21 September 2023

Thematic Focus: Humanitarian Assistance

Short pieces:

12 articles shifting the focus to local aid efforts this World Humanitarian Day (The New Humanitarian, Aug. 2023) [access]

Examining the ethics of humanitarian mediation (NCHS Blog, Aug. 2023) [text]

From Training to Deployment: Emergency Refugee Registration (UNHCR Blog, Sept. 2023) [text]

The humanitarian system on the high wire: a year on the road with The State of the Humanitarian System (ALNAP Blog, Sept. 2023) [text]

Launch of the Humanitarian Studies Centre (HSC): “Humanitarian Studies is about dignity and it is about humanity” (Bliss Blog, Sept. 2023) [text]

Navigating dilemmas in people-centric humanitarian action (Humanitarian Law & Policy Blog, Aug. 2023) [text]

"Q&A: Why it’s time to stop the aid logo ‘arms race’," The New Humanitarian, 17 Aug. 2023 [text]

Reports & journal articles:

Aid Worker Security Report 2023 - Security Training in the Humanitarian Sector: Issues of equity and effectiveness (Humanitarian Outcomes, Aug. 2023) [text]

"Community-Engagement in Research in Humanitarian Settings," Frontiers in Public Health, 17 Aug. 2023 [open access]

"Écologiser" l'emballage des articles de premiers secours: Leçons apprises des organisations humanitaires (UNHCR, Aug. 2023) [text via ReliefWeb]

"Fighting with words: humanitarian security and the changing role of law in contemporary armed conflict," Disasters, vol. 47, no. 4 (Oct. 2023) [open access]

Guidance Note: Data Responsibility and Accountability to affected people in Humanitarian Action (OCHA, Aug. 2023) [text]

Learning by Listening: The Ukraine crisis as a case study in shifting power to local humanitarian actors (Oxfam, June 2023) [text]
- See also related blog post.

"Teaching Humanitarian Action: NOHA Joint Master’s Programme at 30," Journal of International Humanitarian Action, 8:8 (Aug. 2023) [open access]

UNHCR’s Engagement in Humanitarian-Development Cooperation Post-2021: How to Stay the Course, vol. 1, EVO/2023/10 (UNHCR, July 2023) [text]
- See also related GPPI summary of findings as well as UNHCR's management response.

*Multimedia:

What is a humanitarian crisis, really? (Rethinking Humanitarianism Podcast, Sept. 2023) [access]

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