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Depuis l'introduction du cadre "Do No Harm" (Ne pas nuire) il y a plus de dix ans, le secteur de l'humanitaire a investi dans de nombreuses initiatives visant à améliorer la qualité et la redevabilité des programmes, ainsi qu'à atténuer les problèmes spécifiques que posent les situations de conflit en termes de protection civile, de gestion de la sécurité et des risques, et de contraintes concernant leur accès. Malgré ces efforts, il reste difficile de mettre en œuvre de façon pratique les principes de la sensibilité aux conflits dans les interventions humanitaires d'urgence, au vu notamment de la complexité des…

How can emergency response be delivered in a more conflict-sensitive manner? To what extent should this be a priority for the sector? What practical tools and approaches have aid agencies used to better understand their contexts of intervention and minimize conflict risks? As these issues become increasingly prominent in regions of the world as diverse as the Horn of Africa, Afghanistan and Libya, the launch event of Network Paper 70, Applying Conflict Sensitivity in Emergency Response – Current Practice and Ways Forward, offers insights to these pressing questions. Speakers:Anne Street - Senior Humanitarian Advisor, CAFOD and co-author of reportGeoffrey Loane…

How can emergency response be delivered in a more conflict-sensitive manner? To what extent should this be a priority for the sector? What practical tools and approaches have aid agencies used to better understand their contexts of intervention and minimize conflict risks? As these issues become increasingly prominent in regions of the world as diverse as the Horn of Africa, Afghanistan and Libya, Network Paper 70 offers insights to these pressing questions. Drawing on field research from Haiti, Pakistan and Sri Lanka, this paper maps the current state of conflict-sensitive practice in emergencies. It identifies good practices which can be…

The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) delegation in Iraq created a ‘Women and War’ advisor position in 2008, responsible for assessing and integrating women’s needs into ICRC programmes. Although no confirmed figures exist, there are estimates of over a million women-headed households (WHHs) in Iraq. Despite limitations on access imposed by insecurity, it was possible to meet Iraqi women from all walks of life in Jordan and in more secure areas in Iraq, to discuss the problems affecting them. Based on these initial consultations and working with contacts provided by local NGOs, the ICRC organised a field survey…

The popular uprisings sweeping through North Africa and the Middle East, from Tunisia in the west to Syria in the east, and the generally violent response to them from state authorities, are challenging humanitarian organisations and policymakers in new ways. These are not ‘classic’ humanitarian emergencies, which are often associated with hunger, epidemics, displacement and a desperate daily struggle for survival. These crises are happening mainly in middle-income countries, in urban settings with functioning basic social services, and affecting a cross-section of the population. These crises have not developed into large-scale humanitarian emergencies – at least not yet. But they…

The special feature of this issue of Humanitarian Exchange focuses on humanitarian action in the Middle East.

The DFID funded Conflict Sensitivity Consortium project “The practice of conflict sensitivity – concept to impact” is carrying out a Learning Review examining how agencies can consider conflict sensitivity in future humanitarian responses. Research will assess the degree to which Conflict Sensitive Approaches (CSA) were carried out in the humanitarian responses led by CARE, CAFOD and WV in Haiti, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. This reflective exercise will culminate in agency-specific and sector-wide recommendations being made to ensure greater CSA application in future rapid onset emergency responses. The Consortium is also interested in engaging the broader humanitarian community and is inviting…

Mediators are faced with many dilemmas when helping to negotiate ceasefires, ranging from dealing with the differing interests of parties to the conflict, to the way in which a ceasefire may be integrated into a wider peace process, and whether the question of disarmament of armed groups should be addressed in the framework of such agreements. In Negotiating Ceasefires, Luc Chounet-Cambas examines how ceasefires, as one element in a wider process, are negotiated by third parties and how such agreements may facilitate the transition from war to peace. The author examines, in particular, the purpose of ceasefire agreements, challenges faced…

La première édition de cette Revue des bonnes pratiques sur la Gestion opérationnelle de la sécurité dans des contextes violents (également appelée RBP 8) a été publiée en 2000. Elle est, depuis, un document novateur en matière de gestion de la sécurité opérationnelle humanitaire et on lui attribue d’avoir facilité la compréhension des bonnes pratiques dans ce domaine pour l’ensemble de la communauté des organisations opérationnelles. Elle a présenté des concepts fondamentaux de gestion de la sécurité et a mis en relief les bonnes politiques et pratiques des diverses approches de la sécurité opérationnelle dans les contextes humanitaires. Bien qu’une…

February 2011 Update Since June 2010, the EthicalCargo project, which supports humanitarian organizations to make informed ethical risk assessments when delivering humanitarian aid by air, has run 50 outreach sessions for nearly 80 organizations, reaching nearly 300 senior logistics and policy personnel. A number of large international aid organizations are currently reviewing their procurement procedures to reduce the risk of contracting services from transport companies involved in arms trafficking and the trade in other destabilizing commodities. EthicalCargo provides organizations with free tools and services, including sample procurement policies, an open-source database and a hotline. If you would like to know…