Thematic Focus: Humanitarian Assistance

Opportunity:

Webinar: Cross-border Legal Aid Interventions in Humanitarian Contexts: Sharing Good Cross-Border Practices, 20 November 2024 [info]

- See related concept note.

Short pieces:

"Humanitarians: Stop using fear of migration to drive fundraising and advocacy," The New Humanitarian, 15 Oct. 2024 [text]

Prioritising health in humanitarian work: the need for comprehensive and inclusive research [text]

Protecting essential service personnel is a vital part of humanitarian action (Humanitarian Law & Policy Blog, Oct. 2024) [text]

Redefining leadership in humanitarian action between Global North and Global South (Humanitarian Practice Network, Oct. 2024) [text]

"What lies ahead for the UN’s new relief chief," The New Humanitarian, 11 Oct. 2024 [text]

New open access book:

Forced Migration and Humanitarian Action: Operational Challenges and Solutions for Supporting People on the Move (Routledge, Oct. 2024) [open access]

- "This book investigates how the evolving situation of different forced migrants is accounted for and addressed in humanitarian action in order to improve their access to support and assistance. Bringing together case studies from Africa, Asia, Europe, and the Pacific, this book focuses on a diversity of operational modalities and types of assistance provided by both traditional and non-traditional humanitarian actors to address the specific needs of displaced children, women, people with disabilities and older people, as well as trafficked migrant workers. This book adopts a broad perspective on humanitarian action, acknowledging how its boundaries are challenged and expanded in forced migration contexts. Its operational and theoretical insights will be useful for a range of readers, from humanitarian and migration researchers and students to practitioners and policymakers."

Reports:

*Beyond the Numbers: Balancing Innovation, Ethics, and Impact (ALNAP, Oct. 2024) [text via ReliefWeb]

The Broken Lens: Antimicrobial Resistance in Humanitarian Settings (Médecins Sans Frontières, Nov. 2024) [text via ReliefWeb]

Falling short? Humanitarian funding and reform (Development Initiatives, Oct. 2024) [text]

- See also related article in The New Humanitarian.

Neutrality, Access, and Making Localisation Work (Global Interagency Security Forum, Nov. 2024) [text via ReliefWeb]

*Roadmaps for Energy Access in Displacement Settings (READS) Programme (UNITAR) [access]

- Follow link for reports and other information about the project.

Strengthening Legal Aid and Access to Justice in Humanitarian Settings: A compilation of learning on relevant strategies and effective practices (Global Protection Cluster, Nov. 2024) [text]

Journal articles:

"Hunger in global war economies: understanding the decline and return of famines," Disasters, Early View, 15 Oct. 2024 [open access]

Journal of Humanitarian Affairs, vol. 5, no. 3 (Oct. 2024) [open access]

- Mix of articles.

*"Qualitative versus quantitative impact communications in humanitarian appeals: Findings from a field experiment," Economics Letters, vol. 243 (Oct. 2024) [open access]

"Understanding leadership challenges faced by humanitarian aid workers: insights from the experiences of NNPHL training participants," Journal of International Humanitarian Action, 9:15 (Oct. 2024) [open access]

*UPDATED

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: Humanitarian Assistance (7 Oct. 2024)

Thematic Focus: Humanitarian Assistance

Opportunity:

CFP: Yearbook of International Humanitarian Law [info]

- Contributions sought on the theme of "Humanitarian Actors." Submit abstracts by 15 June 2023.

Short pieces:

Coherent, coordinated and quality emergency training for UNHCR staff (UNHCR Blog, May 2023) [text]

Humanitarian aid as performance? (QEH Blog, May 2023) [text]

"Seeking Answers Among the Ashes of Refugee Camp Fires," Maryland Today, 2 May 2023 [text]

"Who helps the helpers? Earthquakes put spotlight on aid workers’ needs," The New Humanitarian, 4 May 2023 [text]

"Why Ukraine is moving the needle on old debates about humanitarian neutrality," The New Humanitarian, 16 May 2023 [text]

Reports:

Emergency Handbook (UNHCR, updated May 2023) [access]

- Follow link for a revised and re-structured resource.

Enabling Dignified Humanitarian Assistance Through Safe Data Sharing: Landscape Mapping (IFRC, 2023) [access]

- Follow link for overview report and four use case studies.

Information Landscape Dataset: Methodology guidance on the analysis and information events and trends in humanitarian settings (ACAPS & Internews Network, May 2023) [text via ReliefWeb]

Localising Humanitarian Action: Case Studies from Uganda, Kenya, the Philippines, and India (U-Learn, May 2023) [text via ReliefWeb]

The world's most neglected displacement crises in 2022 (NRC, June 2023) [access]

- Follow link for report in English and French.

