A well-crafted humanitarian carve-out could ensure a more robust and credible 1267 sanctions regime while also addressing the need for humanitarian assistance, especially given the increasingly recognized linkages between terrorism and armed conflict.
Tag: humanitarian affairs
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Amid mounting pressure to alleviate the humanitarian catastrophe in Afghanistan, the United Nations Security Council took the rare step of creating a humanitarian exception for the 1988 Taliban sanctions regime.
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With the end of the withdrawal and evacuation from Afghanistan, two major issues confront US policy. First is how to meet mounting humanitarian needs and save the social development programs that have benefited Afghan women—one of the few positive outcomes of the intervention. The second is how to guard against Afghanistan becoming a haven for […]
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The UN is strategically positioned to engage with non-state armed groups in many issues relevant to civilian protection.
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The global, swift, and devastating nature of the COVID-19 pandemic demonstrates the need to finally put the nexus theory into practice, both for this crisis and those to come.
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What can the UN system, particularly the UN Security Council, do to ensure that humanitarian organizations can fulfill their mission during the COVID-19 pandemic, in its immediate aftermath, and in the long-term?
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Engagement by governments to tackle internal displacement, while leveraging the international community’s growing expertise, will help ensure approaches have positive effects.
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Improving the effectiveness of notification practices is critical to ensuring humanitarian assistance and protection can be safely delivered.
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Dr. Terry discusses the complexities of humanitarian relief and key findings from her research on when, why, and how individuals and groups choose not to use violence.
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IDPs are among the most vulnerable people in the world, and the number of those fleeing violence and conflict in 2016 was estimated at 40.3 million. This is nearly double the number of refugees worldwide.
