Protecting civilians in conflict: the urgency of implementing the Political Declaration on EWIPA
The widespread use of heavy explosive weapons has reached alarming levels, exacting a staggering toll on civilian lives. From Gaza to the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Sudan to Syria, and Ukraine ...
22 Huhti 202412min
The transformative potentials of SRHR in humanitarian assistance: a feminist inquiry
From frontline female combatants with the People’s Defence Force in Myanmar to queer Syrian refugees living in displacement in Lebanon, from seasonal workers on the factory floor of textile companies ...
18 Huhti 202417min
Voluntary reports: a new tool ‘toward a universal culture of compliance with IHL’
The draft elements of the resolution ‘Toward a universal culture of compliance with international humanitarian law’ elaborated for the 34th International Conference of the Red Cross and Red Crescent ‘...
10 Huhti 202417min
Codifying IHL before Lieber and Dunant: The 1820 treaty for the regularization of war
Before the Lieber Code and Geneva Conventions came a treaty between the Spanish Empire and Simon Bolivar’s revolutionary forces in Colombia and Venezuela. The 1820 Treaty for the Regularization of War...
4 Huhti 202417min
From theology to technology: a call for IHL ambassadors in the Asia-Pacific region
The Asia-Pacific region is diverse in religious, ethnic and historical backgrounds as well as in economic development. However, armed conflict is often not recognized by states in the region, and if i...
27 Maalis 202413min
What can the humanitarian community learn from the Colombian Truth Commission’s LGBTIQ-subchapter?
As part of the historic 2016 peace agreement, the “Commission for the Clarification of Truth, Coexistence and Non-repetition” (hereafter the Colombian Truth Commission) was established to focus on vic...
21 Maalis 202414min
Falling under the radar: algorithmic bias and military applications of AI
Last week, states parties met for the first session of the Group of Governmental Experts (GGE) on lethal autonomous weapon systems (LAWS) in 2024. This debate featured the GGE’s most substantive discu...
14 Maalis 202414min
The transmission of information by the ICRC's Central Tracing Agency in int't armed conflicts
Two years ago, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) Central Tracing Agency activated a dedicated Bureau for the international armed conflict between Russia and Ukraine, the first time s...
29 Helmi 202411min
