Ellen Policinski

📍Ethiopia | In today’s conflicts, strengthening respect for international humanitarian law is more urgent than ever. The Global International Humanitarian Law Initiative brings states together to turn commitments into action. Watch 👇🏾 & learn more 👉🏾 ms.spr.ly/6015QIsz3

⚖️ Common Article 3 of the Fourth #GenevaConventions hasn’t been rewritten; it has been updated. As part of a joint symposium convened by the ICRC with @just_security and @ejiltalk on the updated Commentary to GC IV, the latest blog post from @ICRC_LawPolicy highlights three major updates concerning Common Article 3. Read more 👇🏽 blogs.icrc.org/law-and-policy…

My contribution to the @ICRC, @ejiltalk and Just Security symposium on the new GCIV Commentary. I examine the Commentary's loophole-closing function, attempting to narrow the gap between GCIV’s prohibitive ideals and its sometimes facilitative reality. justsecurity.org/131465/closing…

My contribution to the @just_security, @ejiltalk, @ICRC_LawPolicy symposium on the new GC IV Commentary focuses on its apt characterization of Art. 23 as “significantly diminished.” Why this matters, what the Commentary got right, & where further clarification is warranted 👇🏻

I was invited by @ejiltalk & @just_security to reflect on colonialism in relation to the updated ICRC Commentary on the Fourth Geneva Convention - here are my thoughts. ejiltalk.org/reading-the-up…

Key Common Provisions and Protection of Civilians in the 2025 Commentary on the Fourth Geneva | by Mona Rishmawi This post is part of a symposium being run in partnership with Just Security and @ICRC ejiltalk.org/key-common-pro…

GC IV: Internment in Non-Occupied Territory | by Jelena Pejic This post is part of a symposium is being run in collaboration with @justsecurity and the @ICRC ejiltalk.org/gc-iv-internme…

A valuable perspective on where we've updated the updated commentary on Common Article 3 and where not.

"Widening hostilities across the Middle East are putting civilian lives in grave danger. The scale of major military operations flaring across the Middle East risks embroiling the region – and beyond – into another large-scale armed conflict that will overwhelm any humanitarian response. Without urgent steps to de-escalate the situation and respect the rules of war, further civilian lives will be lost." Mirjana Spoljaric, ICRC president👇🏽

⚖️ As we update the Commentaries on the Geneva Conventions, what histories must we revisit? Part of @ICRC's joint symposium with @just_security & @ejiltalk, this piece revisits the 1949 #GenevaConventions from a colonized perspective. bit.ly/4shUSYN

Subsequent practice in the ICRC’s updated Commentary on GC IV | by Abhimanyu George Jain and Ellen Policinski This post is part of a symposium is being run in collaboration with @justsecurity and the @ICRC ejiltalk.org/subsequent-pra…

Reading the Updated Commentary on GCIV in an Imperial Moment | by Boyd van Dijk This post is part of a symposium is being run in collaboration with @justsecurity and the @ICRC ejiltalk.org/reading-the-up…

Après 5 ans de recherche, le @CICR_fr publiait en octobre dernier une version actualisée du Commentaire de la Quatrième Convention de Genève de 1949. Dans les prochaines semaines, un symposium conjoint sera organisé avec @just_security et @ejiltalk 👇🏼 ms.spr.ly/6016QnDu8

⚖️ Common Article 3 to the fourth #GenevaConventions hasn’t been rewritten; it’s been updated. As a part of an @ICRC joint symposium with @just_security & @ejiltalk on the updated Commentary on GC IV, today's post examines three main updates to CA3. tinyurl.com/mxf6bv29

starting today, @ejiltalk @just_security and the ICRC are hosting a symposium on the updated Commentary of GCIV - new contributions will be published over the coming weeks, including my own, so do keep an eye on it. ejiltalk.org/protecting-civ…

For more than 160 years, we, the International Committee of the Red Cross, guided by the Geneva Conventions, have worked to protect lives, reunite families, and bring dignity in the midst of war. Wherever and whenever people need us, we remain.

Protecting civilians in good faith: A joint symposium on the updated ICRC Commentary on the Fourth Geneva Convention | by Mary Guest ejiltalk.org/protecting-civ…

⚖️We're delighted to co-host a joint symposium with @just_security and @ejiltalk on the updated @ICRC Commentary on the GC IV. Following 5 years of research, it consolidates 70+ years of law and practice to guide civilian protection today. Read more: bit.ly/3OiPkOU

The harder it is, the more urgent it becomes. The Global #IHL Initiative announces that the High-Level Conference on Humanity in War will take place in Jordan Q4 2026. Leaders must show political courage to defend the rules of war. icrc.org/en/statement/g… #GenevaConventions

@ICRC @JHenckaertsICRC Shout out to the members of the project team: Heleen Hiemstra, Yvette Issar, @KuboMacak, Mikhail Orkin, @epolicinski and Matt Pollard