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📝“Even the most detailed laws must be interpreted.”. The @ICRC is proud to announce that its GCIV Commentary will be available soon. Explore how the ICRC approaches this task and why it matters: . #GenevaConventions #ICRC.
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Where do the ICRC Commentaries fit into the legal landscape? What are the rules governing treaty interpretation and how do they operate in the area of IHL? Where does the ICRC’s legitimacy to...
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🎥 Now available: Full recording, highlights & ICRC recommendations from our event on #AI in Military Decision Making. Watch & read here 👉 #ICRC #MilitaryAI #IHL #ArtificialIntelligence #TechAndConflict #HumanitarianLaw #AIandWarfare
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➡ New Review edition: "The Military". This Review edition has created a space to put the spotlight on States’ armed forces so as to hear from them– and about them first-hand. 📚 Read more: #IHL #IRRC #ICRC
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📡 When does disrupting connectivity cross a legal line at war?. From bombing a communication tower to national shutdowns, connectivity disruptions are frequent in #ArmedConflict. This article unpacks the limits #IHL imposes on such acts. #EvenWarHasRules.
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ICRC Legal Adviser Tilman Rodenhäuser on the limits that international humanitarian law imposes on connectivity disruptions in armed conflict.
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📵 In armed conflicts, disrupted connectivity can mean no access to evacuation info, no digital cash, no contact with loved ones — and no lifeline. Explore why digital blackouts are and can be a humanitarian risk. 🔗 Read more:  #ConnectivityCrisis #IHL
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📸 Photographing Humanity in #Myanmar. 3 months after the earthquake, resilience, solidarity, and quiet dignity emerged through the rubble. This photo story captures humanity in crisis and the power of coordinated #humanitarian response. Read more:
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🕰️ Shifting the Stigma: Prevention and Protection for Victims and Survivors of Sexual Violence is happening now. Our panellist will soon explore how stigma in conflict settings impacts survivors and what strategies can reduce it. 📘 Read the briefer:
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❗ With a significant number of armed conflicts taking place in Muslim contexts, understanding Islamic law is essential to ensure #RespectForTheDead. This article argues that Islamic traditions complement #IHL, offering guidance for humanitarian forensics.
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Human dignity and the dead under Islamic law - insights for humanitarian forensics dealing with the management of the dead in Muslim contexts.
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🕰️AI in Military Decision Making: A Dialogue on How to Enhance IHL Compliance is happening now. @ICRC's recommendations to the #UN will be presented, followed by a panel on the legal, operational & ethical dimensions of #AI in warfare. Read more:
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📅 Just one week to go!. AI in Military Decision Making: A Dialogue on How to Enhance IHL Compliance is happening 17 June. Join legal, military & tech experts to explore IHL risks & safeguards. 🔗 #ICRC #IHL #MilitaryAI #AIinWarfare #TechAndConflict.
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⏳1 WEEK TO GO!⏳. Stigma can be as destructive as sexual violence itself, often likened to "social death.". Join us on June 19 for this #ICRC event as we explore ways to reduce stigma & strengthen survivor protection. Don't miss out—Shift the stigma.
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🚨 Children must never be forced into war!. While there are challenges, respect for #IHL is possible. Demobilization of child recruits and reintegration in their communities are concrete steps toward protecting children. 🎥Watch here: #WarHasRules #CAAFAG.
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🌍How can culture enhance the legitimacy of #IHL? . A new #EmergingVoices article explores how #Somali literary traditions like Sugaanta Soomaaliyeed can ground humanitarian law in local narratives. Hence, it strengthens its impact. 🔗 Read more here:
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🕊️ Although IHL is not designed to prevent #war, it plays an essential role. This article examines whether #IHL inadvertently legitimizes war or whether it can actually contribute, indirectly, to peace by imposing #humanitarian constraints. Read more:
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RT @ICRC: The @ICRC_LawPolicy platforms offer a space for critical reflection and discussion on the legal and policy challenges shaping hum….
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🌟 Meet the Panel | #ShiftingTheStigma. Join us on June 19 as researchers, humanitarian professionals & survivor-led voices unpack how stigma shapes the experience of conflict-related sexual violence and how we can better respond. 🔗 #ICRC #SurvivorVoices
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🏥 #Hospitals are protected under international humanitarian law. But how does that protection hold up when facilities are misused for military ends?. Today's article explores how #IHL’s specific protection of hospitals is both robust and comprehensive.
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ICRC Legal Advisers Supriya Rao and Alex Breitegger on the specific protections which IHL provides to hospitals.
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⚖️ Meet the speakers joining us for AI in Military Decision Making: A Dialogue on How to Enhance IHL Compliance. A multidisciplinary panel exploring how #AI tools impact military decision-making & #IHL. Join the conversation →
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🚨 As new #technologies flood the #battlefield, the line between military & civilian spaces risks blurring. What does this mean for the protection of civilians in contemporary conflict?
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The accelerating integration of emerging technologies into armed conflict is transforming not only the tools of war, but its tactics, geography, participants and impact. Technological developments –...
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📢 Be a part of the dialogue! . AI in Military Decision Making: A Dialogue on How to Enhance IHL Compliance. Can AI tools help uphold the laws of war? Join the conversation → #IHL #MilitaryAI #ICRC #AIinWarfare #HumanitarianLaw
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