International Review of the Red Cross : humanitarian debate: law, policy, action / International Committee of the Red Cross.

Prisoners’ objects: the collection of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Museum /







Roger Mayou

Current trends and practices in the use of imprisonment /



Andrew Coyle, Helen Fair and Catherine Heard

The costs of incarceration for families of prisoners /







Megan Comfort [et al.]

“Restoring hope where all hope was lost”: Nelson Mandela, the ICRC and the protection of political detainees in Apartheid South Africa /




Andrew Thompson

Overcrowding: nobody’s fault? When some struggle to survive waiting for everyone to take responsibility /

Vincent Ballon

Glimmers of hope: a report on the Philippine criminal justice system /





Roy Panti Valenzuela

Overcrowding in the Peruvian Prison System /






Julio César Magán Zevallos

Becoming a torturer: towards a global ergonomics of care /







Jonathan Luke Austin and Riccardo Bocco

The crisis of detention and the politics of denial in Latin America /

Paul Hathazy,Markus-Michael Müller

Ageing prisoners: an introduction to geriatric health-care challenges in correctional facilities /

Rachael Bedard, Lia Metzger and Dr Brie Williams

Strengthening IHL protecting persons deprived of their liberty: main aspects of the consultations and discussions since 2011 /







Tilman Rodenhäuser

National security and the right to liberty in armed conflict: the legality and limits of security detention in international humanitarian law /








Zelalem Mogessie Teferra

International humanitarian law’s old questions and new perspectives: on what law has got to do with armed conflict /





Thomas Forster

When is a conflict international? Time for new control tests in IHL /

Djemila Carron

Detention can take various forms, but the deprivation of liberty inevitably carries costs that fall on the detainee, their family and the community at large. These costs, both individual and collective, are often linked to other, financial costs that authorities are unwilling to incur on behalf of a group of people who are out of sight. This short-termist calculation has serious implications for prisoners today, and for our societies in the future. Objectively assessing the human, social, political and financial costs of detention policies is essential to avoid detention becoming part of the problem it was meant to solve. In this edition, the Review takes stock of developments in detention practices and policies, and focuses on a range of challenges related to maintaining human dignity in detention, including overcrowding and aging prison populations. In drawing attention to the ongoing challenges associated with detention, the Review seeks to promote the human dignity of detainees.