Casualty recording in and for the modern age: Why standards matter

November 8, 2016 10 mins read Analysis / Events and highlights / Humanitarian Action Hamit Dardagan & John Sloboda

In peacetime and wartime alike, it is not sufficient to ask “how many died,” but also “who died”. Casualty recording is a systematic ...

Terrorism, counter-terrorism and IHL: Primer on a recurring conversation

November 2, 2016 5 mins read Counterterrorism Ellen Policinski

Terrorism is not limited to any one part of the world. It can be seen everywhere, and is often linked to armed conflict. ...

Modern conflict: Address by ICRC’s vice-president to SWIRMO 2016

October 27, 2016 1 mins read Events and highlights / Law and Conflict Mme Christine Beerli, vice-president of the ICRC

Address by Mme Christine Beerli, vice-president of the ICRC, at the opening of the Senior Workshop on International Rules Governing Military Operations (SWIRMO), ...

How humanitarians safeguard the law of armed conflict

October 25, 2016 8 mins read Humanitarian Action / Law and Conflict The editors

In situations of armed conflicts and violence across the world, humanitarian actors operate amidst recurring violations of international humanitarian law (IHL). Not only ...

Habitat III: The smartest city is a safe city

October 24, 2016 5 mins read Events and highlights / Humanitarian Action Hugo Slim

The humanitarian commitments in the New Urban Agenda are significant and will form clear policy guidance on urban humanitarian action for national governments ...

Taking the high road in military operations

October 19, 2016 7 mins read Counterterrorism / Events and highlights / Law and Conflict Andreas Kaufmann

Many of today’s armed conflicts involve opponents who significantly differ in terms of military capacity ...

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 ...

The establishment of courts by armed groups: what is the legal basis?

October 11, 2016 10 mins read Analysis / Law and Conflict Ezequiel Heffes

While the law of armed conflict is understood as granting armed groups the possibility to install judicial mechanisms in order to pass judgments ...

Protecting schools from military use: From Ancient Rome to today

September 27, 2016 7 mins read Analysis / Education in Armed Conflict / Humanitarian Action / Special Protections Bede Sheppard

The Safe Schools Declaration, opened for endorsement on 29 May 2015, outlines concrete steps that ...

An unwarranted human sacrifice in the Middle East

September 26, 2016 12 mins read Counterterrorism / Law and Conflict / Religion / Stories Omar Mekky

Earlier this month Muslims in the Middle East and across the world celebrated Eid al-Adha, the Feast of Sacrifice. Those holy days honor ...

Clarifying the fate of missing persons

September 15, 2016 14 mins read Events and highlights / Humanitarian Action / Law and Conflict Raphaël Dallaire Ferland

How does looking at prisons’ laundry receipts or funeral documents help finding those who have ...

Launch of the ICRC handbook on IHL

September 13, 2016 7 mins read Events and highlights / Law and Conflict Dr Nils Melzer, Human Rights Chair, Geneva Academy

Speech given by Dr Nils Melzer, author of International Humanitarian Law – a Comprehensive Introduction, at the International Institute for Humanitarian Law, Sanremo, ...

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