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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.
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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
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
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...
Movement, mass displacement & maintaining family links in large-scale conflicts: a post with my @icrc.org colleague @helenobregon.bsky.social on @icrclawpolicy.bsky.social.
"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.
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
Matt Pollard
Matt Pollard
Matt Pollard
EJIL: Talk!
Matt Pollard
[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 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.
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#MineAction #IHL #Protection
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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...
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...
