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
A safety net for prisoners of war: five key principles of the Third Geneva Convention
After the Second World War, countries came together to improve the legal protection available to certain categories of persons – including prisoners of war – many of whom had suffered greatly during t...
27 Apr 202312min
When the lights go out: the protection of energy infrastructure in armed conflict
In armed conflicts across the globe, critical infrastructure enabling the delivery of essential services for the civilian population is subjected to repeated attack, incidental harm and misuse by warr...
20 Apr 202329min
Detention by non-State armed groups: translating law to practice
From the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the north of Syria, from remote areas of Colombia to the Tigray region of Ethiopia: over the past decade, tens of thousands of people have foun...
31 Mar 202313min
The NSAG handbook: helping non-State armed groups reduce civilian harm during urban warfare
Today, more than half of the world’s population lives in urban areas. As the number of people living in cities increases, so does the prevalence of urban warfare, which inevitably entails devastating ...
30 Mar 202310min
