A common enemy: aggregating intensity in non-international armed conflicts
Contemporary non-international armed conflicts are increasingly fought by a myriad of non-State actors, often engaging in hostilities against a common enemy and at times operating under the same coali...
20 Touko 202118min
A humanitarian duty to integrity
The digital transformation of humanitarian operations raises (at least) two existential issues: one, how do humanitarians preserve what is unique about their work amidst growing dependence on uncontro...
20 Touko 20217min
The ‘fog of war’ . . . and information
Misinformation, disinformation and hate speech (MDH) has become a ubiquitous feature of the ‘information’ or ‘digital’ age. In conflict settings, so-called ‘fake news’ can lead to death, injury, impr...
20 Touko 20219min
COVID-19 vaccine: three considerations for equitable access within countries at war
Equitable access to safe and effective COVID-19 vaccines will be the defining global issue of 2021. Working to ensure that people in areas affected by armed conflict and violence are part of equitable...
20 Touko 202111min
The SolarWinds hack: lessons for humanitarians
As humanitarian organizations become more active in and reliant upon new technologies and the digital domain, they evolve from simple bystanders to full-fledged stakeholders in cyberspace – able to bu...
19 Touko 20219min
Even ‘cyber wars’ have limits. But what if they didn’t?
Cyber operations have become a reality of today’s armed conflicts, and their use is likely to continue to increase in the future. In response to this trend, the ICRC has long maintained that internati...
19 Touko 202113min
ICRC engagement with non-State armed groups: why and how
In 2020, the ICRC counted 614 armed groups of concern to the organization’s humanitarian operations around the world. As part of its impartial humanitarian work, the ICRC had contact with roughly thre...
19 Touko 20217min
Cashless cash: financial inclusion or surveillance humanitarianism?
Cash has been an exceptional vector of progress in humanitarian action, empowering people, protecting dignity, mitigating the negative secondary effects of in-kind assistance, improving accountability...
19 Touko 20217min
