Safety & Security
Introduction
This page brings together the most relevant information on aid worker safety and security from ReliefWeb's extensive collection of humanitarian content. The two main columns show substantive reports such as safety manuals and guidelines, statistical reports on security incidents involving aid workers, and analysis of the implications of engaging with private security providers and the role of peacekeepers in humanitarian interventions.
Must Read
Afghanistan + 2 more
Adding salt to the wound: The experience of MSF frontline workers providing impartial healthcare in counter-terrorism environments
Monday, October 18, 2021 — Twenty years after the start of the so called ‘global War on Terror’ in the wake of 9/11, the medical humanitarian organisation Médecins sans Frontières / Doctors without...
World + 16 more
Safeguarding Healthcare in Conflict: No respite - Violence against Health Care in Conflict - 2020
The Safeguarding Health in Conflict Coalition (SHCC) has identified 806 reported incidents of violence against or obstruction of health care in 43 countries and territories experiencing conflict in...
World + 18 more
No respite: Violence against Health Care in Conflict
Today, the Safeguarding Health in Conflict Coalition released its eighth annual report, documenting the global incidence of attacks and threats against health workers, facilities, and transport...
News
World + 18 more
Urban Warfare Devastates 50 Million People Worldwide, Speakers Tell Security Council, Calling for Effective Tools to End Impunity, Improve Humanitarian Response
SECURITY COUNCIL 8953RD MEETING (AM) SC/14775 Speakers Suggest Ways for Better Protecting Civilians, as Debate Spotlights Attacks in Populated Areas of Yemen, Ukraine Urban warfare will continue to...
World + 18 more
La guerre dans les villes: le Conseil de sécurité débat des moyens de protéger les 50 millions de civils urbains menacés par les conflits
CS/14775 Face à des conflits armés qui se déroulent de plus en plus souvent dans des zones urbaines, et qui ont des conséquences humanitaires dévastatrices pour 50 millions de civils, le Secrétaire...
Six months on, still no responsibility established for the killing of María, Tedros and Yohannes in Tigray [EN/AR]
Six months after the murder of our three colleagues María, Tedros and Yohannes, the full circumstances of, and responsibility for, their killing remains unclear. On 24 June 2021, 35-year-old María...
Evaluation & Lessons Learned
Syria + 3 more
Syria Regional Crisis Emergency Appeal Progress Report for the reporting period 1 january – 30 june 2021
Executive summary During the first half of 2021, an estimated 438,000 Palestine refugees in Syria, 28,017 Palestinian refugees from Syria (PRS) in Lebanon and 18,164 PRS in Jordan entered a more...
Child Protection Sub-Sector, North East Nigeria: Mid-Year Review Report, August 2021
The well-being of children is threatened by multiple protection risks such as child marriage, family separation, physical and sexual violence, psychosocial distress, use and recruitment by non-state...
Nigeria Child Protection Sub-Sector: Quarterly Report, January - March 2021
Introduction This report covers the period of January – March 2021 and includes the implementation of child protection activities carried within but not limited to the COVID-19 context. The report...
Maps and Infographics
Latest Updates
Burundi + 11 more
East and Horn of Africa, and the Great Lakes Region Operational Update (October – December 2021)
KEY Figure 1 FIGURES (AS OF 31 DECEMBER 2021) 4.93M Refugees and Asylum-seekers 12.37M Internally Displaced Persons 337,522 Refugee Returnees in 2021 OPERATIONAL ENVIRONMENT The East and Horn of...
The situation in Afghanistan and its implications for international peace and security - Report of the Secretary-General (A/76/667–S/2022/64) [EN/AR/RU/ZH]
I. Introduction 1. The present report is submitted pursuant to General Assembly resolution 68/11 and Security Council resolution 2596 (2021), in which the Secretary-General was requested to submit a...
51 personnes condamnées en RDC pour le meurtre de 2 experts de l'ONU : l’ONU rappelle son opposition à la peine de mort
L'ONU a pris note mardi de la condamnation de 51 personnes pour le meurtre de deux experts de l'ONU en République démocratique du Congo (RDC) en 2017 mais a rappelé son opposition à la peine de mort. ...