The laws of war

Here are some of our favourite reads of 2022, brought to you by the Australian Red Cross + Readings book club on the laws and impact of war.

77 years on from the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

Are the Ewoks civilians or combatants?

New laws would enable sanctions against serious violations of human rights and international humanitarian law.

Criminal indictment of two Swedish business leaders for complicity in war crimes affirms the importance of the laws of war to companies.

We honour our colleagues’ lives and we mourn the too-high price they paid in carrying out their work.

Join us to celebrate history in the making and the beginning of the end of nuclear weapons.

A new survey shows that nearly four out of five Australians want our country to sign on to a global treaty banning nuclear weapons for good.

A new best-practice framework to help businesses operating in conflict-affected areas.

The laws of war are a delicate balance between humanity and military necessity, helping to preserve fundamental human values in the grim reality of war.

The ratification of the UN Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons by a 50th country is a historic day bringing us a step closer to a nuclear-weapons-free world.

This month we have commemorated 75 years since the nuclear bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, reflecting on the unfathomable devastation while repeating the familiar ‘never again’ mantra.

Seventy-five years after atomic bombs destroyed the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the International Red Cross Red Crescent Movement urges all nations to end the nuclear era.

A pandemic is not an armed conflict, so how can the laws of war help shape the response and the aftermath?

Almost half of all millennials think it’s more likely than not there will be a third world war in their lifetime, a new Red Cross survey finds.

They are all great loves of the volunteers who chair our International Humanitarian Law (IHL) Advisory Committees.

Each year on 17 December we honour our Red Cross and Red Crescent colleagues killed for their humanitarian work.

How can we better leverage international humanitarian law (IHL) to improve access to people in need?

In 1949, Australia’s population had just hit 8 million, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights was brand new, Joan Sutherland was starting out, and it was the heyday of Betty Grable and Bing Crosby.

We may have come to the end of Game of Thrones, and there may be no more war crimes to discuss, but that won’t keep us quiet!

A group of Australian Red Cross nurses have earned the highest international distinction a nurse can ever receive.

The battle for the Iron Throne is over. Now our watch(ing) has ended.

Do you hear the bells? Alas, they won’t stop the spoilers, so turn back now if you haven’t seen this week’s episode.

Just as one battle ends, another begins. As always, enemies of the spoiler beware. If you don’t want to know how the Last War arrived at the shores of King’s Landing, avert your eyes now.