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The ICRC's 2005 study on customary international humanitarian law – along with the free, public database launched five years later – arrived at a moment when the legal landscape of armed conflict was rapidly shifting. Mandated by the 26th International Conference of the Red Cross and Red Crescent, the study set out to map the customary rules governing contemporary warfare by systematically analyzing global state practice and opinio juris. Twenty years on, with more than 130 armed conflicts active worldwide, reassessing the study's methodological contributions, its evidence base, and its impact on the regulation of both international and non-international armed conflicts offers a timely lens on how customary IHL continues to underpin protections for people affected by war. In this post, ICRC Legal Adviser Claudia Maritano and members of the British Red Cross-ICRC customary IHL research team reflect on how the study's rigorous methodology, global scope, and identification of 161 customary rules helped clarify gaps left by treaties, especially in non-international armed conflicts, and strengthen the practical application of IHL.

Welcome to The Times of Israel's Lazar Focus. Each Friday, join host deputy editor Amanda Borschel-Dan and diplomatic correspondent Lazar Berman for a deep dive into what's behind the news that spins the globe. This week, we're joined by Julien Lerisson, the head of delegation of the International Committee of the Red Cross in Israel and Occupied Territories. Berman reviews the organization's troubling history of failures regarding Jews, specifically during the Holocaust, but also moving forward in its rejection of Israel's national Magen David Adom chapter until two decades ago. We learn about the ICRC's work in Gaza during the hostage releases and Lerisson shares the humanitarian group's frustrations with its inability to access those held by Hamas and other terrorist groups in Gaza. Lerisson tells us about the group's core principle of neutrality and how a mission to serve humanity is at the center of its work in war-torn and disaster-prone regions. Lazar Focus can be found on all podcast platforms. This episode was produced by the Pod-Waves. IMAGE: Julien Lerisson (courtesy)/ A Red Cross vehicle carrying the remains of a deceased hostage handed over by Hamas militants heads toward the border crossing with Israel for transfer to Israeli authorities, in Beit Lahiya in the northern Gaza Strip, December 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In his first interview since his release, former hostage Alon Ohel called the International Committee of the Red Cross a “disgraceful organization.” His anger reflects a general bitterness among Israelis who believe ICRC failed to ensure the Israeli hostages’ received humanitarian treatment in captivity and their silence in the face of Hamas’ refusal to grant them access. On the Haaretz Podcast, the head of ICRC’s Israel sub-delegation, Yuval Arie Nevo, admitted in an interview that the hostility on the part of the Israeli public was “totally understandable” given the group’s persistent but ultimately “unsuccessful” efforts to gain access to the hostages to assess their condition and offer medical and humanitarian assistance. While acknowledging the failures, “we are very proud of our work,” said Nevo, referring to the implementation of the transfer of the hostages from Hamas to Israel under the cease-fire agreement in October, coordinated with the release and exchange of Palestinian prisoners – and ICRC’s role in returning the remains of slain hostages as well. The “reputation crisis” the ICRC is suffering in Israel, he said, is due in large part to the constraints of the organization’s commitment to “impartiality” and the use of “bilateral confidential dialogue,” or refraining from taking sides in public statements. Without such a policy, he argued, ICRC would not be able to effectively conduct humanitarian operations and return prisoners and hostages anywhere in the world. Still, “I know it is a source of great frustration in the Israeli public,” he said. “Neutrality is not a sexy choice to make.” Read more: Sexual Assault, Starvation, Stitches Without Anesthesia: Alon Ohel Details Hamas Captivity Opinion | For the Hostages in Gaza, the Red Cross Is Neutral. But We Are Not Bystanders Far-right MKs Cite Classified Report on Red Cross Visits to Israeli Prisons, Refuse to Share It With Arab Lawmaker Israeli Defense Ministry Renews Its Ban on Red Cross Visits to Palestinian Security Prisoners Before High Court Israel Allows Hamas to Join Red Cross in IDF-held Gaza Areas to Recover Hostage BodiesSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

More than 200 million people live today in contested territories – places where the authority of the state is challenged outright and armed groups exercise full or fluid control. This number has risen by 30 million since 2021. These are not distant statistics; each figure represents a person living in the shadow of competing powers, making difficult choices in an almost impossible environment. How do people navigate the presence of multiple, often competing, armed actors? Is dignity found in defiance, or safety in uneasy compliance? How do families secure food, water or medical care when neither the state nor armed groups are able or willing to provide basic services? And, crucially, what can humanitarian actors do to better protect and assist those caught in these fractured landscapes? In this post, and drawing on recently published research in Cameroon, Iraq and the Philippines, Arjun Claire, Senior Policy Adviser at the ICRC, and Matthew Bamber-Zryd, the ICRC's Adviser on Armed Groups, offer five insights to help strengthen humanitarian responses in contested territories – insights rooted in the lived realities of the people who navigate them every day.

Thom Geiser is a retired U.S. Air Force veteran who now serves as an Armed Services Advisor for the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC). Drawing on decades of experience—including flying C-130s, working in special operations, and serving in international advisory roles—he helps connect military practitioners with humanitarian law and principles. In his role at the ICRC, he engages with armed forces around the world to promote the protection of civilians, improve understanding of the laws of armed conflict, and support the integration of humanitarian considerations into military planning and operations. Thank you to our sponsor NFCU, and a Happy Veterans Day to All!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

As artificial intelligence (AI) begins to shape decisions about who is detained in armed conflict and how detention facilities are managed, questions once reserved for science fiction are now urgent matters of law and ethics. The drive to harness data and optimize efficiency risks displacing human judgment from one of the most sensitive areas of warfare: deprivation of liberty. In doing so, AI could strip detainees of what remains of their humanity, reducing them to data points and undermining the core humanitarian guarantees that the Geneva Conventions were designed to protect. In this post, Terry Hackett, ICRC's Head of the Persons Deprived of Liberty Unit, and Alexis Comninos, ICRC's Thematic Legal Adviser, explore how the use of AI in detention operations intersects with international humanitarian law (IHL), and why humane treatment must remain a human-centered endeavor. Drawing on the ICRC's recent recommendations to the UN Secretary-General, they argue that while IHL does not oppose innovation, it sets the moral and legal boundaries that ensure technological progress does not come at the cost of human dignity.

When people go missing in war, their absence lingers far beyond the battlefield – splintering families, deepening social divides, and haunting political transitions. Yet amid this grief, the families of the missing often become unlikely peacebuilders: their search for truth draws them across old front lines, transforming pain into connection and personal loss into a collective force for reconciliation. In this post, Jill Stockwell, Simon Robins, and Martina Zaccaro explore how families of the missing – through shared advocacy and dialogue – can reshape divided societies. Drawing on ICRC research from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Cyprus, and Nepal, they show how families who once faced each other as enemies now work side by side, using their moral authority and lived experience to foster empathy, resist manipulation, and model the very reconciliation peace processes often fail to achieve.

When wars end, peace rarely begins overnight. It's built, slowly and painstakingly, through acts that restore a sense of humanity where it was once suspended. Among these, how a society treats people it detains may seem peripheral, yet it can determine whether trust survives long enough for peace to take root. Humane detention, often overshadowed by more visible aspects of conflict recovery, is in fact one of the earliest and most concrete tests of readiness for peace. Each act of respect for law and dignity – registering a detainee, allowing a family visit, providing medical care, or releasing a prisoner when the reason for detention has ceased – helps reduce the harm that fuels revenge and instead preserves the fragile threads of trust that can bind divided societies. In this post, Terry Hackett, ICRC's Head of the Persons Deprived of Liberty Unit, and Audrey Purcell-O'Dwyer, ICRC's Legal Adviser with the Global Initiative on IHL, show how compliance with international humanitarian law (IHL) in detention – while not a direct path to peace – can serve as a legal and moral bridge towards it, one rooted in dignity, accountability, and the quiet rebuilding of trust. By limiting suffering and safeguarding dignity, it helps prevent conflicts from eroding the institutions and confidence that societies need to recover.

