The IHL Centre & the media
How we support the media
The IHL Centre regularly provides briefings, training and expert support on IHL to journalists and other media professionals. We support media actors in understanding and accurately applying IHL concepts and terminology in their reporting on armed conflicts and humanitarian crises.
Our experts can provide practical guidance on key legal issues, including the protection of civilians, humanitarian access, the conduct of hostilities, displacement, detention, and the protection of humanitarian and medical personnel. Contact us here for any IHL related queries.
We also develop practical tools and resources designed to support non-legal audiences engaging with IHL. These include the Stockholm Manual: A Practitioner’s Guide to Conducting IHL Assessments and Advocacy, which is intended to help humanitarian practitioners, diplomats, journalists and other stakeholders better understand IHL and more effectively integrate credible legal analysis and advocacy into their work.
Media appearances
Experts from the IHL Centre are regularly approached by international media outlets, including the BBC, ARD and Al Jazeera, to provide commentary and analysis on a wide range of humanitarian and IHL-related issues. If you are interested in interviewing a representative of the IHL Centre, please contact us at info@ihlcentre.org.
Please see below a selection of recent media (television, radio and print) appearances featuring IHL Centre experts.
BBC News (February 2025)
IHL Centre Director Stephen Wilkinson speaks to BBC News on the war crimes allegations against Israel and Hamas (from 3:30).
Al Jazeera (September 2025)
IHL Centre Senior Legal Adviser (Israel/Palestine Unit) Elvina Pothelet speaks to Al Jazeera Arabic on the situation in the Gaza Strip.
Al Jazeera (August 2025)
IHL Centre Senior Legal Adviser Alice Priddy speaks to Al Jazeera Arabic on on the 76th anniversary of the Geneva Conventions about the importance of political will to ensure IHL is respected.
BBC Focus on Africa (radio)
The IHL Centre’s Dr. Joshua J Niyo (Head of Africa Unit) speaks to BBC (Focus on Africa) on:
- March 2025- the conflict in South Sudan (beginning at 10:26).
- May 2024- the growing risk of genocide in El-Fasher, Sudan (beginning at 02:00).
ARD (September 2025)
The IHL Centre’s Dr. Eitan Diamond (Head of Israel/Palestine Unit) speaks to German public broadcaster ARD on its flagship current affairs programme tagesthemen (from 8:20).
Al Jazeera (July 2025)
The IHL Centre’s Director Stephen Wilkinson’s op-ed entitled “Out of Sight, Beyond Scrutiny: The crucial role of the media in drawing attention to violations of the law of war” was published by Al Jazeera in English and Arabic.
The IHL Advisory Service
The IHL Centre provides journalists with rapid, free and confidential legal and policy advice on international humanitarian law, also known as the laws of armed conflict.