IHL in the aftermath of battles and conflicts: what do we want to achieve?
We have all seen the despair, dismay, and disaster of war. But what happens when the armed conflict appears to be over? It may be a time for peace, but there will often be pockets of hostilities, rogu...
14 Jul 20226min
Why militaries need a theory of gender's operational relevance
The uptake of gender considerations into military missions across the world has largely been uneven and incremental. This is likely due in part to the lack of an overarching theory of how gender is re...
7 Jul 202212min
Gendered impacts of armed conflict and implications for the application of IHL
Gender shapes an individual’s experience of armed conflict in complex ways, but trends can be predictable. In particular, women and girls contend with structural gender inequality, including in confli...
30 Jun 202217min
Shielding prisoners of war from public curiosity
Recent media reports on prisoners of war (POWs) and deceased combatants have raised questions among journalists and the general public about how the Geneva Conventions regulate images and information ...
28 Jun 202211min
On trial: the Third Geneva Convention and judicial guarantees for prisoners of war
The first prisoners of war (POWs) in the international armed conflict in Ukraine have been prosecuted and sentenced. These trials will herald hundreds, if not thousands more, as the sides to the confl...
23 Jun 202216min
Taking action, not sides: the benefits of humanitarian neutrality in war
In this post – part of our new series ‘Back to basics: humanitarian principles in contemporary armed conflict’ and released in tandem with Just Security – Fiona Terry, head of the ICRC’s Centre for Op...
21 Jun 20229min
Back to basics: humanitarian principles in contemporary armed conflict
As with many conflicts in the past, the Ukraine crisis has revived heated discussions on the humanitarian principles and their relevance in contemporary armed conflict. We have all been reminded how t...
16 Jun 20228min
Left behind: reparations and assistance for families of missing and disappeared persons
As people continue to go missing in all regions of the world, thousands of families are left behind. They do not know whether their loved ones are alive or dead, and go through phases of ambiguous los...
2 Jun 202211min