Picture a potential future armed conflict: missiles and drones crowding the skies, uncrewed vehicles rolling across borders, and governments scrambling to coordinate their defences. Their conclusion: Every citizen is needed. Some collect and relay information about the approaching enemy into an artificial intelligence (AI) platform that supports military decision-making. Reservists join the ranks of the armed forces. Computer experts choose to contribute by conducting cyber operations aimed at disrupting military operations, sowing chaos among the civilian population, and harming the enemy's economy. As the militaries on both sides rely heavily on digital communication, connectivity, and AI, the armed forces call on tech companies to provide cybersecurity services, computing power and digital communication networks. In this post, Tilman Rodenhäuser, Samit D'Cunha, and Laurent Gisel from the ICRC, Anna Rosalie Greipl from the Academy, and Professor Marco Roscini from the University of Westminster (and former Swiss IHL Chair at the Geneva Academy) present five key risks for civilians, along with the obligations of both civilians and states, related to the involvement of civilians in information and communication technology (ICT) activities in armed conflict.

Israele ha ricevuto i resti di tre ostaggi, mentre da Erez sono arrivati a Gaza trenta corpi palestinesi «in gran parte solo ossa», come denuncia il ministero della Sanità. Dal 26 ottobre sono stati restituiti 255 cadaveri, ma solo 75 hanno un nome, 120 già sepolti in fosse numerate. Le famiglie cercano indizi nelle scarpe, nei brandelli di tessuto, nei segni lasciati dai bulldozer che hanno schiacciato case e corpi. È la tregua che amministra la morte e non la interrompe. A Tel Aviv è scoppiato un terremoto giudiziario. L'ex procuratrice generale dell'esercito Yifat Tomer-Yeroushalmi è stata arrestata nell'inchiesta sul video girato nel centro di detenzione di Sde Teiman, dove un prigioniero palestinese appare nudo, con costole fratturate e un polmone perforato. Cinque riservisti erano già stati incriminati per torture sistematiche. Secondo Haaretz, la magistrata avrebbe tentato di bloccare la diffusione delle immagini. È la crepa di un sistema che resiste finché l'orrore resta invisibile. Sul terreno, la tregua è una parola di carta. Le ultime 24 ore hanno visto nuovi bombardamenti su Khan Yunis e Rafah, almeno 17 morti secondo le autorità locali. L'ONU chiede accesso ai depositi forensi e ai centri di detenzione, ma Israele tace. Restano due verità: quella contabile degli scambi e quella materiale dei cadaveri. Finché nessuno potrà verificare cosa è accaduto a quei corpi – con autopsie indipendenti, accesso ICRC e catena di custodia trasparente – la tregua resterà solo una pausa nel rumore della menzogna. Intanto circolano nuovi filmati di detonazioni a est di Gaza e l'accusa del direttore Munir al-Bursh su giocattoli trappola lasciati tra le macerie: materiale da verificare con missioni terze e controllo ONU. Anche questo racconta il buio informativo in cui si chiede ai civili di sopravvivere. #LaSveglia per La NotiziaDiventa un supporter di questo podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/la-sveglia-di-giulio-cavalli--3269492/support.

In line with its mandate, the ICRC engages with all parties to an armed conflict, including non-state armed groups. The ICRC has a long history of confidential humanitarian engagement with armed groups to alleviate and prevent the suffering of persons living in areas controlled by these groups. However, this engagement has become increasingly complex. Accordingly, the ICRC undertakes an annual internal exercise to evaluate the status of its relationships with armed groups and to identify developments to strengthen its future engagement worldwide. In this post, ICRC Adviser Matthew Bamber-Zryd discusses key findings from the 2025 exercise. The ICRC estimates that 204 million people live in areas controlled or contested by armed groups. In 2025, there were more than 380 armed groups of humanitarian concern. A key development in 2025 is the ICRC's deepened engagement with non-state armed groups that are parties to armed conflict and bound by international humanitarian law (IHL), achieving significantly higher contact rates with these groups than with other armed actors. Yet engagement remains constrained by three major obstacles: deteriorating security conditions, operational constraints including limited resources and competing priorities, and state-imposed barriers, notably counter-terrorism legislation.

This year marks the 60th anniversary of the Fundamental Principles of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement – humanity, impartiality, neutrality, independence, voluntary service, unity and universality. Proclaimed in Vienna in 1965, they were born not as abstract ideals but as the direct result of over a hundred years of humanitarian action. They have enabled aid to cross frontlines, families to be reunited, and hope to reach places of despair. Yet today, the world in which they must operate is under extraordinary strain: conflicts drag on for years, humanitarian workers face record levels of attack, climate shocks compound existing crises, digitalization reshapes the battlefield, and politicization erodes the fragile space where help can reach those who need it most. The human consequences of war remain devastatingly constant, and the Principles- that have guided the Movement since 1965 are under growing pressure. In this post, ICRC's Director General Pierre Krähenbühl reflects on the enduring relevance and importance of the Fundamental Principles in a rapidly shifting world. He argues that they are not self-sustaining ideals to be admired from afar, but living commitments that must be exercised and defended. Drawing on his three decades of humanitarian work, he makes the case that the Principles resist the dangerous normalization of war, safeguard access to people in need, and fuel the courage necessary to channel indignation into lifesaving action. At sixty, the Principles will only remain vital if we choose to live them, and in so doing, keep humanity alive in the darkest of times.

Following five years of research and consultations, the ICRC has published a new, updated Commentary on the Fourth Geneva Convention (GC IV) of 1949. GC IV is the cornerstone of protection for civilians in international armed conflict and occupation – protections that remain urgently relevant amid patterns of urban warfare, strikes on essential services, and persistent harm to people who are not, or are no longer, taking part in hostilities. The 2025 Commentary consolidates seven decades of practice, jurisprudence, and operational experience into a practical guide to applying GC IV's safeguards effectively today. In this post, Jean-Marie Henckaerts, the head of the ICRC project to update the Commentaries on the Geneva Conventions of 1949 and their Additional Protocols of 1977, situates the updated Commentary in contemporary conflict realities and explains why GC IV's protective purpose must steer its interpretation. He argues that good faith interpretation – required by the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties – means reading GC IV in a way that realizes its humanitarian object and purpose, not hollowing it out through technical argumentation that defeats protection in practice.

