Amidst violent conflicts and the ever-growing and multifaceted humanitarian crises around the globe, protecting humanitarian and health workers is a prerequisite for the provision of aid and medical care to those in need.
This research paper analyses how armed groups and de facto authorities (AGDAs) behave, under what circumstances they may comply with IHL and IHRL, and how humanitarian actors may engage AGDAs for the protection and promotion of humanitarian space.
Attacks on health care represent an area of growing international concern. This article compares two separate datasets compiled using publicly-available data and identifies underreporting of attacks on health care facilities as one reason for minimal overlap of the two datasets.
This article explores the non-straightforward role of data about attacks on health in creating policy and normative change to safeguard access to healthcare and protect healthcare providers in conflict.
This paper examines why data on threats to and attacks on healthcare in conflict is important to protection, advocacy, and investigation and how it can be improved and harmonized.
This toolkit is intended to contribute to an increased understanding of the connection between counterterrorism measures and humanitarian action and highlight steps that humanitarian organisations can take and are taking to address some of the main challenges and risks associated with
This 2013 study explores existing counter-terrorism laws and policies and their impact on humanitarian work through case studies of Somalia and the occupied Palestinian territory and provides recommendations to address relevant challenges.