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: Humanitarian Assistance (26 April 2023)

Regional Focus: Asia Pacific

Blog posts & press:

Bangladesh: Rampant Police Abuse of Rohingya Refugees (Human Rights Watch, Jan. 2023) [text]

"Myanmar Reportedly Jailed Malaysia-bound Rohingya Refugees for Traveling 'Without Official Documents'," VOA News, 13 Jan. 2023 [text]

Refugees and neutral territories: Hong Kong and Macau during World War II (Refugee History Blog, Jan. 2022) [text]

Rescued at sea, why do Rohingya refugees end up in Sri Lankan detention centers? (Global Voices, Jan. 2023) [text]

The Rohingya Crisis: Indonesia’s Immigration Issue (Raisina Debates, Jan. 2023) [text]

UNHCR seeks comprehensive regional response to address rise in deadly South-East Asia sea journeys (UNHCR, Jan. 2023) [text]

- Includes link to this flash update on "Protection at Sea in South-East Asia: 2022 in Review."

Reports & journal articles:

"Contested Identity and Prejudice Against Co-Ethnic Refugees: Evidence from South Korea," Political Research Quarterly, OnlineFirst, 3 Dec. 2022 [preprint]

"The Creeping Cruelty of Australian Crimmigration Law," Sydney Law Review, vol. 44, no. 3 (2022) [full-text]

"The 'good refugee' ideal: How discourses of deservingness permeate Australia's refugee and asylum seeker narratives," Australian Journal of Social Issues, Early View, 18 Jan. 2023 [open access]

"Immigration Amnesties in Australia: Lessons for Law Reform from Past Campaigns," Sydney Law Review, vol. 44, no. 3 (2022) [full-text]

In the Holy Land: The Lives and Activities of Tibetan Refugees in India - Part I (Refugees in Towns, Jan. 2023) [text]

"The Politics of Statelessness, Refugeehood and Humanitarianism of the Rohingyas," Frontiers in Human Dynamics, 11 Jan. 2023 [open access]

- Focuses on India.

"Protracted displacement, local economies and protection: communities and ethnic armed organisations in Myanmar," Humanitarian Exchange, no. 82 (Jan. 2023) [full-text]

"Waiting for Papers: Paperwork, Migration, and the Uncertainty of Tibetan Refugees in India," International Journal of South Asian Studies, vol. 13 (2023) [full-text]

Resource:

Legal Information Sheets for Afghans (Amera, PILnet, APRRN & APNOR) [access]

- Country-specific "information for people seeking legal help who are impacted by the crisis in Afghanistan." Sheets are available in English and Dari for France, India, Ireland, Italy, the UK and US. 

Related post:

- Regional Focus: Asia Pacific (9 Jan. 2023)

Regional Focus: Africa

Blog posts & press:

"Access denied: I went to Rwanda to talk firsthand to refugees … and the state wouldn’t let me," The Guardian, 17 Aug. 2022 [text]

The Enrolment of Gambian CSOs in the Externalisation of Europe’s Border to The Gambia (Border Criminologies Blog, July 2022) [text]

Nowhere to run: the plight of Eritrean refugees in Ethiopia (The Conversation, Aug. 2022) [text]

"'A playground for colonial forces': Unpacking the anti-UN protests in DR Congo," The New Humanitarian, 23 Aug. 2022 [text]

REF conference 2022: towards greater inclusion and protection for migrants and forcibly displaced persons (REF News, July 2022) [access]

- "On 9th and 10th June 2022, the Research and Evidence Facility (REF) of the EU Trust Fund for Africa in the Horn of Africa convened its second international conference around the theme ‘Migrants and Forcibly Displaced Persons: Towards Greater Inclusion and Protection’."

"UN Agencies: Severe Hunger Sliding Toward Famine in Horn of Africa," VOA News, 23 Aug. 2022 [text]

"Why humanitarians should stop hiding behind impartiality," The New Humanitarian, 22 Aug. 2022 [text]

- Focuses on South Sudan.

Reports & journal articles:

"Beyond ‘Just Comes’ and ‘Know-It-Alls’: Exploring Strategies to Deal with Returnee Stigmas During Diaspora Return Visits for Knowledge Transfer," Journal of International Migration and Integration, Latest Articles, 16 Aug. 2022 [open access]

- Draws on interviews with stakeholders in Ethiopia, Sierra Leone and Somaliland.

