Rationale and methods to share information, speak out, and challenge impunity in cases of violence against humanitarian action ATHA is pleased to share a new professional Toolkit for Responding to...
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Rationale and methods to share information, speak out, and challenge impunity in cases of violence against humanitarian action ATHA is pleased to share a new professional Toolkit for Responding to...
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This guest blog comes to us from Hari Krishna Nibanupudi, a disaster resilience and climate change specialist at Safe Citizen International in Hyderabad, India. He has over two decades of experience...
If the audio player above does not load, you can listen to the podcast here. Deliberate violence against humanitarian practitioners and operations poses an increasingly critical challenge to the...
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Friday, April 7, 2017 April 7 marks World Health Day and this year the World Health Organisation is using the day to draw attention to global mental health concerns, including the devastating impact...
You can listen to the podcast here. In many of today’s frontline humanitarian environments, access is increasingly difficult to obtain and maintain, and continued engagement with non-state armed...
by Federica du Pasquier Negotiations for access are crucial for the success of humanitarian operations. They also occur in contexts of armed conflict and violence that typically entrench gender...
Executive Summary This paper presents an overview of key challenges and dilemmas faced in the protection of humanitarian action and aims to provide an initial overview of the legal, policy, and...
Yemen + 2 more
As the conflict in Yemen continues, civilian casualties are reaching alarming levels. At least 10,000 people have been killed and thousands wounded since March 2015, at a rate of thirteen civilian...
By Rob Grace and Stephen Wilkinson This preliminary report has been produced as part of a research study being conducted by the Advanced Training Program on Humanitarian Action (ATHA), based at the...
With the world focused on terrorism, conflict in Syria, Iraq, and elsewhere, it is easy to forget about the threat posed by natural disasters. Natural disasters pose as great a threat as conflict...
ISIS is committing genocide and other international crimes against the Yazidi minority in Iraq and Syria, as determined by the latest report of the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on...
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This guest blog comes to us from Jean-Martin Bauer, Brittany Card, and Alice Clough with the World Food Program (WFP) food security analysis unit. Obtaining real-time and actionable information on...
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by Rob Grace Introduction The current state of armed conflict differs greatly from when the first Geneva Convention was adopted in 1864. Indeed, the first significant “test” of the Geneva Convention...
Amidst recurring violations of international humanitarian law (IHL), strengthening compliance with these international norms is indispensable to the protection of civilians in armed conflict. While...
Afghanistan + 3 more
Since US airstrikes destroyed an Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) hospital compound in Kunduz, Afghanistan on October 3rd, killing 14 staff, the aid organization has suffered from a barrage of further...
You can listen to the podcast here. Armed conflict affects men, women, girls and boys in fundamentally different ways, often exacerbating pre-existing gender inequalities in society. In this context,...
By Kate Akkaya For full text with links, see original webpage Ethnically and religiously distinct from the majority population, the Rohingya people in Myanmar face state-sponsored discrimination, and...
This briefing note aims to support the humanitarian sector’s efforts to apply a deeper level of analytical and strategic thinking to humanitarian negotiation. Toward this end, it provides an overview...
Introduction This paper examines key challenges arising from humanitarian action in transitional settings, focusing on the context of Colombia. In many ways, Colombia is distinct from the various...
Listen to the podcast If the audio player above does not load, you can listen to the podcast here. In this episode, ATHA's Anaïde Nahikian speaks with Louise Bloom, Research Officer at the...