ICRC engagement with armed groups in 2024

October 31, 2024 14 mins read Access / Analysis / Armed Groups / Generating Respect for IHL / Humanitarian diplomacy Matthew Bamber-Zryd

In line with its mandate, the ICRC engages with all parties to an armed conflict, ...

Internment by non-state armed groups: legal and practical limits

October 15, 2024 8 mins read Analysis / Armed Groups / Detention / GCIV and the internment of protected persons / IHL / Special Themes Tilman Rodenhäuser

Detention by non-state armed groups is a widespread, diverse, and legally complex occurrence in armed ...

ICRC engagement with armed groups in 2023

October 10, 2023 12 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 ...

Protecting education from non-state armed group attacks

September 12, 2023 11 mins read Analysis / Armed Groups / Children in conflict / Education in Armed Conflict / IHL / Protection of education Jerome Marston

Non-state armed groups are responsible for a significant proportion of attacks that kill and injure ...

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 ...

Preventing and eradicating the deadly legacy of explosive remnants of war

February 23, 2023 13 mins read Analysis / Conduct of Hostilities / Humanitarian Action / Law and Conflict / Weapons Eirini Giorgou

The deadly legacy of armed conflict continues to claim lives long after the fighting is ...

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 ...

Climate and environment considerations for weapon bearers in armed conflict

September 22, 2022 14 mins read Climate change / Climate change, conflict and humanitarian action / Humanitarian Action / War, law and the environment Sarah Gale

Why should parties to a conflict care about climate change and the environment? This is ...

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 ...

IHL in action: seven patterns of respect

November 19, 2020 16 mins read Analysis / Generating Respect for IHL / Humanitarian Action / Influencing Behaviour in Armed Conflict / Law and Conflict / Religion Juliane Garcia Ravel & Madalena Vasconcelos Rosa

While violations of international humanitarian law (IHL) are seemingly pervasive and remain a brutal reality ...

Administration of justice by armed groups: Some legal and practical concerns

November 22, 2018 13 mins read Analysis / Armed Groups / Detention / Law and Conflict / Religion Ezequiel Heffes

Geneva Call recently issued a report on challenges faced by armed non-State actors (ANSAs) in ...

Behind the scenes: The Roots of Restraint in War study

June 18, 2018 11 mins read Armed Groups / Generating Respect for IHL / Humanitarian Action / Influencing Behaviour in Armed Conflict / Law and Conflict / Religion / Sexual Violence Fiona Terry & Brian McQuinn

The Roots of Restraint in War—a study that updates the 2004 Roots of Behaviour in ...

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