REVUE : "Protection of the Dead", International Review of the Red Cross (vol. 107, n°929, 2025)

Bruno DEMEYERE, Stéphane OJEDA, Myrthe NIEMEIJER

The latest issue of the International Review of the Red Cross (vol. 107, n°929, 2025) is out. The theme is: "Protection of the Dead."

Interview with Florence Anselmo and Pierre Guyomarc’h

Mitigating the risk of military personnel becoming unaccounted for on the battlefield: An interview with Stephen Fonseca and Vaughn Rossouw on the ICRC’s Military Personnel Identification Project

Interview with Michael Pollanen

Alizéa-Maïwenn Ciftcisoy, Protecting the dead against sexual violence from the perspectives of international criminal law and international humanitarian law

Gabriella Citroni, Practical, legal and psychological issues related to the protection of the dead in cases of enforced disappearance

Tatjana Grote, Data and the dead: How does IHL regulate data related to the identification of deceased persons?

Mischa Gureghian Hall, The war crime of outrages against the personal dignity of the dead: Legal basis, evolution, and elements

Thomas D. Holland, “Grant him quickly to my longing eyes”: The evolution of the US common law of sepulchre and its potential utility in interpreting the protection of the dead under IHL

Juana María Ibáñez Rivas, The dead and missing in armed conflict: Protections set out in the judgments of the European and Inter-American Courts of Human Rights

Melanie Klinkner, Ellen Donovan, Diego Nunez, Ian Hanson, Emily Fisher, David Biggins, & Ellie Smith, Mass grave mapping and the protection of the dead

Janet E. Lord & Christopher J. Hart, Disabled dead bodies: Marking the intersections of international humanitarian law and international human rights law

Helen Obregón Gieseken, Ximena Londoño, Dignity in death: International humanitarian law and the protection of the deceased in war

Anjli Parrin, Morris Tidball-Binz, Jessica L. Garda, Allison M. Gelman, Katherine C. Kazmin, Anna Schmitt, The protection of dead persons under international human rights law: Evaluating gaps and developing a principles framework

Viola Santini, Visual representation of armed conflict-related deaths and the evolving standards of protecting the dignity of the deceased

Pietro Sferrazza Taibi, Mauricio Carrasco Núñez, The search for missing persons: Comparative analysis of the incorporation of international standards into national search plans implemented in Latin American countries

Jane Taylor, Pierre Guyomarc’h, Oran Finegan, Luis Fondebrider, Mercedes Salado Puerto, Morris Tidball-Binz, Respecting IHL obligations to the deceased does make a difference: The ICRC-led Falkland Islands/Islas Malvinas identification operation

Angelica Widström, A case study on War Poses

Clara Palmisano, Anthropology of violent death: Theoretical foundations for forensic humanitarian action By Roberto C. Parra and Douglas H. Ubelaker