Director of International Law & Movement Partnerships

Whether and at what point groups of civilians become parties to armed conflicts, what their legal obligations are, and who is responsible for their conduct.

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What International Humanitarian Law (IHL) – the laws of war – say about hospitals, with Cordula Droege of the ICRC. Do like, subscribe and leave us a review. Want to find out more? Chec…

ICRC Legal Adviser Tilman Rodenhäuser on the limits that international humanitarian law imposes on connectivity disruptions in armed conflict.

Human dignity and the dead under Islamic law - insights for humanitarian forensics dealing with the management of the dead in Muslim contexts.

Promoting restraint among non-state armed groups often requires more than legal appeals—it demands engagement strategies that resonate with the groups’ own goals and concerns. This post outlines fi…

In this episode of Tech Talks Daily, I speak with Samit D'Cunha, a legal advisor at the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), about the innovative Digital Emblem Project.

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How involving civilians in defence efforts can expose them to harm, complicate their legal protection, and increase the burden on states.

Armed Forces and Non-State Armed Groups Delegate

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Digital Technologies of Warfare Adviser

Protecting civilians from ICT activities through the ICT resolution adopted at the 34th Int'l Conference of the Red Cross Red Crescent Movement.

First used for surveillance, communications and navigation purposes in the late 1950s and early 1960s, military space capabilities have evolved from mostly strategic applications to providing direct t...

Today, there are over 120 ongoing armed conflicts worldwide. As we mark the 75th anniversary of the four Geneva Conventions of 1949, international humanitarian law…

Accurate classification, based on legal criteria, determines the protections afforded by IHL - and is therefore crucially important.

In the last few months, suspicious fires in warehouses and aboard aircraft, the severing of undersea power and Internet cables, GPS jamming, cyber operations against critical civilian infrastructur…

In recent times, technology has fundamentally transformed how wars are fought: the war in Ukraine and other conflicts around the world have shown the effectiveness and efficiency of hybrid conflicts. ...

On 31 October 2024, the International Conference of the Red Cross and Red Crescent adopted an unprecedented resolution on protecting civilians against the potential human cost of digital activities…