“I call upon Member States to…facilitate contact between the United Nations and non-State armed groups for dialogue, conclusion and follow-up on action plans in order to bring an end to violations, in accordance with the resolutions of the Security Council on children and armed conflict. Such contact does not prejudge the political or legal status of those non-State armed groups.”
All resources
Humanitarian Engagement with Non-state Armed Groups
Resource type: Articles & Reports
Date published: April, 2016
Summary: The four papers brought together in this collection include Engaging Non-state Armed Groups for Humanitarian Purposes: Experience, Constraints and Ways Forward; Engaging Armed Actors in Conflict Mediation: Consolidating Government and Non-government Approaches; Improving Respect for International Humanitarian Law by Non-state Armed Groups; and Eliciting the Voices of Civilians in Armed Conflict.
Publisher: The Royal Institute of International Affairs, Chatham House
Editor(s): The Royal Institute of International Affairs
Towards a Principled Approach to Engagement with Non-state Armed Groups for Humanitarian Purposes
Resource type: Articles & Reports
Date published: January, 2016
Summary: A set of core propositions outlined in conjunction with the Chatham House Humanitarian Engagement with Non-state Armed Groups project.
Publisher: The Royal Institute of International Affairs, Chatham House
Humanitarian Negotiation: Key Challenges and Lessons Learned in an Emerging Field
Resource type: Articles & Reports
Date published: April, 2015
Publisher: Advanced Training Program on Humanitarian Action (ATHA)
International and local/diaspora actors in the Syria response
Resource type: Articles & Reports
Date published: March, 2015
Summary: Examines how diaspora and local organisations have responded to the crisis in Syria, how they evolved and the challenges that they face, and how international aid organisations and diaspora and local groups can better work together in a new aid model. For content directly related to humanitarian negotiation see pages 20-21.
Publisher: Humanitarian Policy Group, Overseas Development Institute.
Aid and the Islamic State
Resource type: Case Studies
Date published: December, 2014
Publisher: Humanitarian Policy Group and IRIN News
Humanitarian Access in Situations of Armed Conflict: Handbook on the International Normative Framework
Resource type: Normative Framework
Date published: December, 2014
Publisher: Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs
Humanitarian Access in Situations of Armed Conflict: Practitioners' Manual
Resource type: Training
Date published: December, 2014
Publisher: Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs
Talking to the Taliban, again
Resource type: Articles & Reports
Date published: 20 November, 2014
Publisher: IRIN
Counter-terrorism laws and regulations: What aid agencies need to know
Resource type: Articles & Reports
Date published: November, 2014
Publisher: Humanitarian Practice Network
Looking back to look ahead? Reviewing key lessons from Operation Lifeline Sudan and past humanitarian operations in South Sudan
Resource type: Case Studies
Date published: 14 October, 2014
Publisher: Feinstein International Center
Negotiating perceptions: Al-Shabaab and Taliban views of aid agencies
Resource type: Articles & Reports
Date published: 1 August, 2014
Publisher: Humanitarian Policy Group
From the Spanish civil war to Afghanistan: Historical and contemporary reflections on humanitarian engagement with non-state armed groups
Resource type: Articles & Reports
Date published: May, 2014
Publisher: Humanitarian Policy Group
Humanitarian negotiations: Constraints on humanitarian space and the challenges of compliance with IHL
Resource type: Articles & Reports
Date published: 27 April, 2014
Publisher: Professionals in Humanitarian Assistance and Protection (PHAP)
Podcast: "Humanitarian Diplomacy at the Crossroads: On the Role of Independent and Neutral Relief Action in Syria and the Middle East"
Resource type: Articles & Reports
Date published: 25 April, 2014
Summary: An audio recording of a panel discussion about the humanitarian crisis in Syria with Peter Maurer, President of the ICRC, Michael Ignatieff, Professor at Harvard Kennedy School, Douglas Alexander, Labour Party MP for Paisley and Renfrewshire South, and Nicholas Burns, Professor at Harvard Kennedy School.
Publisher: Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs
Islamic law and the rules of war
Resource type: Articles & Reports
Date published: 24 April, 2014
Summary: First in a series on the intersection between Islamic law, jihadists and humanitarian norms.
Publisher: IRIN News
Jihadi jurisprudence? Militant interpretations of Islamic rules of war
Resource type: Articles & Reports
Date published: 24 April, 2014
Summary: Second in a series on the intersection between Islamic law, jihadists and humanitarian norms.
Publisher: IRIN News
Can Islamic law be an answer for humanitarians?
Resource type: Articles & Reports
Date published: 24 April, 2014
Summary: Third in a series on the intersection between Islamic law, jihadists and humanitarian norms.
Publisher: IRIN News
Rough guide to Islamic rules of war
Resource type: Articles & Reports
Date published: 24 April, 2014
Summary: Fourth in a series on the intersection between Islamic law, jihadists and humanitarian norms.
Publisher: IRIN News
The interaction between humanitarian and military actors: Where do we go from here?
Resource type: Articles & Reports
Date published: April, 2014
Summary: Discusses some of the key challenges facing civil-military coordination and suggests concrete ways forward to achieve effective cooperation between civilian and military groups in difficult and politicized environments. For content directly related to humanitarian engagement and access see pages 2-3.
Publisher: Humanitarian Policy Group, Overseas Development Institute.
Humanitarian negotiations with armed non-state actors: key lessons from Afghanistan, Sudan and Somalia
Resource type: Articles & Reports
Date published: March, 2014
Publisher: Humanitarian Policy Group Policy Brief 55
ICRC’s conference on Humanitarian dialogue with Non-State Armed Groups: The impact of geopolitical challenges
Resource type: Articles & Reports
Date published: 25 February, 2014
Publisher: international Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)
See also:
A podcast of the conference can be heard here.
Humanitarian law & policy in 2014: Humanitarian space - Expected trends, developments and resources
Resource type: Articles & Reports
Date published: 13 February, 2014
Publisher: Professionals in Humanitarian Assistance and Protection
Negotiating humanitarian access: Between a rock and a hard place
Resource type: Articles & Reports
Date published: 11 February, 2014
Publisher: Professionals in Humanitarian Assistance and Protection (PHAP)
Humanitarian negotiations: Best practice and resources for negotiating humanitarian access
Resource type: Articles & Reports
Date published: 11 February, 2014
Publisher: Professionals in Humanitarian Assistance and Protection (PHAP)
Condemned to resist
Resource type: Articles & Reports
Date published: 10 February, 2014
Publisher: Professionals in Humanitarian Assistance and Protection (PHAP)
Geneva: Peace for Syria may be elusive, but humanitarian access need not be
Resource type: Articles & Reports
Date published: 17 January, 2014
Publisher: Overseas Development Institute (ODI)
Violence in urban settings: A call for action to humanitarian organizations
Resource type: Articles & Reports
Date published: 13 January, 2014
Publisher: Professionals in Humanitarian Assistance and Protection (PHAP)
Humanitarian actors' struggle for access, impartiality, and engagement with armed non-state actors in Somalia
Resource type: Articles & Reports
Date published: 5 January, 2014
Publisher: Professionals in Humanitarian Assistance and Protection (PHAP)
A deadly dilemma: how Al-Shabaab came to dictate the terms of humanitarian aid in Somalia
Resource type: Articles & Reports
Date published: 11 December, 2013
Publisher: Overseas Development Institute (ODI)
Humanitarian negotiations: Syria, Sudan, cross-border operations, and armed non-state actors
Resource type: Articles & Reports
Date published: 10 December, 2013
Publisher: Professionals in Humanitarian Assistance and Protection (PHAP)
Talking to the other side: Humanitarian negotiations with Al-Shabaab in Somalia
Resource type: Articles & Reports
Date published: December, 2013
Publisher: Humanitarian Policy Group Working Papers
The growing role of regional organisations in humanitarian action
Resource type: Articles & Reports
Date published: December, 2013
Summary: For content directly related to humanitarian negotiation see page 3.
