Outsourcing humanity? International law, humane treatment, and artificial intelligence in detention operations November 13, 2025 14 mins read Accountability / Analysis / Detention / Generating Respect for IHL / IHL / Law and Conflict / New Technologies Terry Hackett & Alexis Comninos As artificial intelligence (AI) begins to shape decisions about who is detained in armed conflict ...
Warfare at the speed of thought: can brain-computer interfaces comply with IHL? August 21, 2025 13 mins read Accountability / Analysis / Conduct of Hostilities / Generating Respect for IHL / IHL / New Technologies / Weapons Anna M. Gielas Brain-computer interfaces (BCIs) are no longer speculative technologies of future warfare – they are being ...
How AI learns, and what it misses: why data selection matters in humanitarian action August 14, 2025 16 mins read Analysis / Emerging Voices / Humanitarian Action / Humanitarian Principles / New Technologies / Special Themes / Technology in Humanitarian Action Maria Haas Artificial intelligence (AI) is entering humanitarian action at pace, shaping decisions from crisis forecasting to ...
International humanitarian law and connectivity disruptions during armed conflict July 3, 2025 13 mins read Access / Analysis / Communications / Conduct of Hostilities / Health Care / Health care / Humanitarian Action / IHL / New Technologies / Related bodies of law / Social Protection Tilman Rodenhäuser “Without information and telecommunication, people don’t know where to go for safety,” the ICRC reported ...
Offline and in danger: the humanitarian consequences of connectivity disruptions July 1, 2025 11 mins read Access / Analysis / Communications / New Technologies / Social Protection Cléa Thouin As people around the world become increasingly reliant on digital and telecommunications networks to access ...
Deploying OSINT in armed conflict settings: law, ethics, and the need for a new theory of harm December 5, 2023 16 mins read Analysis / Cybersecurity and data protection in humanitarian action / Human Costs of Cyber / IHL / New Technologies / Technology in Humanitarian Action Ed Millett The deployment of open-source intelligence, or OSINT – information gathered from publicly available data sources ...
Protecting civilians against digital threats: four worrying trends and recommendations to address them October 19, 2023 11 mins read Analysis / New Technologies Cordula Droege, Laurent Gisel, Tilman Rodenhäuser & Joelle Rizk In situations of armed conflict, access to digital technology can save lives. But the use of cyber, information, and other digital operations by ...
8 rules for “civilian hackers” during war, and 4 obligations for states to restrain them October 4, 2023 12 mins read Analysis / Law and Conflict / New Technologies Tilman Rodenhäuser & Mauro Vignati As digital technology is changing how militaries conduct war, a worrying trend has emerged in which a growing number of civilians become involved in ...
‘Back to basics’ with a digital twist: humanitarian principles and dilemmas in the digital age February 2, 2023 14 mins read Analysis / Humanitarian Action / Humanitarian Principles / Humanitarian principles in contemporary armed conflict / New Technologies Pierrick Devidal The digital transformation has been a key vector of progress for the humanitarian sector. It ...
Safeguarding humanitarian organizations from digital threats October 13, 2022 9 mins read Analysis / Humanitarian Action / Law and Conflict / New Technologies Tilman Rodenhäuser, Balthasar Staehelin & Massimo Marelli For decades, there has been consensus in the international community that in times of armed ...
The SolarWinds hack: lessons for humanitarians March 18, 2021 9 mins read Analysis / Humanitarian Action / Humanitarian Principles / New Technologies Massimo Marelli As humanitarian organizations become more active in and reliant upon new technologies and the digital ...
Hacking humanitarians: operational dialogue and cyberspace June 4, 2020 11 mins read Analysis / Human Costs of Cyber / Humanitarian Action / New Technologies Massimo Marelli & Martin Schüepp As humanitarian organizations become more active in and reliant upon new technologies and the digital ...