"Cash-like vouchers improve psychological well-being of vulnerable and displaced persons fleeing armed conflict," PNAS Nexus, vol. 1, no. 3 (July 2022) [open access]

- Focuses on the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Interactions between local communities and transiting migrants in Djibouti (Mixed Migration Centre, Aug. 2022) [text]

Interactions between local communities and transiting migrants in Hargeisa (Mixed Migration Centre, Aug. 2022) [text]

Refugee and Migrant Experiences in Gaborone City: Government Policies on Education and Employment (Refugees in Towns, July 2022) [text]

Rwanda: COI Compilation, Asylum System (Asylos, Aug. 2022) [text]

The Village Health Worker Partnership in Borno State and What It Means for Humanitarian Localization in Nigeria, Learning Brief (Women's Refugee Commission, July 2022) [text]

Related post:

- Regional Focus: Africa (8 Aug. 2022)

Thematic Focus: Humanitarian Assistance

Blog posts & press:

Neutrality: principle or tool? (HPN Blog, Aug. 2021) [text]

"The push to anticipate crises gains steam," The New Humanitarian, 13 Sept. 2021 [text]

"Racism doesn’t just exist within aid. It’s the structure the sector is built on," The Guardian, 31 Aug. 2021 [text]

Will having so many disasters happening at the same time affect donations? We asked an expert (The Conversation, Sept. 2021) [text]

See also: More humanitarian-related blog posts can be found in IHSA's weekly round-ups.

Reports & journal articles:

Advancing peace in complex crises (Mercy Corps, July 2021) [text via ReliefWeb]

Aid in the Context of Conflict, Fragility, and the Climate Emergency: The Reality of Aid 2020/2021 Report (The Reality of Aid Project, Aug. 2021) [text via ReliefWeb] 

Deciding when and how to link humanitarian assistance and social protection: guidance and tools for response analysis (SPACE, June 2021) [text via ReliefWeb]

"Defining a humanitarian shelter and settlements research agenda," International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, vol. 52 (Jan. 2021) [open access]

Guidance on the Nexus: Delivering Nexus Mechanisms through the Community Protection Approach, Policy Brief, no. 1 (WeWorld, Sept. 2021) [text via ReliefWeb]

*Humanitarian Diplomacy: Assessing Policies, Practices and Impact of New Forms of Humanitarian Action and Foreign Policy (Chr. Michelsen Institute) [access]

- Follow link to access two new working papers that focus on the concept of "Leave No One Behind."

"An integrated multi-stage fuzzy inference performance measurement scheme in humanitarian relief operations," International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, vol. 61 (July 2021) [ResearchGate]

Mindful Sheltering: Recognising and Enhancing the Impact of Humanitarian Shelter and Settlements on Mental Health and Psychosocial Well-Being (Oxford Brookes University & CARE, Sept. 2021) [text via ReliefWeb]

Minimum Standards for Camp Management, 2021 ed. (CCCM Cluster, Aug. 2021) [text]

Overcoming barriers to coordinating across social protection and humanitarian assistance: building on promising practices (SPACE, June 2021) [text via ReliefWeb]

Protection Analytical Framework (Protection Cluster, Aug. 2021) [text]

Research on the specific risks or constraints associated with data sharing with donors for reporting purposes in humanitarian operations (Global Public Policy Institute, Sept. 2021) [text via ReliefWeb]

Six tips for humanitarians working with interpreters on sensitive topics (Oxfam & Translators without Borders, Aug. 2021) [access via ReliefWeb]

- Follow link for English and Arabic versions; French and Spanish versions are available separately.

Understanding factors to evaluation uptake: A user centered approach to adapting evaluations and learnings (International Rescue Committee, Aug. 2021) [text via ReliefWeb]

*UPDATED

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: Humanitarian Assistance (10 Aug. 2021)

Regional Focus: Asia

Opportunities:

*Job announcement: Project Officer, Hong Kong, PILnet [info]

- Apply by 6 September 2021.

Call for proposals: Establishing research chairs on forced displacement in South and Southeast Asia, and Central and South America [info]

- The submission deadline is 30 September 2021.