Episode #409: His military experience enabled a rapport with Myanmar's armed actors, says Rory McCann, who recently served almost two years as the country Weapons Contamination Specialist for the ICRC. A challenge at the beginning of the job was to build trust with different conflict parties, in part to convince them that the ICRC was teaching weapons safety regarding landmines and other explosive ordnance, not weapons handling. As a 25-year veteran of the Irish Army, McCann was deployed in Chad, Syria and Uganda, with his training in the ordnance corps preparing him for humanitarian mine action. His ICRC role included interaction with the Myanmar Armed Forces and other armed groups. “When you're talking about humanitarian mine action, it has to be much more systematic and you're looking at the international mine action standards,” McCann says. International standards, which are not adhered to in Myanmar, set guidelines across “five pillars": clearance, risk education, victim assistance, stockpile destruction, and advocacy. McCann says his role was educating armed actors about obligations to protect civilians and landmine use under customary IHL. Myanmar is not a signatory to the CCW or the Mine Ban Treaty. Conflict actors are still legally bound by customary IHL that prohibits indiscriminate use of landmines. “Landmine fields are designed to be an obstacle … What we were seeing in Myanmar … they're simply being used in a sporadic and maybe punitive manner.” Known as “nuisance mining,” this fails to meet military objectives and poses indiscriminate threat to civilians. At present, only risk education, victim assistance, and advocacy are underway. Since 2015, the ICRC and MRCS have conducted over 1,800 sessions reaching 69,000 people in 2024. More than 4,800 people with disabilities were supported through physical rehabilitation services. National ownership is an ICRC goal, though McCann admits conflict makes realization unlikely, focusing instead on risk mitigation and advocacy.

Voices is a new mini-series from Humanitarian AI Today. In daily five-minute flashpods we pass the mic to innovators, researchers and practitioners on the humanitarian front lines, delivering real-time news on how they are building, testing and collaborating on uses of artificial intelligence. In this episode, Philippe Stoll, Senior "Techplomacy" Delegate with the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), joins Humanitarian AI Today host Brent Phillips to discuss the complex issues that digital technologies create for humanitarian organizations and for people affected by conflict from an IT perspective. They discuss the growing pressure on organizations to experiment with AI, highlighting the significant backend IT effort required to safely deploy and maintain these systems. This deployment introduces new operational and security risks, demanding a highly cautious and ethical "do-no-harm" approach to protect vulnerable populations. Stoll also explains how the ICRC collaborates with academia to help evaluate new applications and find solutions to complex problems. Philippe closes with a call for greater cross-disciplinary collaboration, urging experts from humanitarian, academic, and technology sectors to engage with one another to better understand each other's perspectives. Notes: https://humanitarianaitoday.substack.com/p/philippe-stoll-on-ai-techplomacy

The number of conflicts continues to rise – with the ICRC currently classifying some 130 armed conflicts worldwide – while at the same time, they are rarely brought to an end. The human suffering they cause is devastating and hard to comprehend. But wars are not inevitable – and the best way to end the suffering they cause is to end conflicts or prevent them from breaking out in the first place. In the absence of effective efforts to find sustainable political solutions, humanitarian organizations like the ICRC are often left to manage the suffering caused by these conflicts, which affect civilians most of all. Political will to reinvest in international cooperation, conflict prevention, and resolution is urgently needed. While humanitarian action cannot substitute for political action, humanitarian actors can contribute to the prospects for peace. In this post, ICRC Policy Advisers Ariana Lopes Morey and Avigail Shai outline key reflections on the ICRC's direct and indirect contributions to an environment conducive to peace. Drawing on case studies and other research, they identify three primary areas of the ICRC's humanitarian action – its work with communities, in dialogue with parties to conflict and other influential actors, and in building respect for human dignity through laws, norms and institutions – which can strengthen prospects for peace. While focused on the ICRC's own work, many of these reflections can apply more broadly to other organizations who strive to address the humanitarian impacts of conflict on people.

Send us a textThis week, in the final episode of our Summer Profiles series on the Inside Geneva podcast, host Imogen Foulkes talks to Irish physiotherapist Rieke Hayes, who now works in Gaza for the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC).“I think I went into physio with the classic idea – I'd have a little clinic, do outpatients, you know, back pain, neck pain. Turns out I really, really didn't enjoy that setting at all once I was in it,” says Hayes.Her first posting was unexpected.“I got this email: would you be willing to go to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) in two weeks' time? I didn't know what DPRK was, so, yes, North Korea, and I went, of course, yes.” Now, she works in Gaza, treating patients with spinal injuries. “It's very complicated for someone with a spinal injury to get off the ground and to mobilise with a walking frame – if they had one. But you don't have a walking frame, you don't have a wheelchair and you don't have a raised bed. You're in a tent and you might be sharing it with 20 relatives.” Can her patients recover, given the situation in Gaza?“Many patients leave our hospital and I say: we did a good job, we've done the best we can. I don't know if they're still alive or if they're still walking, but we do what we can. But yes, they're very dependent on friends and family – if they have any left, of course.” Join host Imogen Foulkes on our Inside Geneva podcast for the full interview.Get in touch! Email us at insidegeneva@swissinfo.ch Twitter: @ImogenFoulkes and @swissinfo_en Thank you for listening! If you like what we do, please leave a review or subscribe to our newsletter. For more stories on the international Geneva please visit www.swissinfo.ch/Host: Imogen FoulkesProduction assitant: Claire-Marie GermainDistribution: Sara PasinoMarketing: Xin Zhang

Irene Horejs in conversation with Claude Maon, Knut Dörmann, Günther Barnet and Shoura Zehetner-HashemiHUMANITARIANS UNDER ATTACKDoes the “Zeitenwende” threaten International Humanitarian Law and humanitarian action? Since WWI and WWII, the international community has established a series of legal and institutional instruments to reduce the horrors of war and put efforts of prevention and peaceful resolution of conflicts in the centre of multilateral policy. The Geneva Conventions of 1949 and their Additional Protocols constitute the core of International humanitarian law (IHL) – the “ius in bello” – whose purpose is to protect the lives and dignity of civilians, civilian infrastructure, access to food, water, medicine and humanitarian support – to allow for UN aid agencies, the Red Cross and Red Crescent and humanitarian NGOs to alleviate the suffering of civilians in warfare.After decades of Western leadership in strengthening the humanitarian system and in establishing mediation capacities and enforcement procedures of human rights by reinforcing international institutions (like the UN High Commission for Human Rights, the special UN rapporteurs, the International Criminal Court etc), the same Western nations suddenly seem to accept a world in which armament and war are again the means of first choice to deal with conflicts. Today´s wars in Gaza, Sudan and Ukraine are marked by the ferocity of killing, blatant disregard for international humanitarian law and the deliberate obstruction of humanitarian aid. And while humanitarian needs are multiplying, funding is being cut, not only by the US but also by EU member states. Today the humanitarian system is under-funded, overstretched and constantly under assault. Humanitarian workers face indiscriminate hostilities, deadly attacks and incessant obstruction of their work.This event is the first one under the focus on “Humanity in der Zeitenwende”. We will discuss the implications of the permanent violations of IHL and the reduction of finance on humanitarian action and affected populations in current conflicts. What are the implications of EU double standards in the interpretation of IHL on future political developments, in particular in the context of rearmament policies in Europe? How to give humanity a stronger voice in this period of the “Zeitenwende”?Knut Dörmann, former Head of the Delegation to the EU, NATO and the Kingdom of Belgium and former Chief Legal Officer and head of the ICRC's Legal Division,Claude Maon, Director of the International Legal Department at Médecins Sans Frontières, BrusselsGünther Barnet, Department for Regional Cooperation with Africa and the Middle East, Austrian Ministry of DefenceShoura Zehetner-Hashemi,Lawyer, Executive Director Amnesty International AustriaModerator:Irene Horejs, Former Director of DG ECHO and former EU Ambassador to Peru, Mali and Niger

