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19 February 2014
When looking at the principles and rules that comprise international humanitarian law, the small number of provisions dealing with the implementation and enforcement of such rules is striking. In 2013, PHAP decided to dedicate a thematic workshop to this specific topic: Monitoring, reporting, and fact-finding (MRF). Following the positive feedback of those who participated and the interest shown...
18 February 2014
With PHAP members working in response to humanitarian crises around the world, the association has been working to bring their perspectives into discussions on many of the issues and challenges that the humanitarian sector is facing, by publishing their articles and thematic notes. In order to include insights from a yet wider range of practitioners – on a broader set of professional challenges...
17 February 2014
As part of its mission to help enhance humanitarian response capacity worldwide, PHAP aims to bring new information resources to its members and to the professional humanitarian community as a whole. Building on discussions with practitioners, HR managers, and training providers regarding their information needs, PHAP has been developing a database of training providers, complementary to existing...
13 February 2014
PHAP’s speaker network on humanitarian law and policy includes some of the most prominent thinkers and doers in this area, including academics, policy experts, and humanitarian practitioners. We asked some of them to offer their views on what would be the most important issues and developments in humanitarian law and policy in 2014.
The pieces submitted highlight issues including...
10 February 2014
Following the great success of our onsite training volunteer program last year, we are once again looking for candidates to assist with the delivery of PHAP training courses in the coming months. This program provides current students and recent university graduates with an opportunity to get involved in PHAP’s advanced professional training on humanitarian law and policy as volunteers, assisting...
21 January 2014
What does classical Islamic law have to say about rules of engagement and fighting rebels? Do international aid workers have immunity in a Muslim civil war according to contemporary “Jihadi Jurisprudence”? To what extent are Islamic insurgencies making use of Islamic law in practice?
After having been held in other locations (including Amman and Bangkok) since 2009, PHAP’s...
21 January 2014
In its capacity as both a professional association bringing together individuals working in different parts of the humanitarian sector and a training provider, PHAP cooperates with a large number of humanitarian organizations for their staff development. This cooperation takes on different forms depending on the specific needs of the organization and we would therefore like to share some examples...
21 January 2014
Building on its years of experience, and based on feedback from participants, partner organizations, and expert advisors, the PHAP secretariat has developed a rich calendar of training courses and workshops for the spring of 2014.In the coming months, we will be returning to several locations where we have previously offered training courses, including Amman, Istanbul, and Geneva. Moreover, PHAP...
21 January 2014
PHAP is happy to announce a partnership with the Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights for organizing four special workshops on engaging with armed non-state actors for the protection of civilians, starting with a Special Workshop in Amman, 12-13 April 2014. The spring calendar will also include special courses in Bangkok (19-23 May 2014) and Nairobi (2-7 June 2014)....
21 January 2014
Since the launch of PHAP’s series of member articles in January 2013 and of its thematic updates in October of the same year, members have been sharing their perspectives on some of the most important issues facing the humanitarian sector. To make it easier for members and other website visitors to find the relevant material, we have now launched six topic pages on the currently most discussed...