Publisher: Humanitarian Policy Group Policy Brief 54
Al-Shabaab engagement with aid agencies
Resource type: Articles & Reports
Date published: December, 2013
Publisher: Humanitarian Policy Group Policy Brief 53
The Syrian Crisis: Humanitarian access, funding, and protection of civilians
Resource type: Articles & Reports
Date published: 28 November, 2013
Publisher: Professionals in Humanitarian Assistance and Protection (PHAP)
Humanitarian negotiations: Developments and resources
Resource type: Articles & Reports
Date published: 6 November, 2013
Publisher: Professionals in Humanitarian Assistance and Protection (PHAP)
When are states and armed groups obliged to accept humanitarian assistance?
Resource type: Articles & Reports
Date published: 5 November, 2013
Publisher: Professionals in Humanitarian Assistance and Protection (PHAP)
Aid delivery in Afghanistan: Are military forces really responsible for the deterioration of humanitarian space?
Resource type: Articles & Reports
Date published: 4 November, 2013
Publisher: Professionals in Humanitarian Assistance and Protection (PHAP)
Ethical and legal perspectives on cross-border humanitarian operations
Resource type: Articles & Reports
Date published: November, 2013
Publisher: Humanitarian Practice Network - Humanitarian Exchange Magazine Issue 59
Humanitarianism besieged
Resource type: Articles & Reports
Date published: November, 2013
Publisher: Humanitarian Practice Network - Humanitarian Exchange Magazine Issue 59
Cities in conflict: the lessons of Syria
Resource type: Articles & Reports
Date published: November, 2013
Publisher: Humanitarian Practice Network - Humanitarian Exchange Magazine Issue 59
Non-state actors and individuals - Clingendael 2013 Strategic Monitor
Resource type: Articles & Reports
Date published: November, 2013
We've been here before: the struggle for access in Sudan
Resource type: Articles & Reports
Date published: 15 October, 2013
Publisher: Overseas Development Institute (ODI)
Engaging with Armed Non-State Actors in the Broader Middle East on the Protection of Civilians
Resource type: Articles & Reports
Date published: October, 2013
Summary: Conference Report, Broumana, Lebanon, 30-31, March 2012
Publisher: Permanent Peace Movement, Geneva Call
Talking to the ‘other side’: humanitarian engagement with armed non-state actors in Darfur, Sudan, 2003-2012
Resource type: Articles & Reports
Date published: August, 2013
Summary: For information directly related to humanitarian negotiations see page 11.
Publisher: Humanitarian Policy Group Working Papers
Talking to the ‘other side’: Humanitarian negotiations in Southern Kordofan and Blue Nile, Sudan
Resource type: Articles & Reports
Date published: August, 2013
Publisher: Humanitarian Policy Group Working Papers
Humanitarian Engagement in Contemporary Complex Emergencies
Resource type: Articles & Reports
Date published: August, 2013
Publisher: International Peace Institute
Taliban policy and perceptions towards aid agencies in Afghanistan
Resource type: Articles & Reports
Date published: July, 2013
Publisher: Humanitarian Practice Network
Humanitarian negotiations in Afghanistan: WFP’s experience
Resource type: Articles & Reports
Date published: July, 2013
Publisher: Humanitarian Practice Network
Engaging armed non-state actors on humanitarian norms: reflections on Geneva Call’s experience
Resource type: Articles & Reports
Date published: July, 2013
Publisher: Humanitarian Practice Network
Rebels with a cause? The role of armed non-state actors in the protection of civilians
Resource type: Articles & Reports
Date published: July, 2013
Publisher: Humanitarian Practice Network
Preserving the integrity of humanitarian negotiations
Resource type: Articles & Reports
Date published: July, 2013
Publisher: Humanitarian Practice Network
Counter-terrorism and humanitarian action
Resource type: Articles & Reports
Date published: July, 2013
Publisher: Humanitarian Practice Network
The disappearance of cross-line aid in Darfur, Sudan
Resource type: Articles & Reports
Date published: July, 2013
Publisher: Humanitarian Practice Network
Negotiating humanitarian access with Hamas in Gaza
Resource type: Articles & Reports
Date published: July, 2013
Publisher: Humanitarian Practice Network
Study of the Impact of Donor Counter-Terrorism Measures on Principled Humanitarian Action
Resource type: Articles & Reports
Date published: July, 2013
Publisher: Norwegian Refugee Council; UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
Editor(s): Tim Morris
Sudan’s Spreading Conflict (II): War in Blue Nile
Resource type: Articles & Reports
Date published: 18 June, 2013
Summary: For content directly related to humanitarian negotiation see page 46.
Publisher: International Crisis Group, ICG, Africa Report No. 204
Humanitarian Assistance and the Conundrum of Consent: A Legal Perspective
Resource type: Articles & Reports
Date published: 5 June, 2013
Publisher: Amsterdam Law Forum Vol. 5, No. 2 (2013)
Report of the Secretary-General to the Security Council on Children and Armed Conflict, 2013
Resource type: Policy Framework, Annual Reports of the United Nations Secretary-General
Date published: 15 May, 2013
Issuing body: United Nations Secretary-General
Symbol and paragraph: A/67/845-S/2013/245, Para. 206
Agenda item: Children and Armed Conflict
Cross-border Humanitarian Aid in Syria Has Legal Basis But Few Precedents
Resource type: Articles & Reports
Date published: 10 May, 2013
Publisher: Global Observatory
Humanitarian access in South Sudan
Resource type: Articles & Reports
Date published: May, 2013
Publisher: Humanitarian Practice Network - Humanitarian Exchange Magazine Issue 57
Sudan’s Spreading Conflict (I): War in South Kordofan
Resource type: Articles & Reports
Date published: 14 February, 2013
Summary: For content related to humanitarian negotiation go to pages 29-31.
Publisher: International Crisis Group, ICG, Africa Report No. 198
For Humanitarian Workers, the Taliban Is a Key to Access in Afghanistan
Resource type: Articles & Reports
Date published: 1 February, 2013
Publisher: Global Observatory
Advanced Training on Humanitarian Negotiation
Resource type: Training
Date published: January, 2013
Publisher: Conflict Dynamics International
Humanitarian Interventions in Situations of Urban Violence
Resource type: Articles & Reports
Date published: 2013
Summary: For content directly related to humanitarian negotiation see page 11.