Wanadamu ni viumbe ambao hukamilika wanapokuwa kwenye jamii ambapo wanaweza kuelezea hisia zao,kujihisi wanathaminiwa na wana mchango kwa wengine. Mambo  hayo yanapokosa,inaweza kuwa chanzo cha matatizo ya kiafya.Na hii ni hali ambao hukuwa nao wakimbizi ambao wametenganishwa na wapendwa wao. Katika kambi ya Kakuma iliyoko kaunti ya Turkana,kaskazini mwa Nchi ya Wakenya,tulizungumza na wakimbizi ambao walilazimika kutengana na wapendwa wao kwa sababu ya migogoro ya kifamilia,ukoo na hata vita. Ingawa wamepata makao katika kambi ya wakimbizi bado maisha yao hayajakamilika . Wengi wameishi kwenye hali ya upweke,huzuni na kiwewe  na kupata matatizo ya kiafya yakiwemo matatizo ya afya ya akili. Aidha kuna wale ambao wamepatwa na maradhi kama shinikizo la damu ,kisukari,ukosefu wa usingizi na chanzo ni matatizo ambayo wamekumbana nao katika kambi,ugumu wa maisha bila watu walio karibu nawe ambao unaweza kuzungumza nao na kuliwazana. Kamati ya kimataifa ya msalaba mwekundu,ICRC pamoja na shirika la msalaba mwekundu nchini ,KRC,katika kujaribu kukabili hali hiyo ,zinatekeleza mpango wa kujaribu kurejesha mawasiliano na uhusiano wa familia za wakimbizi. Kwa kuwatafuta namna ambao wakimbizi hao wanaweza kuwasiliana kupitia ujumbe wa kuandikiwa au  kwa njia ya simu,mashirika hayo wanasema wamefanikiwa kuwarejeshea tabasamu wachache wenye bahati na wanaendelea kuwasaka wanafamilia zaidi kila mwaka. Matunda ya mpango huo yameonekana miongoni mwa wakimbizi wanaozungumza na jamaa zao na pia kwa wahudumu wa kujitolea wanaotangamana karibu kila siku na wakimbizi hao kwenye kambi.

Ƙuniyar Agaji ta Red Cross ta ce yanzu haka akwai mutane sama da dubu 23 da suka ɓata a sassan Najeriya. A bayanin da ta fitar a jiya lahadi, ƙungiyar ta ce 68% na waɗanda suka ɓata dukanninsu mata ne, yayin da jihar Yobe ke matsayin jagora ta fannin yawan waɗanda lamarin ya fi shafa. Fatima Baba Fugu, tana aiki ne da sashen da ke haɗa waɗanda suka ɓata da iyalansu a ƙungiyar ta ICRC daga birnin Maiduguri jihar Borno, ta yi wa Abdoulkarim Ibrahim Shikal ƙarin bayani a game da waɗannan alkaluma da ƙungiyar ta fitar.

Groong Week in Review - August 3, 2025In Episode 457 of the Groong Podcast, we examine growing regional and domestic pressures on Armenia. From a U.S.-backed proposal to lease the Zangezur Corridor to Trump's August 8 ultimatum for Russia to cease its war in Ukraine, the episode explores how shifting global power dynamics could impact Armenia's sovereignty and economy. We also look at Azerbaijan's expulsion of the ICRC and worsening conditions for Armenian POWs, the growing list of political prisoners in Armenia, and the suspicious conviction related to the death of Sona Mnatsakanyan. With mounting restrictions on Armenian exports to Russia and fires consuming cultural sites in Artsakh, the conversation considers whether Armenia's leadership is responding effectively to the country's mounting internal and external challenges.Topics:  Trump Ultimatum to Putin  US Sanctions effect on Armenia  Turkey, US, and Armenia's Territory  The Kitchen SinkGuest: Benyamin PoghosyanHosts:Hovik ManucharyanAsbed BedrossianEpisode 457 | Recorded: August 4, 2025SHOW NOTES: https://podcasts.groong.org/457VIDEO: https://youtu.be/CehSMWvolf4Subscribe and follow us everywhere you are: linktr.ee/groong

In EVN Report's news roundup for the week of August 1: The Prime Minister's speaker clarifies Armenia's position on the Syunik route; Armenia to temporarily host Palestine's endangered cultural heritage at the Matenadaran; ICRC's final visit to Armenian detainees in Baku as office faces forced closure by Azerbaijan and more.

In EVN Report's news roundup for the week of August 1: The Prime Minister's speaker clarifies Armenia's position on the Syunik route; Armenia to temporarily host Palestine's endangered cultural heritage at the Matenadaran; ICRC's final visit to Armenian detainees in Baku as office faces forced closure by Azerbaijan and more. The post Armenia to Temporarily Host Palestine's Endangered Heritage appeared first on EVN Report.

On this episode of the Humanitarian AI Today podcast, Blaise Robert, Global AI Advisor for the International Committee for the Red Cross (ICRC), joins producer Brent Phillips to discuss his takeaways from the AI for Good Summit, specifically the need for more meaningful collaboration around artificial intelligence. Blaise observes that organizations are still duplicating their efforts to a large degree and could move faster by better sharing their lessons learned. He explores what it would take to elevate collaboration to the next level and truly integrate it into daily work. Tune in to hear his call to action for the humanitarian community: to be open about what works, what doesn't, and the hurdles along the way, so that successes can be shared by all. The conversation also touches on several other critical areas. Blaise details the ICRC's practical AI projects and how the ICRC is acting on its "responsibility to be more collaborative" by publicly publishing its AI policy and technology strategy as a step toward greater transparency. This approach is vital for turning the vast knowledge accumulated across the sector into actionable intelligence, ensuring that lessons learned from one project can inform the design of the next. He addresses the serious concerns around "digital harm," the ethics of data used to train AI models, and the use of AI in warfare, including autonomous weapons and military decision support. Finally, he discusses the careful balance the ICRC must strike in its relationships with major tech companies to maintain its core principles of independence and neutrality. Blaise and Brent also discuss emerging AI-powered search tools like Perplexity's new browser, Comet, and the use of large language models to make internal knowledge more accessible. While Roberts acknowledges the "large potential" for such tools in transforming tasks like project evaluation, he also stresses that they must be framed within strong policy and governance frameworks to ensure proper human oversight and responsible use. Episode notes and transcript: https://medium.com/humanitarian-ai-today/beyond-the-summit-a-push-for-real-ai-collaboration-from-blaise-robert-362ff41bb9d3

