Author: Elizabeth Minor, Advisor, Article 36 The automation of decision-making has impacts and implications in many areas of society. Increasing autonomy in weapons systems represents the most deadly...
Friedrich Ebert Stiftung (FES) Updates
Search
Refine the list with filters
Search helpList
44 national and international NGOs call for renewal and expansion of truce in Yemen [EN/AR]
With the current truce agreement set to expire on 2 October 2022, humanitarian organisations remind all parties to the conflict that the future of the people of Yemen is in their hands. As...
Joint Statement by 30 Non-Governmental Organizations Operating in Yemen on the Occasion of the 77th United Nations General Assembly - 22 September 2022
After enduring more than seven years of brutal conflict the people of Yemen have finally had the opportunity to experience what it means to feel hopeful. An unprecedented truce, now in its sixth...
Yemen: Joint INGO statement on the UN-led truce [EN/AR]
Ahead of the end of the current UN-led truce agreement on 2 August 2022, humanitarian organisations in Yemen urge all parties to the conflict to adhere to and extend the agreement to protect...
An open letter to the Government of Yemen and Ansar Allah [EN/AR]
We write to recognise and applaud the important steps you have taken to make the twomonth truce in Yemen a success. Since 2 April this year, as organisations working across Yemen, we have seen the...
Cyprus + 5 more
A systemic analysis of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on refugees, migrants and asylum seekers in Cyprus: Part II - The Survey
CORE FINDINGS The survey confirms the previous findings of this study, as related to the pandemic’s negative impacts on livelihoods, financial survival, education and personal development...
Cyprus + 1 more
A systemic analysis of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on refugees, migrants and asylum seekers in Cyprus: Part I - An Overview
The impacts from COVID-19, while felt around the world, have disproportionately affected minorities and those on the margins, including refugees, migrants and asylum seekers (RMAs). Project Phoenix,...
Nigeria + 1 more
Why Nigeria knows better how to fight corona than the US
Neoliberalism decimated African countries' public healthcare. And yet they know how to fight the coronavirus effectively By Crystal Simeoni The coronavirus disease, otherwise known as COVID-19, was...
Libya + 3 more
Migrants, Militias & the Mediterranean Sea
By Marco Funk, Policy Officer at the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung EU Office, where he is responsible for the foundation’s Brussels-based activities related to EU migration and home affairs. He previously...
A global common good : Improving financing for UN humanitarian aid
Dieter Reinhardt, June 2019 1 INTRODUCTION The scope and structures of the funding of international humanitarian organizations often provide a clearer indication of the foreign policy interests of...
Afghanistan + 1 more
"We Knew They Had No Future in Kabul": Why and How Afghan Families Decide to Leave
The increasing number of refugees and migrants arriving across Europe has led to heated debates and an increased political polarisation between pro and anti-refugee movements and parties. Afghans are...
International humanitarian agencies: Permanent Yemen ceasefire needed now to safeguard millions
Humanitarian agencies are calling on the international community to support a lasting solution that could save the lives of millions of civilians in Yemen, as the United Nations prepares to host...
Leading humanitarian agencies warn that their life-saving assistance is at risk of collapsing in Yemen [EN/AR]
After more than a month of heavy fighting in Yemen, a group of 22 major aid agencies in Yemen have warned today their life-saving assistance risk coming to an abrupt end within a week unless land,...
Afghanistan's Region: 2014 & Beyond
Joint Declaration on regional Peace and Stability abstract The future of afghanistan is intertwined with the future of the region - a secure afghanistan is crucial to establishing a secure region. as...
Minding the gap: approaches and challenges to robust civilian protection
Introduction Protection of civilians from mass atrocity crimes has emerged as a prominent field of international action. Humanitarian actors and development workers have been and remain at the...
Afghanistan + 4 more
Enmity into Amity: How Peace Breaks Out
Author: Charles A. Kupchan, Whitney Shepardson Senior Fellow April 2011 Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung Introduction Scholars, policy analysts, and journalists love to write about war. Books about armed...
Exposed: The Human Rights of the Poor in a Changing Global Climate
This paper was commissioned in order to advise Independent Expert on extreme poverty and human rights on impacts of global climate change on her mandate. It seeks to identify the particular effects...
Sierra Leone + 1 more
Does the UN Peacebuilding Commission change the mode of peacebuilding in Africa?
SEVERINE M. RUGUMAMU 1 Introduction In December 2005, the United Nations created a high-profile Peacebuilding Commission (PBC) to serve as a dedicated institutional mechanism to fill the gap in the...
The Future of Peacekeeping Operations: Fighting Political Fatigue and Overstretch
This paper argues that international peacekeeping has been weakened by a lack of trust among governments and institutions. This lack of trust inhibits missions from developing effective political...
The Evolution of UN Peacekeeping (1): Hybrid Missions
The planned UN-AU hybrid peacekeeping operation in Darfur (UNAMID) will be the largest UN peacekeeping operation ever. Whereas UNAMID's success will largely depend on the political circumstances on...