Publisher: The Active Learning Network for Accountability and Performance in Humanitarian Action (ALNAP) Lessons Paper
Talking tactics: Kismayo, Somalia
Resource type: Articles & Reports
Date published: January, 2013
Publisher: Humanitarian Practice Network - Humanitarian Exchange Magazine Issue 56
Working it out on the ground: coordination between UNAMID Police and humanitarian actors in Darfur
Resource type: Articles & Reports
Date published: January, 2013
Publisher: Humanitarian Practice Network - Humanitarian Exchange Magazine Issue 56
Building consensus within the humanitarian community: lessons learned from the revision process for the IASC guidelines on the use of military and armed escorts
Resource type: Articles & Reports
Date published: January, 2013
Publisher: Humanitarian Practice Network - Humanitarian Exchange Magazine Issue 56
Humanitarian civil-military coordination in the occupied Palestinian territory
Resource type: Articles & Reports
Date published: January, 2013
Publisher: Humanitarian Practice Network - Humanitarian Exchange Magazine Issue 56
Civil-military relations and the US armed forces
Resource type: Articles & Reports
Date published: January, 2013
Publisher: Humanitarian Practice Network - Humanitarian Exchange Magazine Issue 56
Civil-military coordination: the state of the debate
Resource type: Articles & Reports
Date published: January, 2013
Publisher: Humanitarian Practice Network - Humanitarian Exchange Magazine Issue 56
The CIMIC Centre of Excellence: improving cross-organisational perspectives on civil-military interaction
Resource type: Articles & Reports
Date published: January, 2013
Publisher: Humanitarian Practice Network - Humanitarian Exchange Magazine Issue 56
Talking to the Taliban
Resource type: Articles & Reports
Date published: 12 December, 2012
Publisher: Overseas Development Institute
Talking to the other side: humanitarian engagement with the Taliban in Afghanistan
Resource type: Articles & Reports
Date published: December, 2012
Publisher: Humanitarian Policy Group Working Papers
Dangerous Liaisons? A historical review of UNHCR's engagement with non-state armed actors
Resource type: Articles & Reports
Date published: December, 2012
Publisher: United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Policy Development and Evaluation Service
Engagement with Non-State Actors in Fragile States: Narrowing Definitions, Broadening Scope
Resource type: Articles & Reports
Date published: December, 2012
Publisher: Conflict Research Unit, The Clingendael Institute
Principled Humanitarian Action: What does it mean today?
Resource type: Articles & Reports
Date published: 5 November, 2012
Summary: See the ICRC Director General Mr. Yves Daccord's summary for content directly related to humanitarian negotiation.
Publisher: Norwegian Refugee Council - Roundtable Summary Report
Tools for the job: Supporting Principled Humanitarian Action
Resource type: Articles & Reports
Date published: October, 2012
Summary: For content related to humanitarian negotiation see pages 7 to 10.
Publisher: Norwegian Refugee Council and Humanitarian Policy Group of the Overseas Development Institute
Reasoning with Rebels: International NGOs' Approaches to Engaging Armed Groups
Resource type: Articles & Reports
Date published: September, 2012
Publisher: Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik, German Institute for International and Security Affairs
Annual Report 2011–2012
Resource type: Articles & Reports
Date published: September, 2012
Summary: For content related to humanitarian negotiations go to, "Principles, Politcs and the International Humanitaran System" (page 1) and "Influencing Humanitarian Practice" (Page 15)
Publisher: Overseas Development Institute, ODI
Addressing the critical humanitarian situation in northern Mali
Resource type: Articles & Reports
Date published: September, 2012
Publisher: Humanitarian Practice Network - Humanitarian Exchange Magazine Issue 55
Humanitarian space in India: why humanitarian agencies do not respond adequately to needs generated by internal armed conflict
Resource type: Articles & Reports
Date published: September, 2012
Publisher: Humanitarian Practice Network - Humanitarian Exchange Magazine Issue 55
The State of the Humanitarian System 2012 Edition
Resource type: Articles & Reports
Date published: July, 2012
Summary: For content directly related to humanitarian negotiation see page 32.
Publisher: ALNAP
Countering Terror in Humanitarian Crises: The Challenges of Delivering Aid to Somalia
Resource type: Articles & Reports
Date published: 30 June, 2012
Summary: For content directly related to humanitarian negotiation see pages 6-19.
Publisher: Program on Humanitarian Policy and Conflict Research, Harvard University
Evaluation and review of humanitarian access strategies in DG ECHO funded interventions
Resource type: Articles & Reports
Date published: 29 June, 2012
Publisher: European Commission and Global Public Policy Institute
Peace Building and Humanitarian Engagement (Humanitarian Assistance Webcast 9)
Resource type: Articles & Reports
Date published: 12 June, 2012
Publisher: Advanced Training Program on Humanitarian Action (ATHA)
Analysis: Principles or pragmatism? Negotiating access in Syria
Resource type: Articles & Reports
Date published: 8 June, 2012
Publisher: Integrated Regional Information Networks (IRIN)
Talking to the other side: Humanitarian engagement with armed non-state actors
Resource type: Articles & Reports
Date published: June, 2012
Publisher: Humanitarian Policy Group
Safeguarding Humanitarianism in Armed Conflict: A Call for Reconciling International Legal Obligations and Counterterrorism Measures in the United States
Resource type: Articles & Reports
Date published: June, 2012
Publisher: Charity & Security Network
Report of the Secretary-General to the Security Council on the Protection of Civilians in Armed Conflict, 2012
Resource type: Policy Framework, Annual Reports of the United Nations Secretary-General
Date published: 22 May, 2012
“…on the basis of the annex to the present report, I urge…member States to recognize the fundamental importance of humanitarian negotiations to obtain access to vulnerable people and to refrain from impeding or preventing such negotiations…”
“Engagement with armed groups for humanitarian ends is clearly possible and, indeed, necessary in order to negotiate safe humanitarian access to those in need.”
Issuing body: United Nations Secretary-General
Symbol and paragraph: S/2012/376, Para. 80 ; S/2012/376, Para. 55
Agenda item: Protection of Civilians in Armed Conflict
Humanitarian crisis in South Kordofan: the need for a political solution
Resource type: Articles & Reports
Date published: May, 2012
Publisher: Humanitarian Policy Group Briefing Note
Mali: Negotiating humanitarian access in the north
Resource type: Articles & Reports
Date published: 1 May, 2012
Publisher: Integrated Regional Information Networks (IRIN)
Trends and challenges in humanitarian civil–military coordination
Resource type: Articles & Reports
Date published: May, 2012
Summary: Identifies key trends emerging from the interaction between international humanitarian and international or foreign military actors operating in crisis contexts. For content directly related to humanitarian negotiation see page 24.
