The New Urban Agenda recognizes the humanitarian impact of urban warfare August 22, 2016 5 mins read Humanitarian Action Raphaël Dallaire Ferland After intensive negotiations in Surabaya, Indonesia, the latest draft (.pdf) of the New Urban Agenda now gives respect for international humanitarian law and ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
War crimes without criminal accountability? The case of Active Protection Systems June 1, 2016 6 mins read Analysis / Law and Conflict Michael Kurt Riepl As weapon systems take over more and more functions in the targeting cycle that used to be fulfilled by humans, it is increasingly ...
Conference cycle: Generating respect for the law April 14, 2016 10 mins read Events and highlights / Law and Conflict / Religion / Sexual Violence / Videos The Conference Cycle on Generating Respect for the Law is a series of high-level public ...
Conference cycle: New technologies and the modern battlefield April 11, 2016 7 mins read Events and highlights / Law and Conflict / Videos New technologies and the modern battlefield: Humanitarian perspectives was a series of high-level public events and experts meetings coordinated by the ICRC on several ...
e-Briefing: New technologies and the modern battlespace April 8, 2016 1 min read Law and Conflict / Online publications In recent years, a wide array of new technologies have entered the modern battlefield, giving rise to new means and methods of warfare, ...