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A new Solferino moment for humanitarians
This year marks the 160th anniversary of the publication of Henri Dunant’s classic text, ‘A Memory of Solferino’, in 1862. Dunant’s powerful book ins…
4 years, 6 months ago
Carve-out in Kabul: hard won resolution lifts humanitarian roadblock in Afghanistan
On 22 December 2021, the United Nations Security Council voted unanimously to adopt a resolution on Afghanistan introducing, for the only the second …
4 years, 7 months ago
Explosive weapons with wide area effects: a deadly choice in populated areas
The use of explosive weapons with a wide impact area in populated areas is one of the main causes of civilian harm in today’s armed conflicts. Despit…
4 years, 7 months ago
Shifting the narrative: not weapons, but technologies of warfare
Debates concerning the regulation of choices made by States in conducting hostilities are often limited to the use of weapons . . . but our understan…
4 years, 7 months ago
Four pathways of climate insecurity: a guide for humanitarians
If the 2021 IPCC report is a code red for humanity, then humanitarian organizations are the first responders. Humanitarian organizations do not just …
4 years, 7 months ago
Mine action in action: influencing law and policy on toxic remnants of war
In conjunction with the movement to prevent the environmental impacts of armed conflict has come a growing recognition of the need to address the har…
4 years, 8 months ago
Mitigating the environmental impacts of explosive ordnance and land release
Environmental considerations are rightly gaining increased prominence and awareness. Environmental experts agree that unprecedented changes in climat…
4 years, 8 months ago
Reporting sexual violence in a conflict zone
Sexual violence is widespread and prevalent in many modern armed conflicts. Interviewing the people who have endured sexual violence is one of the mo…
4 years, 8 months ago
Sexual violence in armed conflict: the historical limits of humanitarian action & ICRC in the 20thC
Despite clear legal prohibitions, sexual violence remains widespread and prevalent during armed conflicts and other situations of violence, with grav…
4 years, 9 months ago
Gender-based hate crime as an early warning indicator of escalating violence and armed conflict
The spectrum of misogynistic violence between incels (‘involuntary celibates’) and non-State armed groups using extreme violence against women is bas…
4 years, 9 months ago