Publisher: Humanitarian Policy Group, Overseas Development Institute.
Humanitarian space in Somalia: a scarce commodity
Resource type: Articles & Reports
Date published: April, 2012
Publisher: Humanitarian Policy Group Working Paper
Engaging Nonstate Armed Groups on the Protection of Children: Towards Strategic Complementarity
Resource type: Articles & Reports
Date published: April, 2012
Publisher: International Peace Institute
Webcast: At Any Price? Negotiating Access to Crisis Zones
Resource type: Articles & Reports
Date published: April, 2012
Summary: Policy forum on negotiating humanitarian access in crisis zones
Publisher: International Peace Institute, Doctors Without Borders USA
Humanitarian space: trends and issues
Resource type: Articles & Reports
Date published: April, 2012
Publisher: Humanitarian Policy Group Policy Brief 46
Summary of expert meeting: "Mediation and engaging with proscribed armed groups"
Resource type: Articles & Reports
Date published: 29 March, 2012
Publisher: Conciliation Resources; Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue; Center on Global Counterterrorism Cooperation
Military and humanitarian cooperation in air operations in Haiti
Resource type: Articles & Reports
Date published: March, 2012
Publisher: Humanitarian Practice Network - Humanitarian Exchange Magazine Issue 53
Negotiating Humanitarian Access: How far to Compromise to Deliver Aid
Resource type: Articles & Reports
Date published: 26 January, 2012
Summary: Unedited transcript of the panel discussion hosted by the Brookings-LSE project on Internal Displacement and Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) on the compromises and negotiations the humanitarian aid community must contend with during crisis situations.
Publisher: The Brookings Institution
See also:
The full video archive for the event can be found here.
Regulating Armed Groups from Within: A Typology
Resource type: Articles & Reports
Date published: January, 2012
Publisher: Small Arms Survey Research Notes, Number 13
Meeting The Challenges of Crisis States
Resource type: Articles & Reports
Date published: 2012
Summary: For content directly related to humanitarian negotiation see pages 27-32.
Publisher: Crisis States Research Centre
Strengthening Principled Humanitarian Response Capacities: Afghanistan Case Study
Resource type: Case Studies
Date published: January, 2012
Summary: For content directly related to humanitarian negotiation see page 20.
Publisher: European Commission, Humanitarian Policy Group and Norwegian Refugee Council
UN Integration and Humanitarian Space: An Independent Study Commissioned by the UN Integration Steering Group
Resource type: Articles & Reports
Date published: December, 2011
Summary: For content directly related to humanitarian negotiation see Chapters 4, 5 and 6.
Publisher: Humanitarian Policy Group and Stimson Center
Unitended Roadblocks: How U.S. Terrorism Restrictions Make It Harder to Save Lives
Resource type: Articles & Reports
Date published: November, 2011
Publisher: Center for American Progress
Essentials of Humanitarian Negotiation Workshop: Mae Sot, Thailand, 10-13 October, 2011
Resource type: Training
Date published: October, 2011
Publisher: UNHCR and European Commission
Rules of Engagement: Protecting Civilians through Dialogue with Armed Non-State Actors
Resource type: Articles & Reports
Date published: October, 2011
Summary: For content directly related to humanitarian negotiation see pages 9-42.
Publisher: Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights
Counter-terrorism and humanitarian action: Tensions, impact and ways forward
Resource type: Articles & Reports
Date published: October, 2011
Publisher: Humanitarian Policy Group Policy Brief 43
Engaging non-state armed actors in state- and peace-building: options and strategies
Resource type: Articles & Reports
Date published: September, 2011
Publisher: International Review of the Red Cross, Volume 93, Number 883
Humanitarian engagement under counter-terrorism: a conflict of norms and the emerging policy landscape
Resource type: Articles & Reports
Date published: September, 2011
Publisher: International Review of the Red Cross, Volume 93, Number 883
Detention by armed groups: overcoming challenges to humanitarian action
Resource type: Articles & Reports
Date published: September, 2011
Summary: For content directly related to humanitarian negotiation see pages 764-782.
Publisher: International Review of the Red Cross, Volume 93, Number 883
Monitoring armed non-state actor compliance with humanitarian norms: a look at international mechanisms and the Geneva Call Deed of Commitment
Resource type: Articles & Reports
Date published: September, 2011
Publisher: International Review of the Red Cross Volume 93, Number 883
Peacebuilding and Linkages with Humanitarian Action: Key Emerging Trends and Challenges
Resource type: Articles & Reports
Date published: August, 2011
Summary: For content directly related to humanitarian negotiation see page 5.
Publisher: OCHA Occasional Policy Briefing Series - No. 7
ECOSOC Resolution on Strengthening of the coordination of emergency humanitarian assistance of the United Nations, 2011
Resource type: Normative Framework, United Nations Economic and Social Council Resolutions
Date published: 21 July, 2011
“…[R]ecognizes the need for appropriate collaboration between humanitarian actors and relevant authorities of the affected State in matters related to the safety and security of humanitarian personnel…”
Issuing body: United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC)
Symbol and paragraph: E/2011/8, OP23
Agenda item: Strengthening of the coordination of emergency humanitarian assistance of the United Nations
Restricting aid: access and movement constraints in the Occupied Palestinian Territories
Resource type: Articles & Reports
Date published: July, 2011
Publisher: Humanitarian Practice Network - Humanitarian Exchange Magazine Issue 51
The humanitarian challenge in the Middle East
Resource type: Articles & Reports
Date published: July, 2011
Publisher: Humanitarian Practice Network - Humanitarian Exchange Magazine Issue 51
MSF in the Middle East: a challenging context
Resource type: Articles & Reports
Date published: July, 2011
Publisher: Humanitarian Practice Network - Humanitarian Exchange Magazine Issue 51
Reasons why armed groups choose to respect international humanitarian law or not
Resource type: Articles & Reports
Date published: June, 2011
Publisher: International Review of the Red Cross Volume 93, Number 882
Armed non-State actors and the protection of internally displaced people
Resource type: Articles & Reports
Date published: June, 2011
Summary: For content directly related to humanitarian negotiation see pages 11 to 23.
