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The Humanitarian Law & Policy blog is a unique space for timely analysis and debate on international humanitarian law (IHL) issues and the policies that shape humanitarian action.
As social media and gaming platforms create new interfaces between tech-savvy children and armed actors, new questions should be asked regar...
A leading media figure and foreign fighter of a notorious group designated as terrorist was sentenced to life imprisonment for “conspiracy t...
The humanitarian landscape is being reshaped by converging trends, including the rapid adoption of new technologies in warfare, growing rest...
Cluster munitions cause harm both at the moment of attack and long after fighting has ended. By scattering submunitions across wide areas, o...
International humanitarian law (IHL) is primarily associated with the conduct of hostilities and the protection of people during armed confl...
Civilian protection is often assessed by whether a person has been warned, evacuated, registered, sheltered or reached with relief. For many...
As states race to develop autonomous weapons systems, the effort to agree binding international rules on machine decisions over life and dea...
Memorialization, one of the five pillars of transitional justice, plays a vital role in preserving the memory of international humanitarian...
The international humanitarian system has built a sophisticated architecture for the protection of civilians, namely political resolutions,...
Pacific Island states have long demonstrated leadership in promoting peace, disarmament, and humanitarian values. From traditional customs t...
For the world's more than 120 million forcibly displaced people, the idea of refuge is not an abstraction – it is a horizon, an act of imagi...
Across Africa, norms regulating the conduct of hostilities long predate the codification of modern international humanitarian law (IHL). The...
Conflict and displacement do more than destroy homes, livelihoods, and infrastructure. They also fracture the social relationships through w...
Climate change is intensifying water insecurity in fragile urban settings, where ageing infrastructure, rapid urbanization, and inequality a...
Refugee education is often framed in terms of access, infrastructure, and policy – but for children who grow up inside camps, meaningful lea...
Across contemporary armed conflicts, the use of explosive weapons in populated areas (EWIPA) has emerged as one of the gravest threats to ci...
In the policy debate on artificial intelligence (AI) in the military domain, there is a growing consensus that international humanitarian la...
The brutal effects of war have long prompted efforts to limit suffering and preserve humanity in times of conflict. Across cultures, religio...
Enforced disappearances remain an issue of profound seriousness, with lasting consequences for the families of those affected. These realiti...
Lebanon’s accession last week to the Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention (APMBC) comes not in a time of peace, but amid ongoing conflict – pr...