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 ...
Back to basics: Enhancing African adherence to the rules of war October 4, 2016 6 mins read Generating Respect for IHL / Law and Conflict Mutsa Mangezi While many African countries continue to live with the daily consequences of armed conflict, the proper application and implementation of international humanitarian law ...
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 ...
Majority of governments vote for negotiations to prohibit nuclear weapons August 29, 2016 3 mins read Law and Conflict Ellen Policinski The UN’s open-ended working group on nuclear disarmament (OEWG) adopted a recommendation which may lead to the negotiation of a treaty to prohibit ...
The New Urban Agenda recognizes the humanitarian impact of urban warfare August 22, 2016 5 mins read Humanitarian Action Raphaël Dallaire Ferland After intensive negotiations in Surabaya, Indonesia, the latest draft (.pdf) of the New Urban Agenda now gives respect for international humanitarian law and ...
Towards a humanitarian ban on nuclear weapons August 4, 2016 10 mins read Humanitarian Action Elizabeth Minor Over the past six years, a concerted effort by committed States, international organizations and civil society to reframe the international discourse on nuclear ...
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 ...
Nuclear weapons: 20 years since the ICJ advisory opinion and still difficult to reconcile with international humanitarian law July 8, 2016 8 mins read Analysis / Law and Conflict / Weapons Louis G. Maresca Everything we know about nuclear weapons, including the new information and analysis that has come to light in recent years, has only strengthened ...
Remember the millions of people living in urban violence July 4, 2016 6 mins read Videos Hugo Slim With all eyes on the upcoming Habitat 3 Conference in Quito, Ecuador, and the New Urban Agenda which will be adopted there, the ...