Publisher: Geneva Call and IDMC
Humanitarian Engagement with Nonstate Armed Groups: Enhancing the Protection of Civilians in Armed Conflict
Resource type: Articles & Reports
Date published: March, 2011
Publisher: International Peace Institute
Talking to armed groups
Resource type: Articles & Reports
Date published: March, 2011
Publisher: Forced Migration Review 37
Towards engagement, compliance and accountability
Resource type: Articles & Reports
Date published: March, 2011
Publisher: Forced Migration Review 37
Engaging armed non-state actors in mechanisms for protection
Resource type: Articles & Reports
Date published: March, 2011
Publisher: Forced Migration Review 37
Al-Shabaab's responsibility to protect civilians in Somalia
Resource type: Articles & Reports
Date published: March, 2011
Publisher: Forced Migration Review 37
The Kampala Convention and obligations of armed groups
Resource type: Articles & Reports
Date published: March, 2011
Publisher: Forced Migration Review 37
Dealing with non-state armed groups and displacement: a state perspective
Resource type: Articles & Reports
Date published: March, 2011
Publisher: Forced Migration Review 37
International law and armed non-state actors in Afghanistan
Resource type: Articles & Reports
Date published: March, 2011
Publisher: International Review of the Red Cross
Seeking Compromise? Mediation Through the Eyes of Conflict Parties
Resource type: Articles & Reports
Date published: 2011
Publisher: Barbara Budrich Publishers
Editor(s): B. Austin, M. Fischer, H.J. Giessmann
To Stay and Deliver: Good Practice for Humanitarians in Complex Security Environments
Resource type: Policy Framework, United Nations Policy Statements
Date published: February, 2011
“[Recommendation To Humanitarian Coordinators, UNDSS, and OCHA] In complex security contexts, the humanitarian coordinator and the humanitarian country teams should identify specific, priority objectives for improving secure access that could be pursued through collective advocacy or negotiation vis-à-vis host governments, military forces, or non-state actors.”
Issuing body: United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA)
Symbol and paragraph: Page 50
To Stay and Deliver: Good Practice for Humanitarians in Complex Security Environments
Resource type: Policy Framework, United Nations Policy Statements
Date published: February, 2011
“…the greater an organisation’s demonstrated capacity to communicate and negotiate with all relevant actors, the better access and security is achieved for humanitarian operations.”
“…acceptance of humanitarian action by local authorities and communities needs to be approached as a process rather than as an event, requiring presence, time, and sustained engagement with all relevant parties, including non-State actors as well as influential political, military, or religious leaders.”
Issuing body: United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA)
Symbol and paragraph: Page 3
To Stay and Deliver: Good Practice for Humanitarians in Complex Security Environments
Resource type: Policy Framework, United Nations Policy Statements
Date published: February, 2011
“[Recommendation to host states] Engage in dialogue with humanitarian actors to devise and undertake steps to create conditions conducive to humanitarian action.”
“[Recommendation To Humanitarian Coordinators, UNDSS, and OCHA] Identify and engage influential political, military and religious leaders to further their understanding and acceptance of humanitarian action.”
Issuing body: United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA)
Symbol and paragraph: Page 51
Humanitarian Action under Scrutiny: Criminalizing Humanitarian Engagement
Resource type: Articles & Reports
Date published: February, 2011
Summary: HPCR Working Paper
Publisher: The Program on Humanitarian Policy and Conflict Research at Harvard University
To Stay and Deliver: Good Practice for Humanitarians in Complex Security Environments
Resource type: Articles & Reports
Date published: February, 2011
Publisher: United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA)
Humanitarian action in Afghanistan: an uphill battle
Resource type: Articles & Reports
Date published: February, 2011
Publisher: Humanitarian Practice Network - Humanitarian Exchange Magazine Issue 49
Southern Afghanistan: acceptance still works
Resource type: Articles & Reports
Date published: February, 2011
Publisher: Humanitarian Practice Network - Humanitarian Exchange Magazine Issue 49
Humanitarian Negotiations Revealed: The MSF Experience
Resource type: Books
Date published: 2011
Publisher: Hurst & Company
Editor(s): Claire Magone, Michaël Neuman, and Fabrice Weissman
Aide Memoire - For the consideration of issues pertaining to the protection of civilians in armed conflict
Resource type: Articles & Reports
Date published: 2011
Symbol and paragraph: 4th Edition
Publisher: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
Talking to Groups That Use Terror
Resource type: Articles & Reports
Date published: 2011
Publisher: United States Institute of Peace
Editor(s): Nigel Quinney and A. Heather Coyne
Re-envisaging the International Law of Internal Armed Conflict
Resource type: Articles & Reports
Date published: 2011
Summary: For content directly related to humanitarian negotiation see pages 248-264.
Publisher: The European Journal of International Law Vol. 22 no. 1
Securing access through acceptance in Afghanistan and Pakistan
Resource type: Articles & Reports
Date published: January, 2011
Publisher: Humanitarian Practice Network - Humanitarian Exchange Magazine Issue 49
Report of the Secretary-General to the Security Council on the Prevention of Armed Conflict, 2010
Resource type: Policy Framework, Annual Reports of the United Nations Secretary-General
Date published: 24 November, 2010
“[calls upon the UN Security Council to] encourage efforts by appropriate United Nations officials to engage in dialogue with parties to conflict to elicit such commitments…”
Issuing body: United Nations Secretary-General
Symbol and paragraph: S/2010/604, Para. 46
Agenda item: Sexual violence in conflict
Report of the Secretary-General to the Security Council on the Protection of Civilians in Armed Conflict, 2010
Resource type: Policy Framework, Annual Reports of the United Nations Secretary-General
Date published: 11 November, 2010
“…humanitarian actors seek to maintain dialogue, to explain and build acceptance of their humanitarian purpose and to negotiate acceptable terms for continuing their activities. Dialogue with all State and non-State actors for humanitarian ends is not optional but rather is an inevitable necessity in order to reach all civilians in need and ensure the impartial provision of aid.”
Issuing body: United Nations Secretary-General
Symbol and paragraph: S/2010/579, Para. 12
Agenda item: Protection of Civilians in Armed Conflict
The ICRC and weapon bearers
Resource type: Articles & Reports
Date published: 29 October, 2010
Publisher: International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)
Engaging with armed groups: Dilemmas & options for mediators
Resource type: Articles & Reports
Date published: October, 2010
Publisher: Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue
Non-Paper on Policy Issues Affecting UNICEF Humanitarian Action in Complex Threat Environments
Resource type: Articles & Reports
Date published: October, 2010
Publisher: UNICEF's Office of Emergency Programmes (EMOPS)
State-building, Counterterrorism, and Licensing Humanitarianism in Somalia
Resource type: Articles & Reports
Date published: September, 2010
Publisher: Feinstein International Center
Expert Seminar: Engagement with Non-State Armed Groups in Peace Processes
Resource type: Articles & Reports
Date published: September, 2010
Publisher: German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development, German Federal College for Security Studies, GTZ
Territorial Gangs and Their Consequences for Humanitarian Players
Resource type: Articles & Reports
Date published: June, 2010
Summary: For content directly related to humanitarian negotiation see page 400.
Publisher: International Review of the Red Cross
International Humanitarian Norms & Principles: Guidance Materials
Resource type: Articles & Reports
Date published: January, 2010
Publisher: Inter-Agency Standing Committee
Taking Armed Groups Seriously: Ways to Improve their Compliance with International Humanitarian Law
Resource type: Articles & Reports
Date published: 2010
Publisher: International Humanitarian Legal Studies 1 (2010) 5-51
Military participation in humanitarian action: reflections on the Colombia case
Resource type: Articles & Reports
Date published: December, 2009
Publisher: Humanitarian Practice Network - Humanitarian Exchange Magazine Issue 45
African Union Convention for the Protection and Assistance of Internally Displaced Persons in Africa (Kampala Convention)
Resource type: Normative Framework, International Human Rights Law
Date published: 22 October, 2009
“State Parties shall provide sufficient protection and assistance to internally displaced persons, and where available resources are inadequate to enable them to do so, they shall cooperate in seeking the assistance of international organizations and humanitarian agencies, civil society organizations and other relevant actors. Such organizations may offer their services to all those in need.”
