12 December 2024

Thematic Focus: Humanitarian Assistance

Short pieces:

2024 Deadliest Year for Aid Workers, Security Council Pressed to Ensure Justice, Protection (UN, Nov. 2024) [text]

"From Gaza to Sudan: The limits and future of humanitarian aid," The New Humanitarian, 30 Oct. 2024 [text]

"Save the Children staff report 'obvious blunders' amid restructuring," The New Humanitarian, 26 Nov. 2024 [text]

UNHCR and Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology (LIST) to launch early warning system for emergencies (UNHCR, Nov. 2024) [text]

UNHCR receives record level of early funding to support refugees and displaced people as emergencies escalate (UNHCR, Dec. 2024) [text]

Reports & journal articles:

Emergency Watchlist 2025: A World out of Balance (International Rescue Committee, Dec. 2024) [access via ReliefWeb]

Forced Migration Review, no. 74 (Nov. 2024) [open access]
- Thematic issue on "Financing displacement response." 

Guidance note for donors: Promoting inclusive and locally-led action through humanitarian pooled funds (Govts. of Denmark, Switzerland & UK, Nov. 2024) [text via ReliefWeb]

Humanitarian Campaign on a Global Scale: The International Red Cross and the 1956 Hungarian Refugees, CWIHP Working Paper, no. 99 (Wilson Center, Oct. 2024) [text]

Localisation in Humanitarian Leadership (ICVA, Oct. 2024) [access]
- Follow link for report in English and Spanish, country profiles, and recording of launch event.

The Reality of Aid Report 2023: 30 Years of Amplifying Southern Voices (Reality of Aid, Oct. 2024) [text via ReliefWeb]

"Scoping review and thematic analysis of informed consent in humanitarian emergencies," BMC Medical Ethics, 25:135 (Nov. 2024) [open access]

The State of Shelter in Conflict-affected Countries (Norwegian Refugee Council, Dec. 2024) [access]

Stronger humanitarian engagement requires local knowledge (Danish Institute for International Studies, Dec. 2024) [text]

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