On 16 September 2015, join a live online consultation event on the draft Humanitarian UAV Code of Conduct and Related Guidelines, hosted by PHAP in collaboration with UAViators, UNOCHA and the World Humanitarian Summit.
This event will feature:
- Presentations from Patrick Meier of UAViators and Brian Grogan of UNOCHA on the draft Humanitarian UAV Code of Conduct and Related Guidelines.
- The possibility to have your questions answered regarding these documents by a panel of experts, including also Col Angela Fitzsimmons, Chief of the Assessment Team in the Office of Military Affairs at UNDPKO, Guilhem Ravier, Head of the Protection of the Civilian Population Unit with the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), and Joel Kaiser, Emergency Response Officer with Medair.
- An opportunity for participants to provide their input and perspectives on the draft Code of Conduct as well as each of the related guidelines throughout the event.
Event description
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) offer the potential to improve humanitarian assistance and disaster reduction. As such they offer the possibility to better meet the needs of those affected by humanitarian crises. This can only be realized if UAVs are employed in a responsible and ethical manner.
The Humanitarian UAV Code of Conduct, along with the supporting Guidelines on Data Ethics, Community Engagement, Effective Partnerships and Conflict Sensitivity, aims to guide all actors involved in the use of UAVs to support the delivery of humanitarian assistance in disasters and situations of conflict. The goal is that acceptance and adherence to this Code and related Guidelines will contribute to safety, professionalism and increased impact while building public confidence in the use of UAVs.
In March 2014, UAViators drafted the first version of the Humanitarian UAV Code of Conduct, which was then revised several times in 2014 and 2015 based on feedback from across the humanitarian sector. The Code of Conduct was further revised in July and August 2015 and additional guidelines were produced on four priority areas: Data Ethics, Community Engagement, Effective Partnerships and Conflict Sensitivity.
These revised documents are now being shared more broadly to solicit additional feedback through an open consultative process. This live online consultation event is a key event to that effect leading up to the 2015 UAV Experts Meeting on Humanitarian UAVs, which is being co-organized with UN/OCHA, the World Humanitarian Summit (WHS) and MIT in October 2015.
Panelists
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 Col Angela Fitzsimmons
Chief of the Assessment Team in the Office of Military Affairs at the UN Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO)
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Brian Grogan
Chief of the Policy Analysis and Innovation Branch, UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA)
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 Joel Kaiser
Emergency Response Officer for Medair.
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 Patrick Meier
Director of Social Innovation at QCRI and founder of the Humanitarian UAV Network (UAViators)
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 Guilhem Ravier
Head of the Protection of the Civilian Population Unit with the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)
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Event time
Wednesday, 16 September 2015
| New York: |
09:00 - 10:30 |
| London: |
14:00 - 15:30 |
| Geneva: |
15:00 - 16:30 |
| Amman: |
16:00 - 17:30 |
| Nairobi: |
16:00 - 17:30 |
| Bangkok: |
20:00 - 21:30 |
| Manila: |
21:00 - 22:30 |
To see when the live session and consultation event will take place in your time zone, click here
Facilitator
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 Angharad Laing
Executive Director, PHAP
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REMINDER: 8 September
Humanity – Practical dilemmas of principled action
Join us on 8 September for the first of four discussion and consultation events on practical dilemmas of principled humanitarian action. The event begins with a lecture on the topic by Dr Hugo Slim, Head of Policy at the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC). This will be followed by a moderated discussion among a panel of experts, featuring Sir John Holmes, Director of the Ditchley Foundation and was previously the UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator; Andy Hill, Civil-Military Adviser in the UK Department for International Development (DFID); and Karen Welsh, the founder and CEO of Blue Glass Development.
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