Issuing body: African Union
Symbol and paragraph: Art. 5(6)
Agenda item: Obligation of State Parties Relating to Protection and Assistance
African Union Convention for the Protection and Assistance of Internally Displaced Persons in Africa (Kampala Convention)
Resource type: Normative Framework, International Human Rights Law
Date published: 22 October, 2009
“State Parties shall allow rapid and unimpeded passage of all relief consignments, equipment and personnel to internally displaced persons. States Parties shall also enable and facilitate the role of local and international organizations and humanitarian agencies, civil society organizations and other relevant actors, to provide protection and assistance to internally displaced persons.”
Issuing body: African Union
Symbol and paragraph: Art. 5(7)
Agenda item: Relief action for internally displaced persons
UN Security Council Resolution 1889 on Women, Peace, and Security
Resource type: Normative Framework, United Nations Security Council Resolutions
Date published: 5 October, 2009
“Calls upon all parties to armed conflicts to … ensure full, unimpeded and secure humanitarian access to [civilians in refugee camps];”
Issuing body: United Nations Security Council
Symbol and paragraph: S/RES/1889 (2009)OP12
Agenda item: Women, Peace, and Security
See also:
UN Security Council Resolution 1834 on Chad, the Central African Republic and the subregion S/RES/1834 (2008)
UN Security Council Resolution 1778 on Chad, the Central African Republic and the subregion S/RES/1778 (2007)
UN Security Council Resolution 1325 on Women, Peace, and Security S/RES/1325 (2000)
UN Security Council Resolution 1286 on Burundi S/RES/1286 (2000)
UN Security Council Resolution 1272 on East Timor S/RES/1272 (1999)
Statement by the President of the UN Security Council on Burundi S/PRST/1999/32 (1999)
UN Security Council Resolution 1882 on Children and Armed Conflict
Resource type: Normative Framework, United Nations Security Council Resolutions
Date published: 4 August, 2009
“[E]ncourages Member States … in close consultations with the United Nations country-level task force on monitoring and reporting and United Nations country teams, to facilitate the development and implementation of time-bound actions
plans, … relating to the protection of children and armed conflict;”
Issuing body: United Nations Security Council
Symbol and paragraph: S/RES/1882 (2009), OP6
Agenda item: Children and Armed Conflict
See also:
UN Security Council Resolution 1998 on Children and Armed Conflict S/RES/1998 (2011)
ECOSOC Resolution on Strengthening of the coordination of emergency humanitarian assistance of the United Nations, 2009
Resource type: Normative Framework, United Nations Economic and Social Council Resolutions
Date published: 22 July, 2009
“Encourages United Nations humanitarian organizations, while strengthening the coordination of humanitarian assistance in the field, to continue to work in close coordination with national Governments, taking into account the primary role of the affected State in the initiation, organization, coordination and implementation of such assistance within its territory;”
Issuing body: United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC)
Symbol and paragraph: E/2009/3, OP9
Agenda item: Strengthening of the coordination of humanitarian emergency assistance of the United Nations
See also:
ECOSOC Resolution on Strengthening of the coordination of emergency humanitarian assistance of the United Nations E/2010/1, OP9
ECOSOC Resolution on Strengthening of the coordination of emergency humanitarian assistance of the United Nations E/2011/8, OP11
Report of the Secretary-General to the Security Council on Sexual Violence in Conflict, 2009
Resource type: Policy Framework, Annual Reports of the United Nations Secretary-General
Date published: 15 July, 2009
“…parties to conflict must protect and meet the basic needs of persons within their control. In situations where they are unwilling or unable to do so, they must allow and facilitate the work of intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations in providing critical life-saving humanitarian assistance.”
Issuing body: United Nations Secretary-General
Symbol and paragraph: S/2009/362, Para. 30
Agenda item: Sexual violence in conflict
Analysis of normative developments in humanitarian resolutions since the adoption of General Assembly resolution 46/182
Resource type: Articles & Reports
Date published: July, 2009
Publisher: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs' Policy Development and Studies Branch
Aid and access in Sri Lanka
Resource type: Articles & Reports
Date published: June, 2009
Publisher: Humanitarian Practice Network - Humanitarian Exchange Magazine Issue 43
Report of the Secretary-General to the Security Council on the Protection of Civilians in Armed Conflict, 2009
Resource type: Policy Framework, Annual Reports of the United Nations Secretary-General
Date published: 29 May, 2009
“Systematic dialogue with all parties to conflict, including non-State armed groups, is imperative to establish understanding and acceptance of the neutral and impartial character of humanitarian assistance and the operational modalities of humanitarian agencies, and to sustain access in the long run. In addition, dialogue can be structured around negotiating context-specific arrangements, such as days of tranquility to conduct immunization or other public health campaigns…[t]he modus operandi of these and similar initiatives should be developed and implemented as and where needed.”
Issuing body: United Nations Secretary-General
Symbol and paragraph: S/2009/277, Para. 59
Agenda item: Protection of Civilians in Armed Conflict
Terms of Reference for the Humanitarian Coordinator
Resource type: Policy Framework, Other Policy Statements
Date published: 4 May, 2009
“The HC, whenever possible in support of and in coordination with national and local authorities:
…Expends all necessary efforts to obtain free, timely, safe and unimpeded access by humanitarian organisations to populations in need, where appropriate, by leading and/or promoting negotiations with relevant parties, including non-state actors”
Symbol and paragraph: Page 2
Publisher: Inter-Agency Standing Committee (IASC)
Essentials of Humanitarian Negotiation Workshop: Nairobi, Kenya 27 April-1 May, 2009
Resource type: Training
Date published: May, 2009
Publisher: UNHCR
Interpretive Guidance on the Notion of Direct Participation in Hostilities Under International Humanitarian Law
Resource type: Articles & Reports
Date published: May, 2009
Summary: For content directly related to humanitarian negotiation see pages 27-36.
Publisher: International Committee of the Red Cross
Rule 56: Freedom of Movement of Humanitarian Relief Personnel
Resource type: Normative Framework, International Humanitarian Law
Date published: 2009
“The parties to the conflict must ensure the freedom of movement of authorized humanitarian relief personnel to the exercise of their functions.”
Issuing body: International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)
Agenda item: Freedom of movement of relief personnel
Rule 55: Access for Humanitarian Relief to Civilians in Need
Resource type: Normative Framework, International Humanitarian Law
Date published: 2009
“The parties to the conflict must allow and facilitate rapid and unimpeded passage of humanitarian relief for civilians in need, which is impartial in character and conducted without any adverse distinction, subject to their right of control.”
