The latest issue of the
International Review of the Red Cross (Vol. 108, no. 931, 2026) is out. The theme is: "Upholding Humanity in War." Contents include:
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Upholding humanity in war – the ICRC’s Global Initiative to Galvanize Political Commitment to International Humanitarian Law: Interview with Cordula Droege and Anne Quintin
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Leveraging research on norm and behaviour change to better prevent violations of IHL: Interview with Sophie Legros
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Etienne Kuster, The ICRC and academia: An untold story about preserving humanity in war through international humanitarian law
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Luke Moffett, Steven van de Put, Mark Lattimer, & Mae Thompson, Upholding humanity: The role of redress in preventing and responding to civilian harm
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Jody M. Prescott, Internalizing IHL: Melding humanitarian law with military ethics for junior leaders
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Steve Martial Tiwa Fomekong, The African Union’s Peace and Security Council and the strengthening of international humanitarian law
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Nigeria’s National Committee on the Implementation of IHL: Interview with Abimbola Ajileye
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Cristina Azzarello, Tommaso Natoli, & Giulio Bartolini, “Bringing IHL home”: The case study of Italy and the Italian Red Cross
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Anna Kaufmann, Pranamie Mandalawatta, & Claire Cayzer, An Australian perspective on the role of national IHL committees in fostering government and National Society collaboration
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Jean Franco Olivera Astete & Juan José Alencastro Moya, Why do we need national IHL committees? Experiences, challenges and opportunities from Latin America
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International humanitarian law and mediation – building pathways to peace: Interview with Ghassan Elkahlout
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Simon Robins & Jill Stockwell, Missing persons and peacebuilding: The transformative role of families of the missing
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Ioanna Voudouri, Two wrongs don’t make a right: Reflections on reciprocity and its impact on the path to peace
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Caroline Baudot, Tobias Ehret, David Kaelin, & Marnie Lloydd, Beyond infrastructure: The protection of essential services personnel in the spirit of international humanitarian law
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Bárbara Morais Figueiredo, Strengthening the protection of civilian infrastructure in armed conflict: Practical measures to operationalize IHL and reduce civilian harm
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Protection of hospitals: Interview with Nicolas Gérard, Claire Bertouille, Vaios Koutroulis and Claude Maon
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Thibaud Jourdan, When loss of protection does not permit attack: Distinguishing acts harmful to the enemy from the notion of military objectives
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Upholding IHL in the use of ICTs during armed conflict – key legal and humanitarian considerations: Interview with Kubo Mačák, Mariana Salazar Albornoz and Mohamed Helal
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Marta Stroppa, The use of autonomous cyber capabilities in armed conflict and States’ due diligence obligations to avoid unintended violations of international humanitarian law
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The law of naval warfare – perspectives from an archipelagic State: Interview with Ambassador Dindin Wahyudin
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Prize law: Unjustifiable in the twenty-first century? Interview with Professor Andrew Clapham
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Dita Liliansa, Belligerent activities in neutral exclusive economic zones: Balancing war and neutrality in contemporary naval warfare
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Some current (and enduring) challenges in the application and interpretation of the law of naval warfare
Rob McLaughlin
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Pornomo Rovan Astri Yoga, Between warships and merchant ships: The legal status, operational functions and targeting rules of auxiliary vessels
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Barbara Stępień, Sea drones: warships or weapons? Legal status and implications
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Dale Stephens & Abby Zeith, Waging war at sea: Land warfare but just add water?