Journal articles:

"Access to Non-Communicable Disease (NCD) Services among Urban Refugees and Asylum Seekers, Relative to the Thai Population, 2019: A Case Study in Bangkok, Thailand," Risk Management and Healthcare Policy, vol. 14 (Aug. 2021) [open access]

"Influence of Housing Resettlement on the Subjective Well-Being of Disaster-Forced Migrants: An Empirical Study in Yancheng City," Sustainability, vol. 13, no. 15 (July 2021) [open access]

"Relocation and dislocation: civilian, refugee, and military movement as factors in the disintegration of postwar China, 1945-49," Itinerario (Forthcoming, 2021) [postprint]

"Renegotiating Identity and Agency in Everyday Oppression: Experiences of Forced Migrant Youth in Malaysia," Social Sciences, vol. 10, no. 8 (Aug. 2021) [open access]

Focus on Afghans:

Afghanistan: Humanitarian impact and trends analysis (ACAPS, Aug. 2021) [text via ReliefWeb]

Afghanistan: Joint Operating Principles - Ensuring the Delivery of Principled Humanitarian Assistance (OCHA, revised Aug. 2021) [text]

Afghanistan: what responsibility do other nations have towards people fleeing the Taliban? (The Conversation, Aug. 2021) [text]

*Confronting the Crisis in Afghanistan: Eight Priorities for the International Community (World Refugee & Migration Council, Aug. 2021) [text]

Europe: Lead Efforts to Protect At-Risk Afghans (Human Rights Watch, Aug. 2021) [text]

The Humanitarian and Policy Challenges of U.S. Sanctions on the Taliban: Avoidable consequences for Afghan civilians (Just Security Blog, Aug. 2021) [text]

Humanitarian Crisis in Afghanistan: How Could Europe Respond to Growing Displacement?, 24 Aug. 2021 [access]

- Follow link for audio & video recordings.

"I hope the focus on Afghanistan will continue. UNHCR is here for the long run" (UNHCR, Aug. 2021) [text]

*"'Unprecedented' numbers crossing from Afghanistan to Pakistan," The Guardian, 27 Aug. 2021 [text]

*Where do Afghanistan’s refugees go? (The Conversation, Aug. 2021) [text]

Focus on Rohingya:

Bangladesh: Fleeing Rohingya Die at Sea (Human Rights Watch, Aug. 2021) [text]

Briefing Note: Humanitarian priorities in post-coup Myanmar (Asia Displacement Solution Platform, June 2021) [text]

"Choosing sides: Five local takes on aid neutrality in Myanmar," The New Humanitarian, 25 Aug. 2021 [text]

"Effectiveness of waste plastic bottles as construction material in Rohingya displacement camps," Cleaner Engineering and Technology, vol. 3 (2021) [open access]

Four years on, Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh are losing hope (ODI Insights, Aug. 2021) [text]

Left Adrift at Sea: Dangerous Journeys of Refugees Across the Bay of Bengal and Andaman Sea - January 2020--June 2021 (UNHCR, Aug. 2021) [text via ReliefWeb]

"The Rohingya: A humanitarian emergency decades in the making," The New Humanitarian, 25 Aug. 2021 [text]

*UPDATED

Related posts:

- Round-up: Humanitarian Crisis in Afghanistan (22 Aug. 2021)

- Regional Focus: Asia Pacific (16 Aug. 2021)

Thematic Focus: Humanitarian Assistance

Opportunities:

Speaker event: Ethics & Corruption in Humanitarian Operations, 6 October 2020 [info]

Speak event: Is Unrestricted Cash and Voucher Assistance in Humanitarian Response a Radical Act?, 20 October 2020

- A registration link is not yet available, but will eventually be shared via IIHA's Twitter feed.

Blog posts & press:

"Change in the humanitarian sector, in numbers," The New Humanitarian, 9 Sept. 2020 [text]

- "A deep dive into 25 years of data." See also related Twitter thread.

"Look back and learn: Notable humanitarians who took sides," The New Humanitarian, 22 Sept. 2020 [text]

UNHCR and some 100 NGOs urge world not to leave refugees behind in COVID-19 responses (UNHCR, Sept. 2020) [text]

- This call came "as part of the annual consultations between UNHCR and NGOs, co-hosted by UNHCR and the International Council of Voluntary Agencies (ICVA), that were held from 28 to 30 September." The theme as "Responding to Pandemics." Note: No info on the consultations is available yet on UNHCR's web site.

Why the Syria crisis shows us the Triple Nexus is a myth (ALNAP Blog, Sept. 2020) [text]

More humanitarian-related blog posts can be found in IHSA's weekly round-up.

Reports & journal articles:

Cash and voucher assistance for adolescents: An evidence review of how cash and voucher assistance can achieve outcomes for adolescents in humanitarian settings (Plan International & Women's Refugee Commission, Oct. 2020) [text via ReliefWeb]

Consequences of Underfunding in 2020 (UNHCR, Sept. 2020) [access]

- Follow link for companion site and link to full report. See also related press release.

