What we don’t understand about digital risks in armed conflict and what to do about it
The deployment and use of new digital technologies in modern conflicts – from information to cyber operations – creates new risks and enables actual risks of harm to civilians’ rights, lives, safety, ...
26 Jul 202320min
Towards a disability-inclusive IHL: ICRC views and recommendations
As a 2022 global report by the World Health Organization estimates, about 1.3 billion people – or 16% of the world’s population, more than one in six people – have a disability. In armed-conflict affe...
6 Jul 202313min
Loitering munitions: flagging an urgent need for legally binding rules for AWS
Earlier this month, a viral story alleged that a US Air Force simulation took place during which an “AI drone” “attacked” its human operator when they interfered with the targeting objectives set for ...
29 Jun 202313min
Responsible data sharing between humanitarian organizations and donors: towards a common approach
Humanitarian organizations are facing increased incentives to collect and share disaggregated data about their operations. At the same time, they must ensure this data is only used for humanitarian pu...
21 Jun 20239min
Armed conflict in Sudan: a recap of the IHL rules applicable in non-international armed conflicts
On 15 April 2023, the world watched the eruption of hostilities in Khartoum, the capital of Sudan, which also spread to other parts of the country, notably Darfur. As in most conflicts fought in urban...
15 Jun 202317min
Supporting social protection: five considerations for a principled humanitarian approach
As humanitarian organizations broaden their mindset from saving lives in emergencies to making a more sustainable impact, they increasingly consider supporting existing social protection systems in or...
8 Jun 202314min
Harnessing the power of Artificial Intelligence to uncover patterns of violence
This month saw the successful conclusion to a year-long collaboration between the ICRC and the Swiss Data Science Centre – a joint venture between Switzerland’s two federal institutes of technology, E...
25 Mai 202310min
War on the coastline: mitigating civilian harm in the littorals
With 80 per cent of the world’s population living within 100 kilometers of a coastline, and maritime trade accounting for around 90 per cent of world trade, a significant percentage of world economic ...
17 Mai 202318min
