REPORTED INCIDENTS AND MOST COMMONLY REPORTED CONCERNS 41 REPORTED INCIDENTS 29 HEALTH WORKERS KIDNAPPED OVERVIEW The Safeguarding Health in Conflict Coalition (SHCC) identified 41 incidents of...
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.
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Mali: Violence Against Health Care in Conflict 2023
Protection in Danger r in the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt) Monthly News Brief - July 2024
Insecurity Insight identified 1168 incidents that took place at refugee camps in the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt) between 07 October 2023 and 30 June 2024. * In the Gaza Strip, where 836...
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Aid Worker Security Report 2024 - Figures at a glance
In 2023, more aid workers died by violence than in any previous year on record, with 280 fatalities reported in 33 countries. More than half of these deaths (163) were aid workers killed in the first...
News
Attacks on Health Care in Lebanon: 13-26 November 2024
Insecurity Insight identified 305 incidents of violence against or obstruction of health care in Lebanon between 08 October 2023 and 18 November 2024. In these incidents, at least 241 health workers...
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2024 Deadliest Year for Aid Workers, Security Council Pressed to Ensure Justice, Protection
9795th Meeting (AM) SC/15912 UN Security, Safety Chief Asks Council to Address His 'Biggest Concern’ — Lack of Accountability for Killing UN, Aid Personnel As 2024 becomes the deadliest year for...
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Muhannad Hadi, Deputy Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, Briefing to the Security Council on the Situation in the Middle East (25 November 2024)
[As delivered] Madam President, Members of the Security Council, At the outset I would like to convey the apologies of Special Coordinator Wennesland, who asked me to deliver these remarks on his...
Evaluation & Lessons Learned
IASC Task Force 3 on Preserving Humanitarian Space (BAI and COTER): Final Mandate Report, January 2022 to May 2024
Co-Chairs: Ms. Emma O’Leary, Head of Humanitarian Policy Unit, (NRC), Mr. Aurelien Buffler, Chief of the Policy Advice and Planning Section, (OCHA) Objectives: 1) Mitigating the Impact of...
Afghanistan Humanitarian Response Impact Analysis 2021 - 2024 (October 2024)
HUMANITARIAN RESPONSE IMPACT ANALYSIS Afghanistan has received approximately US$6.7 billion in humanitarian funding since the Taliban takeover on 15 August 2021, with resources peaking at nearly $3.3...
Afghanistan 2024 Humanitarian Needs and Response Plan: Mid-year Response Gap Analysis of Financing, Achievements and Response Challenges (January - June 2024)
About This analysis is based on information from the Afghanistan Inter-Cluster Coordination Team (ICCT) and examines the humanitarian response over the first half of 2024 (January to June), looking...
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Project HOPE: Humanitarian Crisis in Gaza Report #11 (December 05, 2024)
Since the onset of the crisis, Project HOPE has been on the ground in Gaza delivering lifesaving medical assistance, nutritional support, and essential supplies to those most in need. Despite intense...
GOAL, with 800+ staff and major aid footprint in NW Syria is tracking ramifications of regime collapse and ensuring staff safety, whilst also working to ensure continuity of aid operations
(Sunday 8th Dec) GOAL has been one of the leading humanitarian actors in northwest Syria since 2012 and delivers aid to over two million people every year, primarily in Idlib and Aleppo Governorate...
UNHCR Afghanistan Women and Girls Factsheet - October 2024
Background Since the Taliban takeover in August 2021, the country’s 21.4 million women and girls have faced a systematic erosion of their fundamental human rights, including social, economic, and...