Covid-19 and Fragile Contexts: Reviving Multilateralism’s Promise to “Leave No One Behind" (International Rescue Committee, Sept. 2020) [text]

Global Humanitarian Response Plan COVID-19 Progress Report, 2nd (OCHA, Aug. 2020) [text]

Humanitarian Assistance in the Asia-Pacific during COVID-19, NTS Insight, no. IN20-06

(Nanyang Technological Univ., Aug. 2020) [text via ReliefWeb]

The Humanitarian-Development-Peace Nexus: Towards Differentiated Configurations (UN Research Institute for Social Development, Sept. 2020) [text via ReliefWeb]

"The ICRC’s Changing Role In International Humanitarianism," Brown Journal of World Affairs, vol. 26, no. 2 (2020) [full-text]

"Localisation Across the Humanitarian-Development-Peace Nexus," Journal of Peacebuilding & Development, vol. 15, no. 2 (2020) [open access]

- Part of special issue on "Crisis and Conflict in the Muslim World: Localisation of Responses." See also related editorial.

The State of the Humanitarian System, Fifth Edition 2018-2021: Inception Report (ALNAP, Sept. 2020) [text]

- "This is the inception report outlining the aims; scope; research approach, methods and framework; and research components for the fifth edition of The State of the Humanitarian System report."

Multimedia:

From Camps to Streets: Adapting Humanitarian Operations for Urban Areas, 22 Sept. 2020 [access}

- Follow link for video recording.

The relationship between peace operations and humanitarian assistance: enabling or harmful?, 9 Sept. 2020 [access]

- Follow link for video recording.

See also the Global Protection Cluster's "Global Protection Forum" page for videos of recently held webinars and other events.

Related posts:

- News: New Reference Sources on Humanitarian Assistance (20 Sept. 2020)

- Thematic Focus: Humanitarian Assistance - Pt. 1 (29 Aug. 2020)

- Thematic Focus: Humanitarian Assistance - Pt. 2 (29 Aug. 2020)

Thematic Focus: Humanitarian Assistance - Pt. 2

Reports & journal articles:

Aid Worker Security Report 2020: Contending with Threats to Humanitarian Health Workers in the Age of Epidemics (Humanitarian Outcomes, August 2020) [text]
- See also related statistical analysis of data trends and figures at a glance.

"A Call for Critical Reflection on the Localisation Agenda in Humanitarian Action," Third World Quarterly, vol. 41, no. 2 (2020) [abstract]

*Cash and Voucher Assistance for Protection: Taking Stock of Cash and Voucher Assistance to Achieve Protection Outcomes in the Protection Sector in Humanitarian Settings (Global Protection Cluster, Aug. 2020) [text via ReliefWeb]

Global Protection Cluster: Advocacy Scoping Study (ODI, July 2020) [text]

"How Important is Neutrality in Providing Humanitarian Assistance?," E-International Relations, 18 Aug. 2020 [text]

Integrating Humanitarian Response with Social Protection Systems: Limits and Opportunities (Institute of Development Studies, Aug. 2020) [text via ReliefWeb]

Making the Maritime Visible: Rethinking Humanitarianism at Sea (Rethinking Refuge, Aug. 2020) [text]

"The Rhetoric and Reality of Localisation: Refugee-Led Organisations in Humanitarian Governance," Journal of Development Studies, Latest Articles, 24 Aug. 2020 [open access]

The State of the Humanitarian System: Annual Report 2019–2020 (ALNAP, July 2020) [text]

The State of the World’s Cash 2020: Cash Voucher and Assistance in Humanitarian Aid (Cash Learning Partnership, July 2020) [text via ReliefWeb]

*The Triple Nexus: Questions and Answers on Integrating Humanitarian, Development and Peace Actions in Protracted Crises (We World GVC, Aug. 2020) [text via ReliefWeb]

*UPDATED

Related post:
- Thematic Focus: Humanitarian Assistance - Pt. 1 (29 Aug. 2020)

Thematic Focus: Humanitarian Assistance - Pt. 1

Opportunities:

Survey: Racism in the Aid Sector [info]

Conference: ALNAP 33rd Annual Meeting [info]
- Theme is "Facing the Unknown: Managing uncertainty in humanitarian action." A call for ideas to help shape the annual meeting has been issued; submit feedback by 11 September 2020. For the meeting itself, a Virtual Curtain-Raiser will take place 18-19 November 2020 and an in-person component will be held in mid-2021. Registration deadline for both is 18 September 2020.

