3 mins read Conduct of Hostilities / Joint Blog Series / Law and Conflict Sasha Radin In 2018, the Sixth Annual Transatlantic Workshop on International Law and Armed Conflict once again ...
Strengthening compliance with IHL: Disappointment and hope December 14, 2018 6 mins read Analysis / Generating Respect for IHL / Law and Conflict Helen Durham Last week, participants in an intergovernmental process on ‘Strengthening Respect for International Humanitarian Law’ were forced to acknowledge a significant challenge facing the ...
Machine autonomy and the constant care obligation December 11, 2018 11 mins read Autonomous Weapons / Conduct of Hostilities / Law and Conflict / New Technologies / Weapons Chris Jenks & Rain Liivoja The debate about the way the international community should deal with autonomous weapon systems has ...
5 operational realities of detention in contemporary armed conflict November 30, 2018 12 mins read Counterterrorism / Detention / Humanitarian Action / Law and Conflict / Terrorism and IHL Laurent Saugy & Tilman Rodenhäuser Hidden behind thick walls and barbed wire, detention realities are generally little known to the ...
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 ...
Respect for the dead under Islamic law: Considerations for humanitarian forensics November 1, 2018 22 mins read Analysis / Humanitarian Action / Islamic Law / Law and Conflict / Religion Ahmed Al-Dawoody During armed conflict, forensic specialists encounter huge challenges in ensuring the proper and dignified management ...
Shining a spotlight on sexual violence in war: The 2018 Nobel Peace Prize October 11, 2018 8 mins read Analysis / Gender and conflict / Humanitarian Action / Law and Conflict / Sexual Violence Helen Durham The Nobel Committee have awarded the 2018 Nobel Peace Prize to Nadia Murad and Denis ...
Speaking law to business: 10-year anniversary of the Montreux Document on PMSCs September 17, 2018 7 mins read Analysis / Law and Conflict Jonathan Cuénoud & Tilman Rodenhäuser For centuries, private contractors have been used in warfare. Their involvement in armed conflicts rose substantially in the early 2000s, triggering important legal ...
Detention and armed conflicts: Exploring realities and remedies September 10, 2018 9 mins read Detention / Humanitarian Action / Law and Conflict / Sexual Violence Helen Durham The honour of delivering one of the opening speeches at the Sanremo Roundtable on the ...
The (im)possibility of meaningful human control for lethal autonomous weapon systems August 29, 2018 13 mins read Analysis / Autonomous Weapons / Law and Conflict / Weapons Elke Schwarz This week, the Group of Governmental Experts (GGE) on lethal autonomous weapon systems (LAWS) is holding their third meeting at the UN Certain ...
