Reaffirming IHL’s specific protection of hospitals May 27, 2025 15 mins read Accountability / Analysis / Conduct of Hostilities / Generating Respect for IHL / Health Care / Humanitarian Principles / IHL / Special Protections Supriya Rao & Alexander Breitegger In today’s armed conflicts, hospitals are increasingly being attacked or misused for military purposes, undermining ...
The imperative to protect water and water systems during armed conflict April 24, 2025 15 mins read Accountability / Analysis / Conduct of Hostilities / Emerging Voices / Generating Respect for IHL / IHL / Special Themes Tadesse Kebebew Amid the complexities of contemporary armed conflicts, damage to water infrastructure and the use of ...
Addressing landmine pollution: how the ‘polluter pays’ principle can help April 17, 2025 14 mins read Accountability / Analysis / Conduct of Hostilities / Emerging Voices / Generating Respect for IHL / IHL / Special Themes / Weapons Goran Sandić Landmines, a persistent threat in post-conflict zones, pose severe risks to both human lives and ...
Anchoring protection: Islamic law contributions to the development of the 1977 Additional Protocols to the Geneva Conventions March 27, 2025 12 mins read Analysis / Conduct of Hostilities / Generating Respect for IHL / History / IHL / Islamic Law / Law and Conflict / Localisation / Related bodies of law / Religion Ahmed Al-Dawoody & Medha Damojipurapu References to Islamic law made by the delegations of Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Sudan and Syria ...
Environmental destruction in conflict: broadening accountability in war March 20, 2025 8 mins read Accountability / Analysis / Conduct of Hostilities / Emerging Voices / IHL / Law and Conflict / Related bodies of law Iryna Rekrut International law recognizes the importance of environmental protection during armed conflict. Additional Protocol I of ...
Anti-personnel mines: the false promise of security through exceptionalism in war March 13, 2025 14 mins read Analysis / Conduct of Hostilities / Generating Respect for IHL / IHL / Law and Conflict / Related bodies of law / Weapons Cordula Droege & Maya Brehm Earlier this month, Lithuania’s unprecedented withdrawal from the Convention on Cluster Munitions (CCM) took effect. ...
Hospitals under fire: legal and practical challenges to strengthened protection March 6, 2025 11 mins read Accountability / Analysis / Conduct of Hostilities / Emerging Voices / Health Care / IHL / Special Protections / Special Themes Khang Phan & Thao Nguyen Amid the devastation of armed conflict, hospitals stand as fragile sanctuaries, overwhelmed by demand and ...
AI, war and (in)humanity: the role of human emotions in military decision-making February 20, 2025 11 mins read Accountability / Analysis / Artificial intelligence in military decision-making / Conduct of Hostilities / Generating Respect for IHL / IHL / New Technologies / Weapons Joanna L D Wilson Contemporary armed conflicts are increasingly complex and, through rapid technological development, increasingly remote. This calls ...
A steppingstone for more? Progress on the protection of civilian populations from ICT activities during armed conflict February 13, 2025 11 mins read Analysis / Communications / Conduct of Hostilities / Generating Respect for IHL / New Technologies / Technology in Humanitarian Action Laurent Gisel & Tilman Rodenhäuser In today’s multilateral disarmament, peace and security, and humanitarian fora, a key responsibility of states ...
The NSAG handbook: helping non-State armed groups reduce civilian harm during urban warfare March 30, 2023 8 mins read Analysis / Humanitarian Action / Law and Conflict / Urban warfare Ruben Stewart & Celia Edeline Today, more than half of the world’s population lives in urban areas. As the number ...
Legal reviews of weapons, means and methods of warfare involving artificial intelligence: 16 elements to consider March 21, 2019 13 mins read Artificial Intelligence and Armed Conflict / Conduct of Hostilities / Law and Conflict / New Technologies / The most read blog posts in 2019 / Weapons Dustin A. Lewis What are some of the chief concerns in contemporary debates around legal reviews of weapons, ...