Blog posts & press:

"Bearing Witness Inside MSF," The New Humanitarian, 18 Aug. 2020 [text]

Fighting Racism and Decolonizing Humanitarian Studies: Toward Mindful Scholarship (PRIO Blog, Aug. 2020) [text]

The Humanitarian Global Colour Line (ALNAP Blog, July 2020) [text]

Humanitarians are not Heroes: Ideas to Counter the Narrative of World Humanitarian Day [text]

Management at MSF (CRASH Blog, 2020) [Part 1] [Part 2]

We Need to Talk about Principles (ALNAP Blog, July 2020) [text]

World Humanitarian Day 2020, 19 Aug. 2020
- OCHA briefing
- UN news story
- UNHCR news story
- Routledge discount on Humanitarian Studies series

World Humanitarian Day 2020: Confronting Systemic Inequality in the Sector (ODI Blog, Aug. 2020) [text]

"You Don't Have to be Neutral to be a Good Humanitarian," The New Humanitarian, 27 Aug. 2020 [text]

More humanitarian-related blog posts can be found in IHSA's weekly round-ups.

Multimedia:

Decolonising Aid Webinar Series (Intersectional Feminist Foreign Policy and Adeso)
- Video recordings of the first two webinars in this series are available here: Part 1 and Part 2.

Emancipating the Humanitarian System in Africa: A Conversation with Degan Ali, 25 Aug. 2020 [access]
- Follow link for podcast.

Related post:
- Thematic Focus: Humanitarian Assistance (28 July 2020)

Regional Focus: Europe - Pt. 1

Can Asylum Processing Outside the EU Reduce Migrant Smuggling? (MIGNEX, March 2019) [text]

The EU’s Role in Implementing the UN Global Compact on Refugees: Contained Mobility vs. International Protection (Centre for European Policy Studies, April 2019) [text]

Flow Monitoring Surveys Analysis: Profile and Reported Vulnerabilities of Migrants Along the Eastern, Central and Western Mediterranean Route (IOM, April 2019) [text via ReliefWeb]

The Humanitarian Battlefield in the Mediterranean Sea: Moving Beyond Rescuing and Letting Die (Border Criminologies Blog, April 2019) [text]

The Implementation of the Dublin III Regulation in 2018 (ECRE, March 2019) [text]

Making Life so Unbearable for People without Leave Cannot be Enforced without Creating a Hostile Environment for All of Us (EU Immigration & Asylum Law & Policy Blog, April 2019) [text]

Welfare Systems and Immigration: How are They Linked in Europe? (World Economic Forum Blog, April 2019) [text]

Related posts:
- Regional Focus: Europe - Pt. 1 (2 April 2019)
- Regional Focus: Europe - Pt. 2 (2 April 2019)

Tagged Publications. 

Thematic Focus: Humanitarian Assistance - Pt. 2

Reports & articles:

Accelerating Localisation Through Partnerships: Recommendations for Operational Practices That Strengthen the Leadership of National and Local Actors in Partnership-based Humanitarian Action Globally (Christian Aid et al., Feb. 2019) [text]
- See also related case studies for Myanmar, Nepal, Nigeria and South Sudan.

Based on Need Alone? Impartiality in Humanitarian Action (MSF et al., Dec. 2018) [text via ReliefWeb]

Cash Digitization: UN Collaboration, Coordination, and Harmonization Opportunities (Better Than Cash Alliance, Dec. 2018) [text via ReliefWeb]

Collective Communication and Community Engagement in Humanitarian Action: How To Guide for Leaders and Responders (CDAC Network, Feb. 2019) [text]

"A Comparative Study on Rapid Wastewater Treatment Response to Refugee Crises," Global Challenges, vol. 3, no. 1 (Jan. 2019) [open access]

Conclusiones del Seminario/Taller sobre el Nexo entre la Acción Humanitaria y el Desarrollo y sus Implicaciones Prácticas (IECAH & AECID, Feb. 2019) [text via ReliefWeb]

Cooking in Displacement Settings: Engaging the Private Sector in Non-wood-based Fuel Supply (Moving Energy Initiative, Jan. 2019) [text via ReliefWeb]

Joint Strategy: Enhancing Self-Reliance in Food Security and Nutrition in Protracted Refugee Situations (UNHCR & WFP, Jan. 2019) [text]

New Financing Partnerships for Humanitarian Impact (ODI, Jan. 2019) [text]

La Radio comme Outil de Communication Opérationnelle et d’Engagement avec les Communautés (Fondation Hirondelle & ICRC, Feb. 2019) [text via ReliefWeb]

"'Safeguarding' as Humanitarian Buzzword: An Initial Scoping," Journal of International Humanitarian Action, 4:3 (Dec. 2019) [open access]

"Saving Ourselves? On Rescue and Humanitarian Action," Review of International Studies, First View, 29 Jan. 2019 [postprint]

Related post:
- Thematic Focus: Humanitarian Assistance - Pt. 1 (15 Jan. 2019)

Tagged Publications.

