Beyond access: three considerations for food security and famine prevention during armed conflict
Over the past year, millions of people living in conflict-affected areas have faced severe and acute food insecurity, and the numbers continue to rise. For many, seasonal food shortages are an intract...
14 Huhti 202213min
Looking for answers: accounting for the separated, missing and dead in international armed conflicts
Armed conflicts affecting all regions of the world today continue to result in the separation of families and in people going missing and dying. Such heart wrenching loss also occurs in other situatio...
11 Huhti 202216min
Displacement diplomacy: five ways to improve policy and practice on internal displacement in Africa
Although internal displacement is a global problem, it has long been a particular concern for African governments. According to the most recent estimates, conflict and violence have uprooted 21.8 mill...
24 Maalis 202215min
Armed conflict in Ukraine: a recap of basic IHL rules
For the past two weeks, the world has watched a humanitarian crisis unfold across Ukraine. Many of our readers have reached out to us directly with questions on how the rules of war – international hu...
17 Maalis 202216min
Consumer drones in conflict: where do they fit into IHL?
The skies over the conflict in Ukraine are filled with identical-looking consumer drones piloted by combatants and civilians alike – aircraft that promise to be a regular feature of war in the future....
15 Maalis 202219min
In Bruges: the enduring relevance of IHL and the updated Commentaries
Since its creation in 2000, the Bruges Colloquium on International Humanitarian Law has been jointly organized by the ICRC and the College of Europe, bringing together government representatives, inte...
23 Helmi 20229min
Revisiting the history of the Geneva Conventions
With armed conflicts persisting in various parts of the globe and at risk of breaking out in others, it is crucial to take a step back. In this post, Boyd van Dijk, a McKenzie Fellow at the Universit...
17 Helmi 202210min
A new Solferino moment for humanitarians
This year marks the 160th anniversary of the publication of Henri Dunant’s classic text, ‘A Memory of Solferino’, in 1862. Dunant’s powerful book inspired the founding of the International Red Cross a...
10 Helmi 202214min
