--- title: "ICRC Law & Policy Newsletter: Guidelines on Investigating Violations of IHL - UNGA High-Level Week round up..." image: https://info.icrc.org/hubfs/Review%20cover%20-%20newsletter.jpg description: "ICRC Law & Policy Newsletter - Review Special Edition: 150 Years of Humanitarian Reflection - IHL in Action: New cases of respect for the law and more." --- ICRC Law & Policy Newsletter: Guidelines on Investigating Violations of IHL - UNGA High-Level Week round up... Also included: Blog - Trust me, I'm a humanitarian - Video: ICRC and Kurzgesagt - Resource: the ICRC IHL toolkit and more... ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  | | | --- | | ![International Committee of the Red Cross](https://info.icrc.org/hs-fs/hubfs/emails/banners/icrc-email-header.png?noresize&upscale=true&width=1360&upscale=true&name=icrc-email-header.png) | | | | Law & Policy Newsletter 06 November 2019 | | --- | | Review Special Edition: 150 Years of Humanitarian Reflection The International Review of the Red Cross marks 150 years of publication with a special edition exploring how the journal reflects the evolution of warfare and humanitarian action over the past century and a half. Discover the new edition and the complete 150-year-old archives on the Review's new website, launched for the occasion. Discover the edition | | --- | | | | --- | | IHL in Action: New cases of respect for the law Usually reported upon when violated, international humanitarian law proves to be more often respected during armed conflict than many believe. View the 10 new 2019 IHL in Action cases published today by the ICRC highlighting specific instances of respect for IHL that occurred during armed conflict. Discover | | --- | | | | --- | | | | --- | | Video: What happens if we nuke a city? What happens if a nuclear bomb were to be dropped on a city today? In a collaboration with Youtube chanel 'Kurzgesagt – In a nutshell', the ICRC's new explainer video looks at the consequences of a nuclear explosion in a modern city. Discover the harrowing effects of this scenario. Watch & Share Blog: Trust me - I'm a Humanitarian The question of trust has become a major issue in humanitarian action. In this blog post, ICRC's Head of Policy, Hugo Slim, explores the role of trust in humanitarian action. He looks at what it means, why it is so important and - crucially - how humanitarians can win and preserve trust. Read | | --- | | New Resource: The ICRC IHL Toolkit This new two-page document encompasses all current ICRC IHL resources and learning materials, enabling readers easy access in one place. Discover introductory materials and factsheets, or stay up to date with advanced and thematic IHL resources, key platforms and tools. Discover Listen again: IHL and Islamic Law Webinar Organized by the Canadian Red Cross, in this webinar Ahmed Al-Dawoody, Legal Adviser for Islamic law and jurisprudence, ICRC, gives an overview of the principles regulating the use of force under Islamic law and how Islamic law can help to ensure compliance with IHL in Muslim contexts. Listen | | --- | | Upcoming events/courses/conferences November 06 2019 Exhibition: Pages - 150 Years of the International Review of the Red Cross This exhibition highlights the role of the International Review of the Red Cross in disseminating progress in international law related to armed conflict, and innovation in humanitarian response over the past 150 years. Humanitarium, Geneva 30 Oct 2019 - 30 April 2020 November 28 2019 Event: War and the Children Left Behind Marking 30 Years of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, and 70 years of the Geneva Conventions, join the ICRC for a public event addressing the situation of children in today's armed conflicts and reflecting on what should be done to ensure better protection of children's rights. Humanitarium, Geneva 18:00 - 20:00 | | --- | | | | --- | | Publication: Arabic and Spanish translations of updated ICRC Commentaries The application and interpretation of the four Geneva Conventions of 1949 and their two Additional Protocols of 1977 have developed significantly in the sixty years since the ICRC first published its Commentaries on these important humanitarian treaties. An updated ICRC Commentary on common Article 3 is now available in Spanish. An updated ICRC Commentary on the First Geneva Convention is also now available in Arabic. | | --- | | | | --- | | Blog: Facilitating innovation, ensuring protection - the ICRC Biometrics Policy What does the responsible use of biometrics look like from the vantage point of an institution like the ICRC? In August 2019, the ICRC adopted a biometric policy. This blog explains how legitimacy and purpose requirements for biometric use are arrived at, their implications at operational level, and suggests how future biometric policy may evolve. Read Publication: Symposium Report - Digital Risks In Armed Conflicts This new report summarizes the key findings and action points coming out of the 2018 symposium on digital risks in armed conflicts and other situations of violence, held by the ICRC. Discussions focused on how the use of digital technologies, including by parties to conflict, humanitarians and private companies, could put crisis-affected people at risk and increase vulnerability. Download | | --- | | | | --- | | Missed any of these? Newsletter: Receive the ICRC Newsletter in French Prefer to receive this email in French? The ICRC is launching a French language version of the Law and Policy Newsletter. New: ICRC Library research guide Find your way through thousands of pages related to the drafting history of the 1977 Additional Protocols to the 1949 Geneva Conventions. Blog: Beyond binaries - An intersectional approach to humanitarian action Read why a more inclusive understanding of sex and gender identities within the systems that both propagate war and humanitarian response is required for the humanitarian sector to move forward with more inclusive approaches. | | --- | | | | --- | | Blog Events Review | | --- | | | | --- | | | | --- | | Share Tweet Share Forward Not rendering correctly? View this email as a web page here. International Committee of the Red Cross 19 Avenue de la Paix, 1202 Geneva, Switzerland You received this email because you are subscribed to Marketing Information from International Committee of the Red Cross. Update your email preferences to choose the types of emails you receive or unsubscribe from all future emails. | | --- |