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What’s money got to do with resilience?
Tim Boyes-Watson
13 March 2014
Natural disasters destroy lives and infrastructure but it is the wave of money that follows which too often destroys the resilience of local NGOs. What lessons can we learn from past crises which might apply in the Philippines?Too little, too late - at firstThe first challenge that local...
Safety and security: Duty of care in humanitarian crises
Edward van der Kruijk
12 March 2014
Recently, I visited a very informative conference on the duty of care in London. Visitors and presenters came from both the non-profit and commercial sector, which created a lively interaction on topics such as managing foreseeable risk, legal obligations, and employee responsibilities. In this...
The Syrian Crisis: Responding to the needs of Syrian refugees in Lebanon
Olivia Kalis
27 February 2014
“According to a popular Arab proverb, Syria is a mirror of Lebanon and Lebanon is a mirror of Syria – the histories of these two countries have been intertwined for many years,” says Olivia Kalis, Advocacy and Information Advisor with the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) in Lebanon. The war in Syria...
Humanitarian law & policy in 2014: Humanitarian space - Expected trends, developments and resources
Antonio Galli
13 February 2014
Download: Humanitarian Law & Policy in 2014: PHAP Speakers on Upcoming Issues and DevelopmentsWhile constraints on humanitarian space will remain, if not intensify, in a number of conflict zones in 2014 – including Sudan, Ethiopia, the Central African Republic, Myanmar, the occupied Palestinian...
Humanitarian law & policy in 2014: Peacekeeping missions as parties to conflicts
Mona Khalil
13 February 2014
Download: Humanitarian Law & Policy in 2014: PHAP Speakers on Upcoming Issues and DevelopmentsIn the realm of UN peacekeeping operations, several legal issues and challenges, once primarily theoretical, are increasingly real and require transparent discussion and a clear understanding of the...