Issuing body: International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)
Agenda item: Free passage of humanitarian relief
Choosing to engage: armed groups and peace processes
Resource type: Articles & Reports
Date published: 2009
Publisher: Conciliation Resources
Women in Armed Opposition Groups Speak on War, Protection and Obligations under International Humanitarian and Human Rights Law
Resource type: Articles & Reports
Date published: December, 2008
Summary: For content directly related to humanitarian negotiation see pages 74-86.
Publisher: Geneva Call
Negotiating humanitarian access to cyclone-affected areas of Myanmar: a review
Resource type: Articles & Reports
Date published: December, 2008
Publisher: Humanitarian Practice Network - Humanitarian Exchange Magazine Issue 41
Does humanitarian space exist in Chad?
Resource type: Articles & Reports
Date published: December, 2008
Publisher: Humanitarian Practice Network - Humanitarian Exchange Magazine Issue 41
Exploring Criteria & Conditions for Engaging Armed Non-State Actors to Respect Humanitarian Law & Human Rights Law
Resource type: Articles & Reports
Date published: November, 2008
Publisher: Geneva Call, the Program for the Study of International Organization(s), the United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research
Guidelines for UN and other Humanitarian Organizations on Interacting with Military, Non-State Armed Actors and Other Security Actors in Iraq
Resource type: Articles & Reports
Date published: August, 2008
Publisher: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
Armed groups, sanctions and the implementation of international humanitarian law
Resource type: Articles & Reports
Date published: June, 2008
Publisher: International Review of the Red Cross Volume 90, Number 870
Responding to protracted crises: The principled model of NMPACT in Sudan
Resource type: Books
Date published: April, 2008
Summary: Describes the impact of the conflict in Sudan on the Nuba Mountains population and how a partnership between donors, agencies and local stakeholders, based on principles of engagement, resulted in coordinated efforts to address the key determinants of the conflict and food insecurity. For content directly related to humanitarian negotiation see pages 39-59.
Publisher: Humanitarian Policy Group, Overseas Development Institute
Dealing with the Devil? Humanitarian Negotiations with Armed Non-State Actors: The Case of Colombia
Resource type: Articles & Reports
Date published: 26 March, 2008
Summary: Online link not available.
Publisher: Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies
Increasing Respect for International Humanitarian Law in Non-International Armed Conflicts
Resource type: Articles & Reports
Date published: February, 2008
Publisher: International Committee of the Red Cross
`We Don't Negotiate with Terrorists!': Legitimacy and Complexity in Terrorist Conflicts
Resource type: Articles & Reports
Date published: 2008
Summary: Open source link not available. Article accessible here: http://sdi.sagepub.com/content/39/4/407.abstract
Publisher: Security Dialogue 39 (4)
Negotiating in Practice What is Non-Negotiable in Principle: Development Policy and Armed Non-State Actors
Resource type: Articles & Reports
Date published: August, 2007
Publisher: German Development Institute
The Paris Principles: Principles and Guidelines on Children Associated With Armed Forces or Armed Groups
Resource type: Policy Framework, Other Policy Statements
Date published: February, 2007
“…Actors should continue to negotiate with armed forces or armed groups for the release of all children recruited or used unlawfully…”
“…actors working to promote and support the release of children should make contact with those armed groups who are recruiting or have recruited children and affiliated bodies where this can be done safely, in order to negotiate commitments to establish a minimum age of 18 years for recruitment or participation in armed conflict and to release children in their ranks.”
Issuing body: United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)
Symbol and paragraph: Paragraph 7.9 ; Paragraph 7.11
Agenda item: Children and Armed Conflict
Human rights obligations of non-state actors in conflict situations
Resource type: Articles & Reports
Date published: September, 2006
Publisher: International Review of the Red Cross Volume 88, Number 863
Humanitarian action in the new security environment: policy and operational implications in Afghanistan
Resource type: Articles & Reports
Date published: September, 2006
Publisher: Humanitarian Policy Group
Humanitarian action in the new security environment: Policy and operational implications in Somalia and Somaliland
Resource type: Articles & Reports
Date published: September, 2006
Summary: Identifies changes in, and perceptions of, security and threat levels, and maps the individual security practices of key humanitarian actors and their collective security arrangements, in order to draw conclusions as to how the security environment has impacted on humanitarian delivery, including shifts towards localisation of response. For content directly related to humanitarian negotiation see pages 46, 49.
Publisher: Humanitarian Policy Group, Overseas Development Institute
Guiding principles for the provision of humanitarian assistance
Resource type: Negotiated Agreements
Date published: March, 2006
Summary: For the guiding principles scroll to the bottom of the page to the Annex
Humanitarian Negotiations with Armed Groups: A Manual for Practitioners
Resource type: Training
Date published: January, 2006
Publisher: United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA)
Guidelines on Humanitarian Negotiations with Armed Groups
Resource type: Training
Date published: January, 2006
Publisher: United Nations
Proactive Presence: Field strategies for civilian protection
Resource type: Articles & Reports
Date published: 2006
Summary: For information directly related to humanitarian negotiation go to page 117 of the document.
Publisher: Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue
The Role of Post-Intervention Security in Peace and Relief Mission Negotiations: Responding to Local Populations
Resource type: Articles & Reports
Date published: 2006
Negotiating Justice? Human rights and peace agreements
Resource type: Articles & Reports
Date published: 2006
Publisher: International Council on Human Rights Policy
Getting non-state actors to protect IDPs
Resource type: Articles & Reports
Date published: October, 2005
Publisher: Forced Migration Review Issue 24, IDP Supplement
Emergency Field Handbook: A Guide for UNICEF Staff
Resource type: Articles & Reports
Date published: July, 2005
Summary: For content directly related to Humanitarian Negotiation see page 51.
Publisher: UNICEF
Engaging Armed Groups - the practical challenges: negotiation support
Resource type: Articles & Reports
Date published: 27 June, 2005
Publisher: HD Centre
Humanitarian engagement with non-state armed actors: The paramenters of negotiated access
Resource type: Articles & Reports
Date published: June, 2005
Publisher: Humanitarian Practice Network at Overseas Development Institute
Humanitarian engagement with non-state armed actors: The parameters of negotiated access
Resource type: Articles & Reports
Date published: June, 2005
Publisher: Humanitarian Practice Network at the Overseas Development Institute
Customary International Humanitarian Law: Volume 1, Rules
Resource type: Books
Date published: 21 March, 2005
Summary: ISBN: 978-0521005289
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Asymmetrical warfare from the perspective of humanitaian law and humanitarian action
Resource type: Articles & Reports
Date published: March, 2005
Publisher: International Review of the Red Cross Volume 87, Number 857
Study on customary international humanitarian law: A contribution to the understanding and respect for the rule of law in armed conflict
Resource type: Articles & Reports
Date published: March, 2005
Publisher: International Review of the Red Cross
Operation Lifeline Sudan: war, peace and relief in southern Sudan
Resource type: Negotiated Agreements
Date published: 2005
Publisher: Conciliation Resources
Vive la différence? Huamnitarian and political approaches to engaging armed groups
Resource type: Articles & Reports
Date published: 2005
Publisher: Conciliation Resources
Engaging armed hgroups: the challenge of asymmetries
Resource type: Articles & Reports
Date published: 2005
Publisher: Conciliation Resources
Understanding armed groups
Resource type: Articles & Reports
Date published: 2005
Publisher: Conciliation Resources
Towards a Common Security Framework: Securing Access and Managing Risks in Hazardous Missions
Resource type: Articles & Reports
Date published: November, 2004
Publisher: Harvard Program on Humanitarian Policy and Conflict Research
Humanitarian negotiation: A handbook for securing access, assistance and protection for civilians in armed conflict
Resource type: Books
Date published: October, 2004
Publisher: Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue
The Roots of Behavior in War: A Survey of the Literature
Resource type: Articles & Reports
Date published: October, 2004
Publisher: International Committee of the Red Cross
Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement, 2nd Edition
Resource type: Normative Framework, United Nations General Assembly Resolutions
Date published: September, 2004
“All authorities concerned shall grant and facilitate the free passage of humanitarian assistance and grant persons engaged in the provision of such assistance rapid and unimpeded access to the internally displaced.”
