The Geneva Conventions and protecting life in wars at sea – Aisya Abdul Rahman
BOMBINGS of major ports. Blockades at key chokepoints. Attacks on cargo ships, merchantvessels and relief boats disrupting supply…
Bangkok Post – WHO decries lack of justice over attacks on healthcare
A firefighter examines the destroyed building of a medical facility hit by a missile strike in Dnipro, Ukraine…
Military AI Governance Enters Enforcement Phase: UNIDIR Opens Geneva Forum Today
The United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR) opened its second annual Global Conference on AI, Security and…
Gender (re)balancing: the updated ICRC Commentary on the Fourth Geneva Convention
International humanitarian law (IHL) has long been critiqued for its gendered fault lines, specifically the marginalization of violence…
Protecting civilians in good faith: the updated Commentary on the Fourth Geneva Convention
Following five years of research and consultations, the ICRC has published a new, updated Commentary on the Fourth…
Ukraine’s Coordination Headquarters proposes Kyiv Protocol to modernize Third Geneva Convention protections | Ukraine news
A new initiative aims to adapt prisoner of war rules to digital realities and recent conflicts, with international…
Geneva Renews Support to the ICRC for Humanitarian Action in Forgotten Crises
On Monday, 13 April, the Republic and Canton of Geneva and the International Committee of the Red Cross…
Progress on rules for lethal autonomous weapons urgently needed, says chair of Geneva talks
By Olivia Le Poidevin GENEVA, March 3 (Reuters) – Progress on a potential international framework to prohibit and…
a humanitarian break and colonial continuity
More than seven decades after their adoption, the four Geneva Conventions of 1949 remain foundational to contemporary international…
the ICRC’s approach to Common Article 3 in its updated Commentary
The updated ICRC Commentary on the Fourth Geneva Convention (GC IV) includes a number of important updates to…