Artificial intelligence in military decision-making: supporting humans, not replacing them
The desire to develop technological solutions to help militaries in their decision-making processes is not new. However, more recently, we have witnessed militaries incorporating increasingly complex ...
29 Aug 202418min
Beyond the rubble: eight overlooked ways that urban warfare is affecting children
In cities from Gaza to those in Sudan and Ukraine, childhoods are irrevocably changed by urban warfare. Yet despite the number of children affected and the increasingly urbanized nature of conflict, t...
22 Aug 202420min
War’s long legacy: the continued importance of the Geneva Conventions 75 years later
Next week marks the 75th anniversary of the four Geneva Conventions of 1949. Against a backdrop of over 120 armed conflicts worldwide, this should prompt us not to celebrate, but to reflect: how were ...
8 Aug 202418min
International humanitarian law and Islamic law: a principled and inclusive dialogue
Around two thirds of ICRC operations are in Muslim countries where armed conflicts are in progress. Our ability to understand the connections and differences between international humanitarian law (IH...
25 Jul 20247min
War and what we make of the law
Preventing the catastrophic human cost of war is a central purpose of modern international law. Some norms, like those found in the UN Charter, set out to eliminate war altogether, requiring the peace...
18 Jul 202412min
Principles under pressure: have humanitarian principles stood the test of time?
Recent conflicts have brought to light the jarring personal dilemmas humanitarian workers confront and provoked legitimate questions about the validity of the principles of humanity, impartiality, neu...
11 Jul 202416min
Forced to report: mandatory reporting of sexual violence in armed conflict
Over the last decade, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and its Red Cross/Red Crescent Movement partners, as well as other humanitarian actors responding to sexual violence, have inc...
4 Jul 202419min
De-dehumanization: practicing humanity
There is today an idea of a single humanity, with each member equally valued, and a global legal framework exists to prevent needless human suffering, including in war. Dehumanization arises as the ne...
27 Jun 202418min
