Commissioned by NRC with the support of ECHO, this review takes an in-depth look at the extent to which humanitarian organisations that receive ECHO funding have incorporated the humanitarian principles in their strategy, decision-making, and practice in Iraq.
This study investigates how the humanitarian principles and other values factor into operational decision-making and coordinated action in Afghanistan.
This ECHO-funded research explores the challenges and decisions related to negotiations, access, and coordination that organisations have pursued to uphold principled humanitarian action in Yemen.
Securing and maintaining humanitarian access is critical to the work of the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC). Increasingly, humanitarian agencies responding in complex, conflict-affected contexts recognise the benefits of coordination to promote access.
From international NGOs to UN agencies, from donors to observers of humanitarianism, opinion is unanimous: in a context of the alleged ‘clash of civilisations’, our ‘humanitarian space’ is shrinking.
This MSF report, published ahead of the 2016 World Humanitarian Summit, analyses the performance of the humanitarian system in responding to displacement emergencies in South Sudan, DRC, and Jordan.
Humanitarians operating in highly volatile environments face a wide range of institutional, operational, access, and security challenges that necessitate carefully designed responses and mitigation measures.
Background Humanitarian access refers to humanitarian actors’ ability to reach people affected by crisis, as well as, the affected population’s ability to access humanitarian assistance and services.
The Toolkit aims to continue improving understanding of counterterrorism and sanctions-related issues and equip humanitarian actors with the practical tools and guidance to navigate operating in contexts where these measures apply. First published in 2015 and updated in 2020, the 2024 v