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ICRC
Completed in December 2019
As an annual publication, The War Report provided, from 2014 to 2019, an overview of contemporary trends in current armed conflicts, including key international humanitarian law (IHL) and policy issues that have arisen and require attention.
Aimed at students, academics, experts, journalists and diplomats as well as NGOs and international organizations, each annual publication also listed all current armed conflicts – of the concerned year – where IHL applies and focused on selected situations.
News
Aerial View of the Persian Gulf / NASA
Our new War Report article analyses the June 2019 shooting down by Iran of a United States (US) military drone and the alleged US counter cyber-attack.
News
ICRC
Our new War Report article Iraq: Any Hope for Change? provides an overview of the non-international armed conflict in the country, including information about the classification of the conflict, its history, parties and developments in 2019.
News
Dan
Our new War Report article Non-International Armed Conflict To Continue in Sinai? discusses the non-international armed conflict between Egypt and Wilayat Sinai, an armed non-state actor that has pledged loyalty to the Islamic State group.
Milos Hrnjaz
The Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights
Josiane Matar
The Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights
Annabel Bassil
The Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights
Annyssa Bellal
Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Norwegian centre for Human Rights
Giulia Marcucci
The Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights
Giulia Marcucci
Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights
Marija Sulce
The Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights
Tadesse Kebebew
Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights
Grazvydas Jasutis
The Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights
Grazvydas Jasutis
The Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights
Annyssa Bellal
The Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights
Montse Ferrer
The Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights
Ana Balcazar Moreno, Ximena Mercedes Galvez Lima, Julie Lambin, Lina Rodriguez
The Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights
Laura Baron-Mendoza
The Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights
Vicken Cheterian
The Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights
Sari Arraf
The Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights
Sari Arraf
The Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights
Annyssa Bellal
The Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights
ICRC
News
Geneva Academy
At the 34th International Conference of the Red Cross and Red Crescent, we hosted a booth with Geneva Call and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Norway.
News
Geneva Academy
The Geneva Academy has published the first spot report from the 'IHL in Focus' research project, ‘Food Insecurity in Armed Conflict and the Use of Siege-like Tactics.’
Event
Mission Suisse / Alain Grosclaude
The opening lecture of the 2025 Spring Semester will be given by Ambassador Jürg Lauber, President of the Human Rights Council and the Permanent Representative of Switzerland to the United Nations.
Short Course
ICRC
This online short course discusses the protection offered by international humanitarian law (IHL) in non-international armed conflicts (NIACs) and addresses some problems and controversies specific to IHL of NIACs, including the difficulty to ensure the respect of IHL by armed non-state actors.
Short Course
ICRC
This online short course provides an overview of the content and evolution of the rules governing the use of unilateral force in international law, including military intervention on humanitarian grounds and the fight against international terrorism. It focuses on the practice of states and international organizations.
Project
UN Photo/Violaine Martin
The IHL-EP works to strengthen the capacity of human rights mechanisms to incorporate IHL into their work in an efficacious and comprehensive manner. By so doing, it aims to address the normative and practical challenges that human rights bodies encounter when dealing with cases in which IHL applies.
Project
ICRC
As a yearly publication, it keeps decision-makers, practitioners and scholars up-to-date with the latest trends and challenges in IHL implementation in over 100 armed conflicts worldwide – both international and non-international.
Publication
Publication
Geneva Academy ICRC