ဇူလိုင်လ ၈ ရက်၊ တနင်္လာ ညချမ်း ဘီဘီစီမြန်မာပိုင်း ရေဒီယို အစီအစဉ် - အမျိုးသားညီညွတ်ရေးအစိုးရ NUG အနေနဲ့ သူ့လက်အောက်မှာရှိနေတဲ့ တိုက်ခိုက်ရေး အင်အားစုတွေကို စနစ်တကျ စုစည်းနိုင်ခြင်းမရှိသလို သယံဇာတစီမံခန့်ခွဲမှု၊ ရန်ပုံငွေစီးဆင်းမှုအပါအဝင် ပသုံးလုံးယန္တရားကို ထိန်းချုပ်နိုင်တာမျိုး အားနည်းနေတယ်လို့ စစ်အာဏာသိမ်းမှု ဆန့်ကျင်သူ ဒေါက်တာတေဇာစန်းထောက်ပြ၊ NUG ကို ပြင်ဆင်ပြောင်းလဲဖို့နဲ့ စစ်ရေးအရ ခုထက် ပိုစုစည်းနိုင်ဖို့က လက်တွေ့ကျကျ လုပ်နိုင်သလား ဘီဘီစီမြန်မာပိုင်း အထူးသတင်းလွှာ - NUG ပြုပြင်ပြောင်းလဲမှုတွေ တကယ်တမ်း လုပ်ဆောင်နေကြလား၊ NUG ထက် အားကောင်းတဲ့ စုဖွဲ့မှု ပေါ်ပေါက်လာဖို့ လက်တွေ့ ဖြစ်နိုင်လား၊ NUG ယန္တရား ပ သုံးလုံးနဲ့ ပတ်သက်တဲ့ ပြောင်းလဲမှုတွေရာ မြင်လာရနိုင်လား …. စတာတွေ အကြောင်း လွှတ်တော်ကိုယ်စားပြု ကော်မတီ CRPH အဖွဲ့ဝင် ကိုစည်သူမောင်ရဲ့ ဖြေကြားချက် - မြန်မာနိုင်ငံကနေ အမေရိကန် ကို တင်ပို့မယ့် ကုန်စည်တွေ အားလုံးအတွက် အခွန် ၄၀ ရာခိုင်နှုန်း ကောက်ခံမယ်လို့ အမေရိကန်သမ္မတ ဒေါ်နယ်ထရမ့်က မြန်မာစစ်ခေါင်းဆောင်ထံ စာပေးပို့၊ သြဂုတ်လ တစ်ရက်နေ့မှာ ဒီအခွန်ကောက်ခံမှု စတင် အသက်ဝင်တော့မှာ ဖြစ်ပြီး အမေရိကန်ရဲ့ အခွန်တိုးမြှင့် ကောက်ခံမှုက မြန်မာနိုင်ငံကို ဘယ်လို သက်ရောက်မှု ရှိနိုင်သလဲ၊ ဘီဘီစီသတင်းထောက်ရဲ့ သတင်းပေးပို့မှု - စစ်ကောင်စီနဲ့ ကိုးကန့်တပ် MNDAA တို့ လားရှိုးမြို့မှာ ပြီးခဲ့တဲ့ ရက်ပိုင်းက တွေ့ဆုံ ဆွေးနွေးခဲ့စဉ် အတွင်း သိန္နီမြို့ကို ပြန်ပေးဖို့ စစ်ကောင်စီက တောင်းဆိုခဲ့ပေမဲ့ ပြေလည်မှု မရခဲ့၊ အဲ့ဒီနောက်မှာတော့ နှစ်ဘက်စလုံး လားရှိုးမှာ စစ်အင်အား ဖြည့်တင်းမှုတွေ ရှိနေတဲ့ လက်ရှိ လားရှိုးက အခြေအနေတွေ အကြောင်း ဘီဘီစီ သတင်းလွှာ - နိုင်ငံတကာ သတင်းတွေမှာတော့ …. ဂါဇာမှာ စားနပ်ရိက္ခာ ဖြန့်ဖြူးတဲ့ နေရာတွေနဲ့ ဆက်နွှယ်နေတဲ့ လူသေဆုံး ဒဏ်ရာရမှုတွေ တဟုန်ထိုး တိုးလာနေတယ်လို့ ICRC နိုင်ငံတကာ ကြက်ခြေနီအဖွဲ့ ပြော၊ အစ္စရေး ကြီးကြပ်လုပ်ဆောင်နေတဲ့ GHF ဂါဇာလူ့အခွင့်အရေး ဖောင်ဒေးရှင်းအဖွဲ့က စားနပ်ရိက္ခာ ဖြန့်ဖြူးမှုတွေ စလုပ်ခဲ့တဲ့ မေလ ၂၇ ရက်နေ့က စလို့ လူအစုလိုက်အပြုံလိုက် ထိခိုက်သေဆုံးမှုတွေ တိုးလာနေတာကြောင့် ဂါဇာမှာ ကျန်းမာရေးဝန်ဆောင်မှုစနစ် မနိုင်မနင်းဖြစ်နေပြီး ပြိုပျက်သွားခဲ့ရတယ်လို့ ICRC ဆို - ရင်ခွင်ပိုက် ကလေးငယ်တွေနဲ့ လူမမယ် ကလေးငယ်တွေအတွက် သင့်တော်မယ့် ငှက်ဖျားဆေးကို ကမ္ဘာပေါ်မှာ စတင် အသုံးပြုခွင့် ပေး၊ နိုဗာတစ် ကုမ္ပဏီ ထုတ်ဆေးသစ်ကို ဆွစ် အာဏာပိုင်တွေ ခွင့်ပြုပေးတာ ဖြစ်၊ ဘီဘီစီရဲ့ ရေဒီယိုအစီအစဉ်တွေကို အင်တာနက်ဝက်ဘ်ဆိုက်နဲ့ ပေါ့ဒ်ကတ်စ်တွေကနေလည်း နားဆင် နိုင်ပါတယ်။ ----- ဘီဘီစီရဲ့ ရေဒီယိုအစီအစဉ်တွေကို အင်တာနက်ဝက်ဘ်ဆိုက်နဲ့ ပေါ့ဒ်ကတ်စ်တွေကနေလည်း နားဆင် နိုင်ပါတယ်။ ညပိုင်းအစီအစဉ် ပေါ့ဒ်ကတ်စ် နားဆင်ရန် https://bbc.in/36H8bsY ညပိုင်း ထုတ်လွှင့်မှု နားဆင်ရန် https://bbc.in/2TSNLYZ အသံလွှင့်နေစဉ် တိုက်ရိုက်နားဆင်ရန် - https://bbc.in/36EzLXM #ဘီဘီစီမြန်မာပိုင်း #ရေဒီယို

Fabrizio Carboni, head of the ICRC delegation to the US and Canada, speaks to his vast experience in the wars of the past two decades, including the profound impact of 9/11 (2001) in integrating humanitarian action into battlefield strategies—including the targeting of humanitarian operations. Today, almost 25 years later, we are witnessing unrestrained violence, limitless war, and flagrant disregard for International Humanitarian Law. The emotional, psychological dimensions are poorly understood. Political leadership is essential whenever soldiers are asked to respect IHL. The most dangerous moment is when states argue that they are fighting a "survival war" that they believe is exceptional. Does the Trump administration honor IHL or seek a "realist" American First alternative? It is too early to reach a conclusion: "There is no rupture." It is also too early to know how deep cuts in US foreign assistance will impact ICRC and the broader global response to humanitarian crises. ICRC does remain a "soft target," increasingly exposed. It is striking how a single actor—the United States—can be so "steep" in changing its course. It shifts the ground towards deeper burden-sharing and inspires a debate on what the new architecture will be, with far less money. ICRC has just recently repatriated the remains of 6,000 persons killed in the Russian war against Ukraine. In Gaza there is no way for ICRC to avoid getting hit from all directions. 2,200 Gazans were recently shot or hit with shrapnel while approaching the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation food distributions. "Those numbers are unacceptable." 

“Without information and telecommunication, people don't know where to go for safety,” the ICRC reported from an ongoing armed conflict. Another humanitarian worker recalled that when connectivity is down and “a bombing happens, especially in the night, you cannot reach ambulances”. The importance of connectivity for people affected by armed conflict is further exemplified when displaced people ask humanitarian organizations for Wi-Fi or a ‘hot spot', as connectivity provides the most direct contact to their loved ones. Yet, disruptions of connectivity are frequent in today's armed conflict, at times part of incidental damage caused by hostilities, at other times presented as a measure necessary to impact an enemy's operations. In this post, ICRC Legal Adviser Tilman Rodenhäuser discusses some of the limits that international humanitarian law (IHL) imposes on connectivity disruptions in armed conflict. The notion ‘connectivity disruptions' is used to describe operations by belligerents that make digital connectivity or tele-communications unavailable or otherwise disrupted, temporarily or in the longer term.

