HPG Working Papers

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Humanitarian Policy Group (HPG) Working Papers present case studies or background notes which support key aspects of the Group's research projects.

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Continuity, change and contest: meanings of ‘humanitarian’ from the ‘Religion of Humanity’ to the Kosovo war

Publication - Research reports and studies - 10 August 2012

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Katherine Davies

This HPG working paper examines the evolving meaning of the term ‘humanitarian’, from its emergence in the mid-nineteenth century through to the end of the twentieth century.

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Protecting civilians? The interaction between international military and humanitarian actors

Publication - Research reports and studies - 3 August 2012

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Victoria Metcalfe

This HPG Working Paper explores the rationale for interaction between humanitarian organisations and international military and peacekeeping forces on the protection of civilians. It considers the risks and challenges of interaction with such forces, and highlights practical experience from the field.

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Country-specific civil–military coordination guidelines

Publication - Research reports and studies - 2 August 2012

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Victoria Metcalfe and Michelle Berg

This HPG Working Paper reviews existing country-specific humanitarian civil–military coordination guidelines, considers how they have been used to contextualise global policy and explores how they have been used in practice to support a more effective humanitarian response.

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Sanctuary in the city? Urban displacement and vulnerability in Kabul

Publication - Research reports and studies - 28 June 2012

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Victoria Metcalfe and Simone Haysom, with Ellen Martin

This study explores the phenomenon of displacement in the urban environment and the implications and challenges it poses for humanitarian action in Kabul, Afghanistan.

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Trends and challenges in humanitarian civil–military coordination

Publication - Bibliography and literature reviews - 3 May 2012

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Victoria Metcalfe, Simone Haysom and Stuart Gordon

This literature review identifies key trends emerging from the literature on civil–military coordination in conflicts and natural disasters. It deals with the interaction between international humanitarian and international or foreign military actors operating in crisis contexts, and offers some reflections on the relationship between national military actors and the international humanitarian community.

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