UN integration and humanitarian space
Victoria Metcalfe, Alison Giffen and Samir Elhawary
In this joint study HPG and the Stimson Center consider how efforts to forge greater coherence within the UN system have affected humanitarian action.
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Members of the militant Al-shabab in southern Somalia
License: Creative Commons
Credit: Hassan Mahamud Ahmed/IRIN
Source: IRINCounter-terrorism and humanitarian action
This event launches the publication of new HPG research documenting the profound effects that counter-terrorism legislation has on humanitarian action. The authors discuss how the application of counter-terrorism laws undermine humanitarian principles and erode the ability to provide assistance in a neutral and principled manner.
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Famine in Somalia
The UN has designated the situation in Somalia the most severe humanitarian crisis in the world. This crisis was foreseen - so why didn't early warning translate into early action? Samir Elhawary, HPG Research Fellow debates the issues on this Guardian podcast. -
The withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan - Interview with Mohammad Haneef Atmar
In this interview, Afghanistan's former Interior Minister discusses the consequences of the drawdown of troops from his country. -
Durum. Dissemination session to JEM (Justice and Equality Movement) combatants.
Durum. Dissemination session to JEM (Justice and Equality Movement) combatants.
License: ODI given rights
Credit: CICR/HEGER, Boris
Source: ICRCHumanitarian negotiations with armed non-state actors
This project aims to better understand how aid agencies engage with ANSAs, and how humanitarian engagement ultimately affects access to protection and assistance for vulnerable populations. It will seek to examine various issues and country case studies that illuminate this engagement in difficult political and security environments. This includes what lessons can be learned from experiences of negotiations and dialogue with ANSAs to ensure that vulnerable populations are better able to access assistance and protection. It will also explore the risks inherent to this engagement, including the moral dilemmas that often arise and the compromises that agencies make in order to gain access. -
The search for coherence: UN integrated missions and humanitarian space
The integration between aid and politics is widely seen in the humanitarian sector as a cause of contracting humanitarian space, as humanitarians lose their independence and neutrality and are associated with contested political projects. This meeting discussed these trends and the evidence for integration negatively affecting humanitarian space.
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Counter terrorism and humanitarian action
This meeting explored the extent to which the ‘criminalisation of aid’ following 9/11 has affected humanitarian space in various settings, and discuss appropriate and possible responses.
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Politicisation and securitisation of Aid: challenges to humanitarian space in Somalia
This meeting discussed key challenges affecting humanitarian space in Somalia. It has a particular focus on how humanitarian and political interventions have interacted over time and the impact this relationship is having on the acceptance of humanitarian action and the security of aid workers.
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The Humanitarian System: how does it affect humanitarian space?
This meeting assessed the nature and composition of the humanitarian system and the impacts these have on humanitarian space. It also questioned if, how and why the objectives, activities and coverage of key aid agencies (NGOs, UN and Red Cross/Red Crescent) have changed or expanded over time.
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Humanitarian Space in Sri Lanka: what lessons can be learned?
This meeting assessed the challenges humanitarian agencies have faced in Sri Lanka over the last two decades so as to inform current and future responses.