What International Humanitarian Law (IHL) - the laws of war - say about hospitals, with Cordula Droege of the ICRC. Do like, subscribe and leave us a review. Want to find out more? Check out all the background information on our website including hundreds more podcasts on international justice covering all the angles: https://www.asymmetricalhaircuts.com/ Or you can sign up to our newsletter: https://www.asymmetricalhaircuts.com/newsletters/ Did you like what you heard? Tip us here: https://www.asymmetricalhaircuts.com/support-us/ Or want to support us long term? Check out our Patreon, where - for the price of a cup of coffee every month - you also become part of our War Criminals Bookclub and can make recommendations on what we should review next, here: https://www.patreon.com/c/AsymmetricalHaircuts Asymmetrical Haircuts is created, produced and presented by Janet Anderson and Stephanie van den Berg, together with a small team of producers, assistant producers, researchers and interns. Check out the team here: https://www.asymmetricalhaircuts.com/what-about-asymmetrical-haircuts/

What International Humanitarian Law (IHL) - the laws of war - say about hospitals, with Cordula Droege of the ICRC. Do like, subscribe and leave us a review. Want to find out more? Check out all the background information on our website including hundreds more podcasts on international justice covering all the angles: https://www.asymmetricalhaircuts.com/ Or you can sign up to our newsletter: https://www.asymmetricalhaircuts.com/newsletters/ Did you like what you heard? Tip us here: https://www.asymmetricalhaircuts.com/support-us/ Or want to support us long term? Check out our Patreon, where - for the price of a cup of coffee every month - you also become part of our War Criminals Bookclub and can make recommendations on what we should review next, here: https://www.patreon.com/c/AsymmetricalHaircuts Asymmetrical Haircuts is created, produced and presented by Janet Anderson and Stephanie van den Berg, together with a small team of producers, assistant producers, researchers and interns. Check out the team here: https://www.asymmetricalhaircuts.com/what-about-asymmetrical-haircuts/

VOV1 - Lãnh đạo Ủy ban Chữ thập đỏ quốc tế (ICRC) hôm qua khẳng định tình hình nhân đạo tại dả Gaza hiện còn tồi tệ hơn cả “địa ngục trần gian” và không thể chấp nhận được dưới bất kỳ góc độ nào, dù đó là pháp lý, đạo đức hay nhân đạo.

The head of the International Red Cross has told the BBC that what's happening in Gaza has crossed any acceptable legal or moral standard.Mirjana Spoljarić said that the situation "should shock our collective conscience". Her comments come after dozens of Palestinians were killed near new aid distribution centres. A prominent US-Israeli businessman with long experience of humanitarian missions tells us what's gone wrong with the roll-out of aid by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation.Also in the programme: Six months after a botched military coup, South Korea has a new president; and we'll hear howpoverty is driving men from Lesotho to the illegal mines of neioghbouring South Africa.(Photo shows people carrying aid supplies which they received from the U.S.-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, in Rafah, southern Gaza Strip on 3 June 2025. Credit: Reuters TV)

Ukraine claims to have left more than 40 Russian bomber planes burning in a large-scale drone attack. Also: the ICRC in Gaza says it's treated dozens of casualties after a reported attack near an aid distribution centre.

In this episode of Tech Talks Daily, I speak with Samit D'Cunha, a legal advisor at the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), about the innovative Digital Emblem Project. For over 160 years, the Red Cross emblem has symbolized protection in conflict zones, designating medical and humanitarian organizations as safe from attack. Now, as warfare increasingly extends into cyberspace, the ICRC is developing a digital version of this emblem to provide the same legal protections for online infrastructure. We examine the increasing frequency of cyberattacks on hospitals and aid organizations during armed conflict, and why the Digital Emblem is more crucial now than ever. Samit explains the technical side of the project, including the use of cryptographic certificates and DNS systems to ensure global, decentralized protection. He also discusses the importance of legal recognition and trust-building across governments, tech companies, and humanitarian sectors. As the digital battleground expands, this emblem could play a crucial role in safeguarding lives and ensuring that humanitarian operations continue uninterrupted. We also explore the challenges of implementing this system without increasing organizations' vulnerability, and why support from over 100 tech companies and states is crucial for its success. If you're interested in the intersection of cybersecurity, law, and humanitarian efforts, this is a conversation you won't want to miss.

This year marks eight decades since the Holocaust, a defining moment of human suffering and moral failure. The memory of six million murdered Jews, and millions of others persecuted and killed, remains a solemn imperative. It compels not only remembrance, but a reaffirmation of collective responsibility. The 1949 Geneva Conventions were born to serve as a legal and moral bulwark against such atrocities. Yet memory fades, and with it, vigilance. As civilians continue to suffer in today's wars, the legacy of the Holocaust urges both commemoration and action: against dehumanization, against silence, and in defence of the rules meant to protect life and human dignity in conflict. This audio recording captures a discussion recently held at ICRC headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, as part of an institutional event to mark the 80th anniversary of the Holocaust – a moment of remembrance and reflection. Thirty years ago, the ICRC publicly acknowledged its failure during the Holocaust: silence in the face of mass extermination. While not an exhaustive account of the ICRC's actions and inactions, the conversation confronts a number of difficult truths to inform present and future action. It is not intended to offer comfort, but clarity. By revisiting parts of this painful history, the ICRC reaffirms its commitment to transparency, accountability, honoring victims, and the enduring relevance of international humanitarian law.

Send us a textAs part of the 75th anniversary series on the Gevena Conventions, Lauren Sanders speaks to André Smit - the ICRC Regional Legal Adviser on Maritime Matters (Asia-Pacific) when he visited Australia in September 2024. They discuss the applicability of Geneva Convention II (GC II) on the Amerlioraton to the region and challenges for states in applying their obligations under GC II in the event of a maritime conflict in the region. André supports the work of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in Asia and the Pacific region from the ICRC Regional Resources Network (RRN) in Thailand. The role focusses on advancing the regional understanding of international humanitarian law applicable to armed conflict at sea, strengthening the application of other legal protection regimes at sea, supporting the work of other ICRC métiers and ICRC Delegations on related files, and supporting the ICRC institutional thinking on its future positioning in Asia and the Pacific. His work experience includes practising law; serving as officer in the South African National Defence Force; and service in the South African Foreign Ministry as counsel to Government on International Law. In the military, he served at unit-, training-, Joint Operations-, and Defence Headquarters-levels retiring as a senior officer supporting policy and international law. He provided operational legal support to operations and supported the force preparation of naval infantry, maritime air operations squadrons (helicopter and fixed wing), the submarine service. The culmination of his time as an instructor was serving as Director of the Departmental Course on International Humanitarian Law. After military service, as State Law Adviser (International Law) in the foreign Ministry, he fulfilled legal and diplomatic functions (at the level of counsellor), represented the Government in various bilateral and multilateral diplomatic forums, and co-drafted South Africa's submissions to the International Court of Justice. He was a long-standing member of the South African National Committee on International Humanitarian Law. He lectured at various universities and other training institutions on topics including air and space law, law of the sea, the interfaces of human rights and international humanitarian law in military operations, and at different diplomatic academies with minor publications on related topics of maritime operations. 

