The use of apps, social media and other methods of digital communication between people is constantly on the increase. This practice has extended into armed conflicts, where parties to the conflicts use such tools for their communications. Is international humanitarian law (IHL) applicable to the employment of these new technologies during armed conflict—and if so, how? Read Pontus Winther's post in ICRCs blog Humanitarian Law and Policy.
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Friday, 27 October 2017
Friday, 5 June 2015
Swedish MoD presents new report on protective emblems in LOAC
During
a hearing at the Swedish Ministry of Defence (MoD) on 27 May 2015 Dick Clomén from the Swedish Red
Cross and Liv Bernitz from Swedish Ministry of Justice presented a report on
the history of the protective emblems in law of armed conflict (LOAC) and the transformation of
Additional Protocol III to the Geneva Conventions into Swedish Law.
The
report is the most recent in a series of reports from the Swedish Total
Defence Council for International
Humanitarian Law (Totalförsvarets folkrättsråd), a body under the Swedish MoD
which monitors, coordinate and develops LOAC for the Swedish defence agencies.
The
Swedish proposal can be found here.
/Pontus
Tuesday, 28 April 2015
New bill on Swedish defence 2016-2020
On 24 April 2015 the
Swedish Government presented its bill on the Swedish defence for the years
2016-2020. Emphasising the deteriorating security situation in Europe, the
Government proposed a reinforcement of the defence economy with 10,2 billion
Swedish crowns. It proposes amongst other things the establishment of a new
battle group on the island Gotland, the reinstitution of the planning for a
civil-military defence and a strengthening of the anti-submarine warfare
capability.
You can download the proposal here.
/Pontus
You can download the proposal here.
/Pontus
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