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 ...
The mosaic effect: the revelation risks of combining humanitarian and social protection data February 9, 2021 12 mins read Analysis / Humanitarian Action / New Technologies / Religion / Sexual Violence Jill Capotosto As the world faces more frequent and intense crises—driven in part by climate change, political ...
We may need more humanitarian bureaucracy, not less February 4, 2021 5 mins read Accountability / Analysis / Humanitarian Action / Humanitarian Principles / Sexual Violence Aaron Clark-Ginsberg & Mary Kate Adgie In the humanitarian sector, bureaucracy has been faulted for everything from ageism and the suppression ...
GCIII Commentary: I’m a woman and a POW in a pandemic. What does the Third Geneva Convention mean for me? December 8, 2020 11 mins read Analysis / GCIII Commentary / Gender and conflict / Generating Respect for IHL / Health Care / Humanitarian Action / Law and Conflict / Sexual Violence Heleen Hiemstra & Vanessa Murphy While a woman’s experience in a prisoners of war (POW) camp may not differ drastically ...
Disability and sexual violence in the COVID-19 era December 3, 2020 7 mins read Sexual Violence NG’AA Michael Mwendwa While disability inequalities have long been observed, the global COVID-19 crisis has deepened and exposed the problem of exclusion, which renders work on ...
Sexual violence in armed conflict: can we prevent a COVID-19 backslide? November 25, 2020 9 mins read Analysis / COVID-19 and conflict / Gender / Gender and conflict / Health Care / Humanitarian Action / Law and Conflict / Sexual Violence May Maloney Three months into the pandemic, the ICRC’s Head of Addressing Sexual Violence published a call ...
‘Please, don’t tell anyone!’: healthcare stigma in the COVID-19 era November 12, 2020 10 mins read Analysis / COVID-19 and conflict / Health Care / Humanitarian Action / Sexual Violence Paola Forgione Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, healthcare workers in conflict zones and peaceful countries ...
GCIII Commentary: protecting the honour of prisoners of war September 3, 2020 9 mins read Analysis / GCIII Commentary / Generating Respect for IHL / Law and Conflict / Sexual Violence Jemma Arman The Third Geneva Convention (GCIII) provides a framework of rules for the protection of prisoners ...
August 12th: hopes and wishes? August 12, 2020 9 mins read Analysis / Generating Respect for IHL / History / Law and Conflict / Sexual Violence British Red Cross-ICRC customary IHL research team Today’s 71st anniversary of the 1949 Geneva Conventions is an opportunity to recall once more ...
Race, equity, and neo-colonial legacies: identifying paths forward for principled humanitarian action July 16, 2020 18 mins read Analysis / Gender and conflict / Humanitarian Action / Humanitarian Principles / Sexual Violence Saman Rejali In the wake of the murder of George Floyd in the United States, and the ...
COVID-19, conflict and sexual violence: reversing the burden of proof June 19, 2020 5 mins read Analysis / COVID-19 and conflict / Gender and conflict / Humanitarian Action / Sexual Violence Sophie Sutrich Sexual violence in armed conflict, while prohibited by international humanitarian law, remains a brutal reality. ...
Reflecting on our inner child through the lens of children affected by war May 28, 2020 10 mins read Children in conflict / Humanitarian Action / Law and Conflict / Religion / Review-related / Sexual Violence Sai Sathyanarayanan Venkatesh In wartime, children are especially vulnerable. They are all too often drawn into hostilities and ...