The ethos of 'move fast and break things' doesn't work for humanitarians. If we break things, we break people. But technology is changing the nature of conflict. International Humanitarian Law cannot evolve to meet these challenges without input from the private tech actors shaping the battlefield. This week's guest, Philippe Stoll, Senior Techplomacy Delegate at the ICRC, works to connect humanitarians to tech entrepreneurs and other relevant minds over the dilemmas presented by new technologies in conflict.From biometric systems to the ethical risks of data misuse, Philippe shares how the ICRC is developing cautious, problem-driven tech policies aimed at protecting vulnerable populations. He also discusses his obsession with giving concrete meaning to abstract ideas and how immersive “Digital Dilemmas” installations can help tech developers and humanitarians understand each other's worlds. Questions about how to handle tech in conflict zones aren't going anywhere. For anyone interested in the future of humanitarianism, this conversation is essential.

How can mediation efforts help build trust and protect communities in conflict situations? In today's episode, we explore how mediation approaches can support protection efforts in humanitarian settings. Our guest, Jérôme Grimaud, highlights the importance of listening to communities' perceptions and adapting to their own definition of protection for a more effective humanitarian response. This is part of the third season of "Frontline Negotiators: Stories from the Field". It features personal stories told by humanitarian professionals as they negotiate to access, assist and protect people in crisis. Across the season you will hear first-hand accounts from humanitarian workers from different backgrounds, agencies, nationalities and technical profiles who will share about the challenge of delivering aid in some of the most high-pressure environments in the world. The series is produced by the Centre of Competence on Humanitarian Negotiation. More information at frontline-negotations.org

//The Wire//2300Z January 31, 2025////ROUTINE////BLUF: RECOVERY EFFORTS CONTINUE AT CRASH SITE IN WASHINGTON, FALSE INFORMATION SURROUNDING THE INCIDENT BECOMES MORE PERVASIVE. AMERICAN TRADE TARIFFS ON CHINA, MEXICO, AND CANADA ANNOUNCED.// -----BEGIN TEARLINE----- -International Events- Sweden: Wednesday night, local counter-Islam activist Salwan Momika was murdered in Stockholm. Five assailants were arrested after one shot him in his apartment that evening. AC: Momika was a highly controversial figure who gained notoriety for being the pro-Israel activist at the heart of the Koran burnings in Sweden in 2023, and for his legal activism with regards to Islam in Sweden. Of note, local media did not know of his murder until the next morning, as he was scheduled to appear in court for one of the many cases he was the defendant in. When he did not show up, the court noted that the defendant was deceased, leading to the media inquiry. No further details have been provided regarding the details of this murder.Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC): The conflict has continued to escalate, both domestically and internationally. The Rwandan-backed M23 rebels are in complete control of Goma, which has led to the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) to voice concerns regarding their medical facilities in the city. Specifically, the ICRC facility in Goma was partnered with the local medical institute that served as the leading authority for Ebola research throughout the region. The ICRC is concerned that the instability throughout the region could result in a lab leak.-HomeFront-Washington D.C. - Recovery operations continue in the Potomac, with more wreckage and remains being recovered overnight. The remains of 41x people have been recovered so far, with 28x being identified as of this afternoon.Throughout the continent, American trade policy is taking form, with the White House announcing the implementation of a 25% tariff on most Canadian and Mexican trade imported into the United States. A separate 10% tariff on trade with China has also been announced as being in the works. AC: As of right now, these trade polices are not in place, however press statements this afternoon have suggested that at least some of the tariffs will be implemented tomorrow. However, the documentation pertaining to these policies has not been published, so the exact impact of these trade policies (and also the impact of negotiations) is unknown at this time.-----END TEARLINE-----Analyst Comments: On the information front, the false information circulating on social media surrounding the aircraft collision in Washington D.C. has become staggering. Overnight, seemingly out of nowhere, many well-known engagement farming accounts on Twitter/X made posts claiming that the pilot of the crashed Blackhawk was a transgender individual. By morning, all big accounts had deleted their posts citing this news story.The source of this claim can be traced back to a handful of single accounts (all of which bear many markers of deception) who made these claims without a single shred of evidence. For one, the female pilot of the Blackhawk has not yet been identified by authorities. The transgender person claimed to have been the pilot during this incident did not match the unit either; he was from a completely different unit and service branch altogether (National Guard vs. the Active Duty pilots involved in the crash). Perhaps the most damning bit of evidence to prove that this story is false is that the transgender pilot is still alive, and he is making the rounds on the media circuit, having been granted a platform to speak by this story surging through social media.Though largely speculative, this could have been the general plan for the scam, which is in line with fairly typical con jobs within the realm of information exchange.1 - Rand

Towards the end of 2024, we traveled to Panama to discuss with Andrehina Díaz about the complexities of negotiating in the context of migration flows through the Darien jungle.   Andrehina shared her experience working with authorities, indigenous communities and migrants, facing multiple humanitarian challenges from building trust to implementing programs in an environment of increasingly pressing needs. A conversation that reveals how empathy, adaptability and cultural respect are essential in humanitarian negotiation.    A finales de 2024, viajamos a Panamá para conversar con Andrehina Díaz sobre lo complejo que es negociar en el marco de los flujos migratorios que atraviesan la región del Darién.   Andrehina compartió su experiencia trabajando con autoridades, comunidades indígenas y migrantes, enfrentando múltiples retos humanitarios, desde la creación de confianza hasta la implementación de programas en un entorno de necesidades cada vez más acuciantes. Una conversación que revela cómo la empatía, la adaptabilidad y el respeto cultural son esenciales en la negociación humanitaria. This is part of the third season of "Frontline Negotiators: Stories from the Field". It features personal stories told by humanitarian professionals as they negotiate to access, assist and protect people in crisis. Across the season you will hear first-hand accounts from humanitarian workers from different backgrounds, agencies, nationalities and technical profiles who will share about the challenge of delivering aid in some of the most high-pressure environments in the world. The series is produced by the Centre of Competence on Humanitarian Negotiation. More information at frontline-negotations.org  

In this third and final episode of our miniseries on Ambiguous Loss, we dig deep with Roubina Tahmazian from ICRC into the critical yet often overlooked topic of children's wellbeing in the context of families of the missing. Too often, the needs and emotional wellbeing of children are sidelined as families grapple with the uncertainty and challenges of missing loved ones, with no or very limited support from the surrounding. Roubina Tahmazian, clinical psychologist and MHPSS delegate for the ICRC , shares her insights drawn from her experience working with families of the missing across different countries. Her compassionate perspective enlighten us on ways to prioritize children's support while navigating complex family dynamics during such difficult times.

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In this second episode in a three part miniseries about ambiguous loss, MHPSS Technical Advisor Arz Stefan talks to Dr. Maureen Mooney about operationalising ambiguous loss in the Red Cross Red Crescent Movement.Dr. Maureen Mooney is a clinical psychologist. She worked in the French Red Cross and the ICRC supporting the Restoring Family Links programme and psychosocial integration.

