How would IHL apply to hostilities in outer space?

November 2, 2023 16 mins read Analysis / IHL / Outer Space / Scope of application / War, law, and outer space Svenja Berrang

Despite the longstanding efforts of the international community to prevent an arms race in outer ...

Potential human costs of cyber operations—Key ICRC takeaways from discussion with tech experts

May 29, 2019 11 mins read Conduct of Hostilities / Human Costs of Cyber / Humanitarian Action / Law and Conflict / New Technologies / The most read blog posts in 2019 Laurent Gisel & Lukasz Olejnik

Cyber attacks and their consequences are on top of the agenda around the world. Cyber ...

Joint Blog Series: Are sieges prohibited under contemporary IHL?

February 5, 2019 4 mins read Joint Blog Series / Law and Conflict Gloria Gaggioli

Closing out our Joint Series is a post by on Gloria Gaggioli on siege warfare published by EJIL Talk! Are Sieges Prohibited under Contemporary IHL? ...

“The contamination from nuclear test explosions is in every one of our bodies”

October 20, 2016 9 mins read Humanitarian Action / Review-related / Weapons Prof. Tilman Ruff, founding chair of ICAN

Selected passages from Professor Tilman Ruff’s speech, delivered at the Australian launch of The human cost of nuclear weapons, Melbourne, 10 October 2016. ...

e-Briefing: The human cost of nuclear weapons

October 12, 2016 5 mins read Humanitarian Action / Online publications / Quick Links / Sexual Violence The editors

The ICRC’s latest e-briefing exposes the catastrophic humanitarian consequences of nuclear weapons. It is being ...

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 ...

Cyberspace operations in armed conflicts and the proportionality rule

June 29, 2016 6 mins read Events and highlights / Law and Conflict ICRC Moscow

What does the principle of proportionality entail for cyberspace operations in armed conflicts? How can you decide whether you are using a sledgehammer ...