📢Young & brilliant #IHL lawyers – we need you!

✅1 year paid traineeship in the ICRC legal division
✅Join a motivated & experienced team
✅Learn about #IHL application, implementation, interpretation to uphold #humanity in warfare

Apply by 17 May!

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When does armed violence between States and armed groups qualify as an armed conflict under IHL?

How to address violence involving multiple, splintering armed groups?

Can cyber operations trigger armed conflicts?

👇Read ICRC positions here

Work with a fascinating and passionate human rights defender 👇

You may not have heard of the Humanitarian Dialogue Centre - they do incredible work in the background to maintain and negotiate peace between warring parties. Join their team that aims to minimize the impact of social media use on peace negotiations hdcentre.org/careers/projec…

We are delighted to share today a publicly accessible page on our Exeter Centre for International Law website, which provides an up-to-date overview of many international law #internships for students and young professionals worldwide:

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Let us know if we missed any!

Listen to my excellent friend and colleague Ahmed Al-Dawoody about the overlaps between #IHL and Islamic law 👇

Happy to share my new podcast “Islamic Laws of War” hosted by Dr Samuel White, the Research Unit on Military Law and Ethics at the Adelaide Law School, Australia. In this episode we discuss how Islamic law can strength respect for IHL in Muslim contexts podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/samue…

📢Join our team - we work on the banning of indiscriminate weapon that kill civilians every day; and on new technologies of warfare, such as autonomous weapon systems, AI in military decision making, and other 👇
Deadline: 3⃣1⃣ March!

Cyber ops in armed conflict are a worrying reality. No question: #IHL imposes limited.

ICRC cautions: “If IHL is interpreted in ways that undermines the protective function of IHL in the ICT environment, additional rules would need to be developed”.

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Key #cyber #threats ICRC stressed #CyberOEWG :

▶️CyberOps disrupt critical civilian infrastructure
▶️CyberOps against humanitarian organizations
▶️Hacktivists
▶️Harmful information #MDH
▶️Civilian ICT infrastructure used for military purposes

Statement

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Happening today: Join us for a side event in New York on 'Protecting Civilians Against #Digital #Threats During Armed Conflict: The Role of International Humanitarian Law', co-organized by ICRC to UN in NY, Brazil Mission to the UN and SwitzerlandUN !

📢Protecting civilians against digital threats during armed conflict – what does #IHL say?

Join us for a side event at the #CyberOEWG on 5 March, 1:15pm at the #UN , with high-level speakers from Brazil, India, Switzerland, @icrc and the #UN .

Thrilled to discuss recent developments in cyber ops during armed conflict with Mariana Salazar Albornoz and Mohamed Helal next week!
Register here linkedin.com/safety/go?url=…

Since 2020, at the @icrc we have thought about, discussed with experts, partnered with techies, and started developing tech solutions for a 'digital emblem', a red cross or red crescent in cyberspace.

⏩ Watch this short explainer of what it entails: lnkd.in/eBEFF-m9

What makes an ICRC legal adviser travel to Brussels?
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Great opportunity to join the research unit of the Geneva Academy of IHL and Human Rights in leading a major research project on IHL implementation in current armed conflicts. Looking forward to receive your applications !

Vielen Dank Felix Linker für das klasse Interview und eure excellence Arbeit zu einem „Digitalen Emblem“. Das wird sich einiges entwickeln in 2024!

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#neutrality

Very clear to avoid any misunderstanding:
- ICRC speaks to Hamas leadership;
- ICRC demands unconditional release of hostages;
- ICRC is speaking to all parties to get access to the hostages.