Regional Focus: Middle East

Assessing Vulnerabilities in Palestinian Gatherings in Lebanon: Results of the 2017 Household Survey (UNDP, Sept. 2018) [text via ReliefWeb]

Dignity and Displaced Syrians in Lebanon (ODI, Nov. 2018) [text]

"A Human Rights Based Approach to Refugees: A Look at the Syrian Refugee Crisis and the Responses from Germany and the United States," Duke Forum for Law & Social Change, vol. 9, no. 1 (2017) [full-text]

"The Legality of the Right of Return for the Palestinian Refugees and the Legitimacy of the Struggle for It," Journal of Law, vol. 13, no. 2 (2018) [open access]

Long Road to Return: Towards a Durable Solutions Deal for Syrian Refugees in Lebanon (11.11.11, Nov. 2018) [text]

Picking Up the Pieces: Realities of Return and Reintegration in North-East Syria (REACH, Nov. 2018) [text via ReliefWeb]

President Trump's Misguided Approach on UNRWA (RI Blog, Dec. 2018) [text]

Reasons to Remain: Categorizing Protracted Displacement in Iraq (IOM, Nov. 2018) [text via ReliefWeb]

Regular Surveys on Social Tensions throughout Lebanon, Wave IV (UNDP & UNHCR, Sept. 2018) [text via ReliefWeb]

The Syrian Conflict’s Next Front (Human Rights Watch, Nov. 2018) [text]

Syrian Refugees in Lebanon: Eight Years On: What Works and Why that Matters for the Future (CARE, Nov. 2018) [text via ReliefWeb]

Syrian Refugees in Lebanon Still Reluctant to Go Home (Open Migration, Nov. 2018) [text]

"To Stay or to Leave? The Unsolved Dilemma of the Eritrean Asylum-Seekers in Israel," Harvard International Law Journal Online, vol. 59, no. (Spring 2018) [full-text]

UN Appeals for Record $4 Billion to Help the People of Yemen (IRIN, Dec. 2018) [text]

UNRWA and Neutrality (UNRWA, Nov. 2018) [text via Refworld]

Without Choice? Understanding War-affected Syrian Families’ Decisions to Leave Home, Migration Research Series, no. 54 (IOM, 2018) [text]

*"Yemen's 'descent into hell' in Numbers," Thomson Reuters Foundation News, 5 Dec. 2018 [text]

*UPDATED

Related posts:
- Regional Focus: MENA, incl. Syria - Pt. 1 (12 Nov. 2018)
- Regional Focus: MENA, incl. Syria - Pt. 2 (12 Nov. 2018)

Tagged Publications. 

Regional Focus: Europe

Event:

Panel discussion: Internal Displacement in Ukraine: Assessing the National Response, Washington, DC, 15 May 2015 [info]

Publications:

"Banal Crimes Against Humanity: The Case of Asylum Seekers in Greece," Melbourne Journal of International Law, vol. 16, no. 1 (2015) [full-text via AUSTLII]

Can the UK Opt-out of Mandatory EU Refugee Quotas? (EU Law Analysis Blog, May 2015) [text]

"Humanitarian Confinement: An Ethnography of Reception Centres for Asylum Seekers at Europe's Southern Border," International Journal of Migration and Border Studies, vol. 1, no. 4 (2015) [full-text via Academia.edu]
- Note: This article focuses on Italy.

"Migration, Resilience, and Security: Responses to New Inflows of Asylum Seekers and Migrants," Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies (Forthcoming) [eprint via Academia.edu]
- Note: This articles focuses on France.

[New Country Reports] (AIDA, April 2015)
- New and/or updated reports available for France and Italy.

Political Bias in Court? Lay Judges and Asylum Appeals, Working Paper, no. 2015/2 (Uppsala University, May 2015) [text]
- Note: This paper focuses on Sweden.

Right to Asylum in the Republic of Serbia 2014 (Belgrade Center for Human Rights, April 2015) [text]

"'Unwanted invaders': The Representation of Refugees and Asylum Seekers in the UK and Australian Print Media," eSharp, no. 23 (Spring 2015) [full-text]

Related post:
- Regional Focus: Europe (6 May 2015)

Tagged Publications and Events & Opportunities. 

