IHL’s lighthouse; navigating towards a digital emblem
As cyber operations are increasingly taking place during armed conflicts, and this trend is likely to continue, certain specific protections afforded under IHL and identified in the physical world by ...
14 Jan 21min
Twenty years on: the enduring impact of the ICRC customary IHL study and database
The ICRC’s 2005 study on customary international humanitarian law – along with the free, public database launched five years later – arrived at a moment when the legal landscape of armed conflict was ...
11 Dec 202514min
Complying with IHL in large-scale conflicts: How should states prepare to allow and facilitate delivery of humanitarian relief?
Large-scale armed conflicts consistently sever the systems that sustain civilian life, leaving populations without essential services or access to basic goods. International humanitarian law (IHL) set...
4 Dec 202513min
From crisis to recovery: managing the environmental impacts of armed conflict
The environmental toll of armed conflict is neither insignificant nor fleeting: it contaminates water, soil, and air, erodes ecosystems, undermines livelihoods, and burdens public health long after th...
2 Dec 202517min
Do anti-personnel mines still have military utility in modern warfare?
Five States Parties to the Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention have recently submitted instruments of withdrawal, citing national security and military necessity, while at least one other has taken ste...
26 Nov 202525min
Navigating violence: five insights to strengthen humanitarian action in contested territories
More than 200 million people live today in contested territories – places where the authority of the state is challenged outright and armed groups exercise full or fluid control. This number has risen...
24 Nov 202517min
Reaffirming the obligation to protect medical facilities and support their functioning
Restrictions on movement and access to medical supplies have become an often-unseen threat to health care in today’s armed conflicts. Even where hospitals are not attacked, the quiet tightening of sup...
20 Nov 202517min
Outsourcing humanity? International law, humane treatment, and artificial intelligence in detention operations
As artificial intelligence (AI) begins to shape decisions about who is detained in armed conflict and how detention facilities are managed, questions once reserved for science fiction are now urgent m...
13 Nov 202517min
