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 ...
Out of sight, out of mind? Transgender people in humanitarian emergencies March 31, 2020 7 mins read Analysis / Gender / Gender and conflict / Humanitarian Action / Sexual Violence Sandra Smiley The world over, transgender people and others belonging to sexual and gender minority groups are ...
Where are the carrots? Positive discipline for armed groups March 19, 2020 14 mins read Generating Respect for IHL / Influencing Behaviour in Armed Conflict / Law and Conflict / Sexual Violence Anki Sjöberg We read about violations of international humanitarian law and international human rights law on a ...
Cultural property protection: a humanitarian concern February 13, 2020 8 mins read Analysis / Conduct of Hostilities / History / Law and Conflict / Religion / Sexual Violence Jennifer Price-Jones Historic cities, monuments, antiquities and cultural ceremonies transcend human generations, helping construct a sense of ...
The future is now: time to scale up climate mitigation and adaptation measures February 6, 2020 8 mins read Analysis / Climate change, conflict and humanitarian action / Humanitarian Action / Sexual Violence Cécile Aptel Far from a distant threat, climate change is already a crisis, contributing to extreme weather ...
A New Year’s resolution: bringing IHL home January 21, 2020 8 mins read Generating Respect for IHL / Humanitarian Action / Law and Conflict / Sexual Violence Eva Svoboda As the old year bids farewell and the new year takes shape, we tend to ...
‘Act today, shape tomorrow’: the 33rd International Conference December 10, 2019 7 mins read Counterterrorism / Generating Respect for IHL / Humanitarian Principles / Sexual Violence Helen Durham & Kosuke Onishi Today we launch the 33rd International Conference of the Red Cross and Red Crescent, a ...
Children and war: upcoming Review edition November 19, 2019 6 mins read Call for papers / Children in conflict / Humanitarian Action / Law and Conflict / Sexual Violence / Special Protections Ellen Policinski The International Review of the Red Cross has an upcoming edition on Children and war due ...
Two truths and a lie: seventy years of the Geneva Conventions November 14, 2019 7 mins read Generating Respect for IHL / Humanitarian Action / Law and Conflict / Sexual Violence / The most read blog posts in 2019 Jean-Marie Henckaerts This year’s anniversary of the Geneva Conventions provides the space for humanitarian practitioners and legal ...
Trust Me – I’m a Humanitarian October 24, 2019 12 mins read Accountability / Humanitarian Action / Humanitarian Principles / Sexual Violence / The most read blog posts in 2019 Hugo Slim The question of trust has become a major issue in humanitarian action. Can parties to ...
Beyond binaries: An intersectional approach to humanitarian action October 8, 2019 13 mins read Gender / Gender and conflict / Humanitarian Action / Identity / Sexual Violence Elizabeth McGuinness & Saman Rejali Where does a lens on ‘men and masculinities’ fit into the frame of humanitarian action? ...
