Vincent Bernard

Number of articles written: 25 articles

Vincent Bernard

Number of articles written: 25 articles

Vincent BERNARD is a former editor in chief of the International Review of the Red Cross, a leading academic journal on humanitarian law, policy and action published by the ICRC and Cambridge University Press. He was also the head of the Law and Policy Forum, which leads ICRC’s engagement with expert audiences interested in teaching, researching and debating international humanitarian law (IHL). The unit runs the Humanitarium conference center in Geneva, the new Humanitarian Law and Policy blog, the IHL online training center etc. Vincent joined the ICRC in 1998 and worked in the field for 6 years in Dakar, Nairobi and Jerusalem. As head of the ICRC’s field communication set-up from 2006 to 2010 he travelled and worked in most of ICRC’s operational contexts. Prior to joining the organization, Vincent studied political science, law and international relations at the Political Science Institute and Law Faculty in Strasburg, The King’s College, London and the Graduate Institute of International Studies in Geneva, and taught law at the University of Marmara in Istanbul.

Published articles

article IRRC No. 884

Editorial: The future of humanitarian action

article IRRC No. 883

Editorial: Engaging armed groups

article IRRC No. 882

Editorial: Understanding armed groups and the applicable law

article IRRC No. 880

Editorial: conflict in Afghanistan I

article IRRC No. 313

How government fiscal concessions can strengthen Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies