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🗿📢 To all academics and policymakers working on #IHL Join us in August in GVA to learn about all contemporary IHL challenges and debates! Lots to learn 👇 icrc.org/en/event/advan…

🧐If you read this post, it is likely thanks go to Outer Space technology. Today, States convene in GVA to prevent an arms race in outer space. 📡 Here are key points on protecting essential civilian services on earth from disruption by military space ops shop.icrc.org/protecting-ess…

The RCRC 2024 – the OEWG ‘21-‘25 – the ICRC’s IHL initiative – and a ‘digital emblem’: Progress on the protection of civilian populations from ICT activities during armed conflict can and must be achieved. Here is Laurent Gisel and my view on how: blogs.icrc.org/law-and-policy…

Hospitals face cyber attacks. What does the #IHL obligation to respect and protect medical personnel, units and transports mean in today’s digitalizing conflicts? Clear #IHL obligations for belligerents exist, including when conducting ICT activities. icrc.org/sites/default/…

Today, the ICRC to the UN in NYC stressed the following ICT threats during armed conflict in the #CyberOEWG: - Cyber ops disrupting essential services - Harmful information fueling violence - Cyber ops by civilian hackers - Cyber ops against humanitarian ops

The #UNSC has raised concern: Malicious ICT activities threaten humanitarian action. #IHL is clear: Parties must allow and facilitate humanitarian action, and respect and protect humanitarian personnel & objects. Here is a new ICRC ICT&IHL short paper: icrc.org/sites/default/…

The ICRC in the #CyberOEWG: ➡️The final #CyberOEWG report needs clear language on #IHL protection of civilians, medical & humanitarians. ➡️Common understandings of how IHL applies to the use of ICTs can be achieved; in fact, they already exist. icrc.org/en/oewg-10th-i…

📢Job Opening: ICRC Adviser on Digital Tech of Warfare (in Kyiv). Help us analyze and monitor the digitalization of warfare, understand its impact on people, and engage with state and non-state actors. Unique and important role – do apply careers.icrc.org/job/Kyiv-%28KY…

Pour mes ami(e)s francophones : Attendue depuis longtemps, voici la version française du Rapport 2024 du CICR sur le DIH et les défis posés par les conflits armés contemporains shop.icrc.org/download/ebook…

By all means, we must prevent more wars! But as states consider how to prepare for large-scale conflict, more thinking is needed on how to limit their human cost. New piece by my colleagues on Reducing the Human Cost of Large-Scale Military Operations: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cf…

Are you in Geneva and interested in #IHL challenges posed by cyber operations during armed conflict? Thrilled to return to the IHEID and join experts in this discussion. Register to attend: lnkd.in/e5Y7jvjg

Are you a (former) military officer? We need your expertise & experience for the ICRC dialogue with armed forces & non-State armed groups. Clear mission: encourage legally compliant behavior to limit suffering. Deadline: 30 April careers.icrc.org/job/Geneva-%28…

Join us in a fascinating event on ‘civilian hackers in State conflicts’. Honored to discuss with experts from academic, military, and government about the limits and risks applicable to civilian hackers in war! cil.nus.edu.sg/event/civilian…

Register for tomorrow’s webinar on "Civilian hackers in war": cil.nus.edu.sg/event/civilian… ➡️What are the origins and impact of the ICRC ‘8 Rules for Hackers’? ➡️What legal status for hackers in war? ➡️What is the responsibility of States?

Many States adopt ‘Total Defence’ concepts – 5 issues to learn from history on ❌ Whole of society mobilization ❌ Civilian support to military ❌ Civilian resistance ❌ War against the economy ❌ Propaganda and harmful information Excellent read: blogs.icrc.org/law-and-policy…

How does the ICRC conduct operational research on #IHL and armed groups, and how does #IHL contribute to #peace? Join us for the RC3 Long Night of Research! Register here: rc3research.org/rc3-long-night…

This is how I joined 10 years ago – never wanted to leave again! To all my young and brilliant #IHL minds – we need you! Unique opportunity to join #ICRC Legal Division for a 1-year traineeship. careers.icrc.org/job/Geneva-%28…

How is tech changing the battlefield, today and tomorrow? One trend that worries me: less human involvement through autonomous systems, but more civilian involvement through ‘Total Defence’ strategies. Read my ICRC colleague info.icrc.org/e3t/Ctc/WY+113…

Fact 1: Many States and civilian hackers aim to spare hospitals. Fact 2: A digital emblem can help protect medical & humanitarian operations. How? My eloquent friend and ICRC colleague Samit tells you! techblogwriter.co.uk/red-cross-icrc/

I agree and disagree: interesting blog on how non-humanitarian arguments can by used to achieve restraint by armed groups! But in the end, such strategies are not alternatives to #IHL; they must be used to achieve the same humanitarian goals! armedgroups-internationallaw.org/2025/05/28/pra…