Regional Focus: Middle East

Assessment of Area of Origin of Internally Displaced Persons in Northern Iraq: Pilot Assessment Report (REACH, July 2014) [text via ReliefWeb]

Flash Appeal: Gaza 2014 (UNRWA, July 2014) [text via ReliefWeb]

*Gaza: The Conflict - and the Displacement - Goes On (UpFront Blog, Aug. 2014) [text]

Humanitarian Implications of Violence in Northern and Central Iraq (ACAPS, July 2014) [text via ReliefWeb]

Improving Humanitarian Effectiveness in Yemen - Gender Mainstreaming in the Humanitarian Response, Report of the Inter-cluster Workshop, Aden, 27-28 April 2014 [text via ReliefWeb]

Neutrality (PRRN Blog, July 2014) [text]
- Post discussing UNRWA.

No Safe Place, No Way Out (NRC, July 2014) [text]

"Turkey’s Evolving Migration Identity," Migration Information Source, 24 July 2014 [text]

*updated

Related posts:
- Thematic Focus: Health Issues & Palestinian/Syrian Refugees (24 July 2014)
- Regional Focus: Gaza (23 July 2014)
- Regional Focus: Middle East (11 July 2014)

Tagged Publications.

Thematic Focus: Humanitarian Assistance

Events:

Monitoring Protection: Asking the Impossible?, London, 5 July 2013 [info]
- Register by 20 June 2013; will also be streamed live.

Leadership in Crises: The Launch, London, 8 July 2013 [info]
- Register by 20 June 2013; will also be streamed live.

Resources:

Access Denied: Dilemmas of Cross Line and Cross Border Humanitarian Engagement, Online, 13 June 2013 [access]
- Info. and background materials for this event are available here.

Helpdesk Research Report: The Impact of Integrated Missions on Humanitarian Operations (Governance and Social Development Resource Centre, May 2013) [text via ReliefWeb]

Making the Right Choices in Emergencies (IRIN, June 2013) [text]

Older Persons in Emergency Situations: A Case Study of the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake (WHO, 2013) [text]

"On the Politics of our Humanitarian Present," Environment & Planning D: Society and Space (forthcoming) [preprint]

Paradoxes of Presence: Risk Management and Aid Culture in Challenging Environments (ODI, March 2013) [text]

Sharing Space: Adapting Military Approaches to Geospatial Analysis for Humanitarian Response and the Documentation of Human Rights Abuses (Program on Humanitarian Policy and Conflict Research, June 2013) [text via ReliefWeb]

Tagged Publications and Events & Opportunities. 

Thematic Focus: General

Events:

The Management of the External Borders of the European Union and its Impact on the Human Rights of Migrants, Geneva, 29 May 2013 [info]
- Side event convened by the Special Rapporteur on the Human Rights of Migrants.

Forced Migration: Global Perspectives and Practices, London, 12 June 2013 [info]
- Registration now open; deadline is 31 May 2013.

Eleventh Orientation Course on Forced Migration Studies, Kolkata, India, 8-14 December 2013 [info]
- Apply by 24 June 2013.

Resources:

"Conceptual Problems in Forced Migration," Refugee Survey Quarterly, Advance Access, 21 May 2013 [abstract]
- Introduction to special issue of RSQ, based on seminar series held in early 2011. Podcasts for some of the seminars are available on Forced Migration Online.

"Conflict-Induced Displacement, Understanding the Causes of Flight," American Journal of Political Science, vol. 57, no. 1 (Jan. 2013) [free full-text]
- See also related Monkey Cage blog post and thesis.

A Global Overview of the Growing Internal Displacement Crisis, Washington, DC, 24 May 2013 [access]
- Follow link for audio.

Internal Displacement and Development Agendas: A Roundtable Discussion with Sadako Ogata, Washington, DC, 14 May 2013 [event report]

The Role of Ethics and Compliance in UNHCR: Global Context and Specific Challenges (bepress, 2013) [text]

Tagged Publications and Events & Opportunities. 

Focus on UNHCR

In light of UNHCR's 60th anniversary, the organization will no doubt serve as the subject of more studies. Here are a few that popped up on my radar screen recently:

"Climate Change and Institutional Change in UNHCR," chapter in Climate Change and Migration: Rethinking Policies for Adaptation and Disaster Risk Reduction, pp. 104-116 (UNU & Munich Re, April 2011) [text]

"The Misrepresentation of Refugees: Effects on Protracted Refugee Situations," Undercurrent: The Canadian Undergraduate Journal of Development Studies, vol. 8, no. 1 (Spring/Summer 2011) [full-text]

- Scroll to p. 68 of the journal.

"'Mopping-up': UNHCR, Neutrality and Non-Refoulement since the Cold War," Chinese Journal of International Law, Advance Access, 27 July 2011 [info]

The Perilous Path of the UNHCR (e-IR, July 2011) [text]

UNHCR and the Protection Mandate (World Politics Review, Feb. 2011) [info]

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