What is killing humanitarian aid workers?
This blog considers what is killing humanitarian aid workers. Has the humanitarian enterprise got more dangerous? Is eroding trust placing humanitarians in danger?
This blog considers what is killing humanitarian aid workers. Has the humanitarian enterprise got more dangerous? Is eroding trust placing humanitarians in danger?
“Collateral damage” has been a recurring feature of the wars in Afghanistan and the Middle East for the past two decades. This blog post examines the European Court of Human Rights decision in the case of Hanan vs Germany and the impact for civilian victims.
This blog provides an overview of new data on children living in conflict zones where armed actors are reported to perpetrate sexual violence against children.
This blog reflects on the Nobel committee’s announcement of the WFP as the winner of the Nobel Peace Prize and whether food aid boosts peace.
This blog explores the challenges humanitarians face as they try to achieve operational aims such as the delivery of humanitarian aid to civilians.
As the world fixates on the novel coronavirus crisis, the Israeli government has inflicted a not so novel disaster on the Palestinians: the annexation of territories in the West Bank. This blog examines the implications of this annexation.
This blog reflects on the humanitarian catastrophe in Yemen and the challenge of donor fatigue.
The prospects of direct talks between Afghanistan’s government and the Taliban have raised cautious hopes after decades of conflict. This blog argues if there is to be durable peace, then Afghanistan’s CIA-supported paramilitary forces must also be disbanded.
Why are local communities so often targeted in South Sudan’s civil wars? How do their attackers justify violence against people defined as civilians in international law?