Abstract: International volunteerism is growing amongst healthcare workers. Although there are ethical principles governing medical volunteering, errors do occur and may in fact be increased in this...
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Peace of Mind, Health of Body: Why the Correlation of Food Security, Physical Health, and Mental Wellbeing Holds Important Implications for Humanitarian Actors
ABSTRACT: Over 800 million people in 70 countries are classified as “food insecure.” Much humanitarian emphasis focuses on the negative physical consequences of food insecurity, neglecting its...
One step forward, two steps back? Humanitarian Challenges and Dilemmas in Crisis Settings
ABSTRACT: With the end of the Cold War, both the concept and practice of humanitarian action have significantly changed. The emergence of the so-called ‘complex humanitarian crises’ made it clear...
Inter-Agency Working and Co-operation: Learning from Collaboration in the Humanitarian and Security Sector Space
Abstract Any discussion about an increase in inter-agency working particularly within the wider humanitarian aid and security sectors raise questions about the need for more collaboration. One key...
World + 1 more
The Case for Strengthening Protection Frameworks in ‘Other Situations of Violence’
Abstract: This research paper explores the challenges of applying current legal protection frameworks, including international humanitarian law and international human rights law, to the changing...
Why Humanitarian Aid Became Professional: the experience of MSF
Abstract Providing aid to people in crisis is never enough—it must meet their most urgent needs and be grounded in sound science. Aid agencies have a responsibility to determine the effectiveness of...
"No patients, no problems": Exposure to risk of medical personnel working in MSF projects in Yemen's governorate of Amran
ABSTRACT The paper explores the security incidents affecting medical humanitarian work in Yemen and the ways MSF as well as other health practitioners try to securitize their staff, facilities,...
DR Congo + 3 more
Without Precedent or Prejudice? UNSC Resolution 2098 and its potential implications for humanitarian space in Eastern Congo and beyond
In 2013, a climate of insecurity persists in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), despite the presence of the United Nations’ (UN) largest peacekeeping mission, MONUSCO.[i] DRC’s...
Losing Principles in the Search for Coherence? A Field-Based Viewpoint on the EU and Humanitarian Aid
INTRODUCTION With the international intervention in Mali in 2013, humanitarians once again face the challenge of finding an independent space in which to provide assistance. Here, political,...
Improving Humanitarian Coordination: Common Challenges and Lessons Learned from the Cluster Approach
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY In the past decade the humanitarian system has had to respond to natural disasters and complex emergencies of increasing severity. In 2005, as an attempt to increase coordination...
Humanitarian Aid: Are Effectiveness and Sustainability Impossible Dreams?
INTRODUCTION Humanitarian aid represents a commitment to support vulnerable host populations that have experienced a sudden emergency, requiring ongoing assistance to maintain or improve their...
Blurring of Lines in Complex Emergencies: Consequences for the Humanitarian Community
Introduction In May 2012, a Pakistani doctor was sentenced by his government for carrying on a fake vaccination campaign that helped the US government identify and kill Osama bin Laden. A few weeks...
Food aid and dependency syndrome in Ethiopia: Local perceptions
Introduction Long-term provision of aid to people in need of assistance has been associated with fear of creating a dependency syndrome. The primary concerns are that beneficiaries will lose the...
Money to burn? Comparing the costs and benefits of drought responses in pastoralist areas of Ethiopia
Published April 24, 2012 By Andy Catley and Adrian Cullis A simple economic model was used to compare the aid costs of two approaches to supporting pastoralist households during drought in Ethiopia...
Humanitarian State Building: The Experience of Steering Committees in Southern Lebanon
By Giulio Di Blasi Introduction Following the demise of the Washington Consensus, which was insisting on the need of freeing markets in order to achieve sustainable growth, politics and the state...
The Politicisation of Humanitarian Assistance: Refugee and IDP Policy in Bosnia and Herzegovina
By Huma Haider Introduction Forced migration and displacement is a profound injustice. It undermines human dignity and security and eliminates choice about where and how people want to live. An...
A Safe Place to Call Home: Securing the Right of Rwandan Genocide Survivors to Resettlement Outside Rwanda
By the JHA Editors and Noamschimmel Published April 4th, 2010 Keywords: asylum, genocide, human rights, justice, refugees, restorative, Rwanda "If I were not stopped short by poverty, I would travel...
Colombia + 1 more
Commitment and Implementation Gap in Managing the Internal Displacement Crisis: Case Studies of Colombia and Liberia
By Ritendra Tamang and Ramjee Parajulee Introduction Population displacement resulting from armed conflict is not a new phenomenon. However, human displacement became a global crisis in the 20th...
Why was there still malnutrition in Ethiopia in 2008? Causes and humanitarian accountability
By Alvaro Mellado Dominguez This article is the product of my personal reflection and research after working in a malnutrition crisis in Ethiopia in 2008. I came back to the university directly from...
Why was there still malnutrition in Ethiopia in 2008? Causes and humanitarian accountability
By Alvaro Mellado Dominguez This article is the product of my personal reflection and research after working in a malnutrition crisis in Ethiopia in 2008. I came back to the university directly from...