One of the biggest names in music talks about AI and human soul. The victim of the 'Tinder Swindler' highlights a multi-billion dollar cyber crime. And leaders from business and civil society share life-changing advice. In 2024, some of the brightest minds spoke to the World Economic Forum's podcasts Radio Davos and Meet the Leader. In this 'Best Of' episode, podcast hosts Robin Pomeroy and Linda Lacina each select three highlights from a busy year. Featured episodes: AI vs Art: Will AI rip the soul out of music, movies and art, or help express our humanity? Build a culture of innovation: HPE's CTO shares what must be in place Tinder Swindler: how 'romance fraud' became a multi-billion dollar cybercrime IKEA HR chief shares decades of career lessons learned and what's needed to bridge the gender equity gap Can climate action survive geopolitical upheaval? How to motivate your team - from an organization with 17 million volunteers Check out all our podcasts on wef.ch/podcasts: YouTube: - https://www.youtube.com/@wef/podcasts Radio Davos - subscribe: https://pod.link/1504682164 Meet the Leader - subscribe: https://pod.link/1534915560 Agenda Dialogues - subscribe: https://pod.link/1574956552 Join the World Economic Forum Podcast Club: https://www.facebook.com/groups/wefpodcastclub

Eugenia Lostri, Senior Editor at Lawfare, sat down with Jonathan Horowitz, Deputy Head of the Legal Department to the ICRC's Delegation for the United States and Canada, to discuss his recent article, “The Business of Battle: The Role of Private Tech in Conflict.” They talked about how international humanitarian law principles can affect the private digital sector, the risks that tech companies can face when they provide services to a party in an armed conflict, and what they should do to minimize those risks. To receive ad-free podcasts, become a Lawfare Material Supporter at www.patreon.com/lawfare. You can also support Lawfare by making a one-time donation at https://givebutter.com/c/trumptrials.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/lawfare. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The day after October 7, people in Gaza and all around the world woke up to a darker, more brutal reality as Israel began its military response. Within days, Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant announced a total blockade of the strip, cutting off water, electricity, internet, food and aid. What happened next crossed the bounds of any of the four previous wars on Gaza.   Heavy, non-stop bombardment pummelled buildings from the north to the south. Displacement orders forced families to flee on foot from one unsafe area to the next, mothers with their children in tow. A ground invasion intensified the violence, targeting schools, hospitals and humanitarian centres.   Morgues filled up with bodies, which at times had to be stored in ice cream vans. Hunger and disease spread rapidly as aid at the border was turned away. Life under siege, transformed into a relentless struggle for survival, was defined by constant death, uncertainty, danger and desperation, with no end in sight.   In episode two of our limited series covering one year of war since October 7, host Nada AlTaher speaks to humanitarian groups, including the ICRC and UNRWA, and analysts to paint a comprehensive picture of the humanitarian catastrophe currently unfolding in Gaza where more than 41,700 people have been killed. She also discusses the toll Israel's war has taken on Palestinians in the occupied West Bank and reactions within Israeli society.

Ukraine says three employees of the International Committee of the Red Cross have been killed by Russian shelling in Donetsk, eastern Ukraine. The ICRC did not identify who was behind the attack, but Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky called it "another Russian war crime".Also in the programme: Mexican politicians have approved a controversial move to appoint judges by popular election, we speak to a member of Mexico's ruling party; and the American who claimed a new world record as the fastest woman to cycle around the globe. (Photo: A burning truck of the International Committee of the Red Cross after shelling in the Donetsk region, eastern Ukraine. Credit: NATIONAL POLICE OF UKRAINE HANDOUT/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock)

At their core, the laws of war seek to preserve humanity in the most difficult conditions. As Dr. Cordula Droege, the chief legal officer and head of the legal division of the International Committee of the Red Cross (or ICRC) recently wrote for Just Security, “Understood in simplest terms, the law of armed conflict acknowledges that both sides will inevitably kill, injure, detain, and destroy, but it prohibits them from dehumanizing their adversary.” She notes that “Altogether, IHL contains hundreds of rules that protect life, health, and human dignity. It is modest and imperfect – it seeks only to guarantee a modicum of humanity in situations where our humanity has already been largely compromised.” But across the world – from Gaza to Myanmar to Ukraine to Sudan – IHL is facing a moment of profound strain. Civilians are targeted. Cities are leveled. And, as Droege writes, “All too often today, the protective purpose of IHL is set aside and the rules are literally turned on their head: instead of being interpreted to protect civilians, the absence of clear violations are invoked to justify a level of death, injury and destruction that is precisely what IHL intended to avoid.” Are the laws of war inadequate? Why are some States choosing not to comply? What exactly is the problem with IHL? Dr. Droege join the show to discuss her article, “War and What We Make of the Law” with Just Security's Co-Editor-in-Chief, Tess Bridgeman, and Just Security Legal Editor and Podcast Host and Executive Producer, Paras Shah. Show Notes:  Cordula Droege (@CDroegeICRC) Tess Bridgeman (@bridgewriter)Paras Shah (@pshah518)Cordula's Just Security article “War and What We Make of the Law”Mary Wareham's Just Security article “Lithuania Leaving Cluster Munition Ban Undermines Agreement, Threatens Crucial Norms” Just Security's International Humanitarian Law coverageMusic: “Broken” by David Bullard from Uppbeat: https://uppbeat.io/t/david-bullard/broken (License code: OSC7K3LCPSGXISVI)

The Red Cross says 22 people were killed in shelling near its offices in Gaza. It's called on both Hamas and the Israeli military to do more to protect civilians. We speak to William Schomburg who is the head of the ICRC delegation in Gaza.Also in the programme: Ukraine says there has been another massive Russian attack on its energy infrastructure; a new documentary about the designer of the wrap around dress - Diane Von Furstenberg; and should NASA pay for damage caused by falling space junk?(Photo credit: AFP)

At least 22 Palestinians have been killed in shelling near the Gaza office of Red Cross, the agency says. We hear from William Schomburg, the head of the ICRC delegation in Gaza.Also in the programme: The lawyer for a Florida family suing Nasa for space junk that fell on their property; and why the King of the Competitive Eating circuit has been banned from taking part in the annual Fourth of July Nathan's Hot Dog Eating competition.(Photo: A delegation of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) inspects a makeshift displacement camp in Rafah's Mawasi area in the southern Gaza Strip on 29 May 2024. Credit: Bashar Taleb/AFP via Getty Images)

Who are the key players in Sudan's new civil war, and what's the "best" way this can play out? ICRC's Dr. Gasim Mohammed takes us behind the scenes!Welcome to another one of our "Out of the Loop" episodes, where we dig a little deeper into fascinating current events that may only register as a blip on the media's news cycle and have conversations with the people who find themselves immersed in them. On This Episode of Out of the Loop: Sudan is currently in a civil war between two factions of the military: the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF). The SAF is led by General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, who led the military coup in 2021 that ousted the civilian government. The RSF is led by General Mohamed Hamdan "Hemedti" Dagalo, who is wanted by the International Criminal Court for war crimes in Darfur. This latest civil war in a nation accustomed to conflict has triggered a humanitarian crisis, leading to the displacement of millions who urgently require food and medical assistance. As a fledgling democracy rich in resources but economically struggling, Sudan is a test case for whether democracy can take root in the Arab world. While the current civil war undermines this case, what's the best way this can play out for the people of Sudan — and the world? What can we do to help? And much more! Connect with Jordan on Twitter, on Instagram, and on YouTube. If you have something you'd like us to tackle here on an Out of the Loop episode, drop Jordan a line at jordan@jordanharbinger.com and let him know! Full show notes and resources can be found here: jordanharbinger.com/905 This Episode Is Brought To You By Our Fine Sponsors: jordanharbinger.com/deals Sign up for Six-Minute Networking — our free networking and relationship development mini course — at jordanharbinger.com/course! Like this show? Please leave us a review here — even one sentence helps! Consider including your Twitter handle so we can thank you personally!