ICRC engagement with armed groups in 2022

January 12, 2023 11 mins read Analysis / Humanitarian Action Matthew Bamber-Zryd

In line with its mandate, the ICRC engages with all parties to an armed conflict, including non-State armed groups. The ICRC has a ...

Urban warfare: an age-old problem in need of new solutions

April 27, 2021 17 mins read Analysis / Humanitarian Action / Law and Conflict / Urban warfare Laurent Gisel, Pilar Gimeno Sarciada, Ken Hume & Abby Zeith

Urban warfare is not a new phenomenon; cities have featured as a stage for violence ...

ICRC engagement with non-State armed groups: why and how

March 4, 2021 9 mins read Access / Analysis / Armed Groups / Humanitarian Action / Influencing Behaviour in Armed Conflict / Sexual Violence Jelena Pejic, Irénée Herbet & Tilman Rodenhäuser

In 2020, the ICRC counted 614 armed groups of concern to the organization’s humanitarian operations ...

Aggregated intensity: classifying coalitions of non-State armed groups

October 7, 2020 15 mins read Analysis / Armed Groups / Law and Conflict / Religion Jelena Nikolic, Thomas de Saint Maurice & Tristan Ferraro

With an ever-increasing number of non-State armed groups and a growing tendency for non-international armed conflicts (NIAC) to be fought by coalitions, it ...

Black magic, zombies and dragons: a tale of IHL in the 21st Century

September 3, 2019 14 mins read Armed Groups / Conduct of Hostilities / Counterterrorism / Generating Respect for IHL / Humanitarian Principles / Law and Conflict / New Technologies / Scope of application / Sexual Violence / Technology in Humanitarian Action / Terrorism and IHL / The most read blog posts in 2019 Helen Durham

As we marked the 70th anniversary of the Geneva Conventions last month, I want to ...