Legal Adviser, International Committee of the Red Cross (@ICRC.org). Updating Geneva Convention commentaries & thematic legal adviser on food security, private military & security companies, detention, and torture & ill-treatment.
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Call for papers on "protection of civilians and international humanitarian law in the age of artificial intelligence" - International Review of the Red Cross - deadline for abstracts 1 September 2026
Modern humanitarianism was shaped by efforts across societies to limit suffering in war.
Henry Dunant, Anatole Demidoff and Emir Abdelkader, remind us that humanitarian principles transcend borders and traditions.
Read more → bit.ly/4dCKsNx
#IHL #HumanitarianAction
Opening for Associates in the ICRC Legal Division starting January 2027.
Have you studied IHL? If you want your expertise to contribute to real impact, this could be where it starts.
Apply for our paid, one-year traineeship in Geneva. Application deadline: Sunday, 28th of June 2026!
My @icrc.org colleague Wen Zhou highlights key humanitarian & legal questions arising from information & communications technologies in armed conflict. She reflects on efforts by states & others to uphold the protections afforded by #IHL & strengthen its implementation. @icrclawpolicy.bsky.social
Movement, mass displacement & maintaining family links in large-scale conflicts: a post with my @icrc.org colleague @helenobregon.bsky.social on @icrclawpolicy.bsky.social.
Blog by @icrc.org colleagues Vanessa Murphy & Helen Obregón Gieseken, on 1977 treaty prohibiting Military Use of Environmental Modification Techniques (ENMOD).
Often dismissed as a Cold War relic, they argue modern technology means it deserves a second look & urgently so. @opiniojuris.bsky.social
Key Common Provisions and Protection of Civilians in the 2025 Commentary on the Fourth Geneva | by Mona Rishmawi
This post is part of a symposium being run in partnership with @justsecurity.org and @icrc.org
"Key Common Provisions & Protection of Civilians in the 2025 Commentary on the Fourth Geneva Convention": new post at @ejiltalk.bsky.social by @monarishmawi.bsky.social.
Part of a joint symposium with @icrclawpolicy.bsky.social & @justsecurity.org.
Can updated interpretations of IHL close its longstanding gendered gaps?
A new analysis examines how the revised Commentary on the Fourth Geneva Convention addresses – and is constrained by – its gendered foundations.
Read more → lnkd.in/eTYytf57
#IHL #GenderJustice
As some European states reconsider the Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention, what’s at stake for civilians?
Anti-personnel mines remain indiscriminate and of limited military value.
Read more → lnkd.in/eH6d5wCe
#MineAction #IHL #Protection
Call for Papers: “Protection of Civilians and International Humanitarian Law in the Age of Artificial Intelligence” Deadline for submission of abstracts: 1 September 2026 Decision whether abstract has...
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Matt Pollard
Matt Pollard
Matt Pollard
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Exploring how international humanitarian law applies to ICT activities in armed conflict, and how civilians can be protected in digital warfare.
[Vanessa Murphy and Helen Obregón Gieseken are Legal Advisers at the Legal Division of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in Geneva] At the 34th International Conference of the Red…
As international lawyers debate the resilience of international law in the face of its most serious breaches, including aggression and mass atrocities against civilians, the International Committee of...
As international lawyers debate the resilience of international law in the face of its most serious breaches, including aggression and mass atrocities against civilians, the International Committee of...
