Friday, March 19, 2021

New Issue: International Review of the Red Cross

The latest issue of the International Review of the Red Cross (Vol. 102, no. 913, April 2020) is out. The theme is: "Digital technologies and war." Contents include:
  • Saman Rejali & Yannick Heiniger, The role of digital technologies in humanitarian law, policy and action: Charting a path forward
  • Testimonies: How humanitarian technologies impact the lives of affected populations
  • Q&A: Humanitarian operations, the spread of harmful information and data protection: In conversation with Delphine van Solinge, the ICRC's Protection Advisor on Digital Risks for Populations in Armed Conflict, and Massimo Marelli, Head of the ICRC's Data Protection Office
  • Jo Burton, “Doing no harm” in the digital age: What the digitalization of cash means for humanitarian action
  • Theodora Gazi & Alexandros Gazis, Humanitarian aid in the age of COVID-19: A review of big data crisis analytics and the General Data Protection Regulation
  • Kristin Bergtora Sandvik & Kjersti Lohne, The struggle against sexual violence in conflict: Investigating the digital turn
  • Andrew Hoskins, Media and compassion after digital war: Why digital media haven't transformed responses to human suffering in contemporary conflict
  • Michael Pizzi, Mila Romanoff, & Tim Engelhardt, AI for humanitarian action: Human rights and ethics
  • Ilia Siatitsa, Freedom of assembly under attack: General and indiscriminate surveillance and interference with internet communications
  • Nema Milaninia, Biases in machine learning models and big data analytics: The international criminal and humanitarian law implications
  • Frank Sauer, Stepping back from the brink: Why multilateral regulation of autonomy in weapons systems is difficult, yet imperative and feasible
  • Amandeep S. Gill, The changing role of multilateral forums in regulating armed conflict in the digital age
  • Laurent Gisel, Tilman Rodenhäuser, & Knut Dörmann, Twenty years on: International humanitarian law and the protection of civilians against the effects of cyber operations during armed conflicts
  • Zhixiong Huang & Yaohui Ying, The application of the principle of distinction in the cyber context: A Chinese perspective
  • Massimo Marelli, Hacking humanitarians: Defining the cyber perimeter and developing a cyber security strategy for international humanitarian organizations in digital transformation
  • Jemma Arman, Jean-Marie Henckaerts, Heleen Hiemstra, & Kvitoslava Krotiuk, The updated ICRC Commentary on the Third Geneva Convention: A new tool to protect prisoners of war in the twenty-first century
  • Sonya de Laat, The camera and the Red Cross: “Lamentable pictures” and conflict photography bring into focus an international movement, 1855–1865