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Statement by Helen Durham on Cyber Operations at the UN Security Council

… Briefing by the International Committee of the Red Cross, Dr Helen Durham, Director of International Law and Policy — United Nations Security … to provide a digital space allowing people in humanitarian crisis to store their most …

Statement

ICRC calls on States to interpret rules to ensure adequate protection for civilians and civilian infrastructure, ICT systems and data

… Statement by the International Committee of the Red Cross … point is that discussions on international law in this OEWG should be grounded in, and … risk having "potentially devastating humanitarian consequences". In light of these …

Law and policy topic

Working Paper submitted by the International Committee of the Red Cross to the 10th Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons

… 1. The International Committee of the Red Cross … to them without delay. The catastrophic humanitarian consequences of the use of … weapon use under international humanitarian law (IHL) . A need for evidence-based …

Law and policy topic

"Digital technologies in warfare: mitigating the human cost": debates and the IRRC launch

… means and method of warfare, they bring about humanitarian consequences, which the applicable rules of international humanitarian law are meant to mitigate. There are also …

Event

Asia-Pacific: The story of 2021 in photos

… wheelchairs to basketball clubs to mark the International Day of Persons with … Cipolla records a podcast for the Diplomacy, Law & Policy Forum during her visit to … to utilize Japanese technology to help solve humanitarian issues in conflict zones, the …

Peter Maurer: "Autonomous weapon systems raise ethical concerns for society"

… Conventional Weapons (CCW) on behalf of the International Committee of the Red Cross … Convention is a major pillar of international humanitarian law, and it embodies states' commitment to the …

Statement

ICRC Vice President Gilles Carbonnier visits Indonesia to promote humanitarian cooperation

… Jakarta – Vice-president of the International Committee of the Red Cross … cooperation on strategic and operational humanitarian priorities," says Vice President … and strengthening international humanitarian law (IHL) and universal humanitarian

Law and policy topic

China: IHL Moot Court Competition goes online, Tongji University wins

… The International Committee of the Red Cross … organized the 15th Red Cross International Humanitarian Law (IHL) Moot Court Competition (Mainland …

Article

Iran: ICRC supports the vaccination of Afghan migrants in Iran through IRCS

… the country as part of the partnership of the International Committee of the Red Cross … partner the ICRC on such an important humanitarian issue. The purchased vaccines as … Affairs and International Humanitarian Law quotes The IRCS is a member of the …

News release
ICRC IRCS logo for joint news release

Digital Dilemmas Dialogue #9 - Digital identities: Protecting people’s data

… What are digital identities? Why do humanitarian organizations find them useful? … question, and it reminds me that during the International Conference of the Red Cross and … of proportionality that’s upheld by various laws and regulatory authorities in charge of …

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