Issuing body: United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC)
Symbol and paragraph: Principle 25 (3)
Engaging Non-State Armed Groups in Humanitarian Action: State Actor and Non-Governmental Approaches
Resource type: Articles & Reports
Date published: August, 2004
Publisher: German Development Institute
What the Fighters Say: A Survey of Ex-Combatants in Sierra Leone
Resource type: Articles & Reports
Date published: July, 2004
Publisher: Columbia University, Stanford University, and PRIDE
Report of the Secretary-General to the Security Council on the Protection of Civilians in Armed Conflict, 2004
Resource type: Policy Framework, Annual Reports of the United Nations Secretary-General
Date published: 28 May, 2004
“Efforts to secure more consistent humanitarian access need to be made on the basis of structured and coordinated negotiations.”
Issuing body: United Nations Secretary-General
Symbol and paragraph: S/2004/431, Para. 19
Agenda item: Protection of Civilians in Armed Conflict
Profile of Internal Displacement: Sudan
Resource type: Articles & Reports
Date published: 19 May, 2004
Summary: For content related to humanitarian negotiation see pages 178-195
Publisher: Norwegian Refugee Council/Global IDP Project
UN Security Council Resolution 1539 on Children and Armed Conflict
Resource type: Normative Framework, United Nations Security Council Resolutions
Date published: 22 April, 2004
“Calls upon parties [listed in the annexes of the S-G annual report for violating the rights of children] to prepare… concrete time-bound action plans to halt recruitment and use of children in violation of the international obligations applicable to them, in close collaboration with United Nations peacekeeping missions and United Nations country teams…”
Issuing body: United Nations Security Council
Symbol and paragraph: S/RES/1539 (2004), OP5a
Agenda item: Children and Armed Conflict
See also:
UN Security Council Resolution 1612 on Children and Armed Conflict S/RES/1612 (2005)
UN Security Council Resolution 1882 on Children and Armed Conflict S/RES/1882 (2009)
UN Security Council Resolution 1998 on Children and Armed Conflict S/RES/1998 (2011)
Sudan: Protocol on the establishment of humanitarian assistance in Darfur
Resource type: Negotiated Agreements
Date published: 8 April, 2004
Operational interaction between UN humanitarian agencies and belligerent forces
Resource type: Articles & Reports
Date published: March, 2004
Publisher: Humanitarian Practice Network
The roots of behavior in war: Understanding and preventing IHL violations
Resource type: Articles & Reports
Date published: March, 2004
Publisher: International Committee of the Red Cross
Armed Nonstate Actors
Resource type: Books
Date published: February, 2004
Summary: This is chapter 8 in the book "The UN Security Council: From the Cold War to the 21st Century", edited by David Malone. ISBN: 978-1588262400
Publisher: Lynne Rienner
Dealing with Hamas
Resource type: Articles & Reports
Date published: 26 January, 2004
Publisher: International Crisis Group
Keeping the Promise of Protection: Holding Armed Groups to the Same Standard as States
Resource type: Articles & Reports
Date published: 15 January, 2004
Publisher: The Armed Groups Project, University of British Columbia
Engaging armed groups in peace processes: Joint analysis workshop report
Resource type: Articles & Reports
Date published: 2004
Publisher: Conciliation Resources
Culture as Context, Culture as Communication: Considerations for Humanitarian Negotiators
Resource type: Articles & Reports
Date published: 2004
Summary: Scroll down to Spring 2004 Archive for Avruch's report.
Publisher: 9 Harvard Negotiation Law Review No. 391
Improving Compliance with International Humanitarian Law
Resource type: Articles & Reports
Date published: October, 2003
Publisher: International Committee of the Red Cross
Essentials of Negotiation
Resource type: Books
Date published: 13 June, 2003
Summary: ISBN: 978-0072545821
Publisher: McGraw-Hill/Irwin
Humanitarian engagement with armed groups: The Central Asian Islamic opposition movements
Resource type: Articles & Reports
Date published: February, 2003
Publisher: Henry Dunant Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue
Humanitarian engagement with armed groups: The Central Asian Islamic opposition movements
Resource type: Articles & Reports
Date published: February, 2003
Publisher: The Henry Dunant Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue
Politics and Humanitarianism: Coherence in crisis?
Resource type: Articles & Reports
Date published: February, 2003
Publisher: The Henry Dunant Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue
UN Security Council Resolution 1460 on Children and Armed Conflict
Resource type: Normative Framework, United Nations Security Council Resolutions
Date published: 30 January, 2003
“Calls on parties involved in armed conflict to abide by the concrete commitments [to end grave violations against children affected by armed conflict] they have made to the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict and to cooperate fully with the United Nations system in the implementation of their commitment.”
Issuing body: United Nations Security Council
Symbol and paragraph: S/RES/1460 (2003), OP14
Agenda item: Children and Armed Conflict
See also:
UN Security Council Resolution 1539 on Children and Armed Conflict S/RES/1539 (2004)
UN Security Council Resolution 1612 on Children and Armed Conflict S/RES/1612 (2005)
UN Security Council Resolution 1882 on Children and Armed Conflict S/RES/1882 (2009)
UN Security Council Resolution 1998 on Children and Armed Conflict S/RES/1998 (2011)
Negotiated Access: Humanitarian Engagement with Armed Nonstate Actors
Resource type: Articles & Reports
Date published: 2003
Publisher: Carr Center for Human Rights Policy
Marketing Humanitarian Space: Argument and Method in Humanitarian Persuasion
Resource type: Articles & Reports
Date published: 2003
Publisher: Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue
Relevance of International Humanitarian Law to Non-State Actors
Resource type: Articles & Reports
Date published: 2003
Publisher: College of Europe and International Committee of the Red Cross
Report of the Secretary-General to the Security Council on the Protection of Civilians in Armed Conflict, 2002
Resource type: Policy Framework, Annual Reports of the United Nations Secretary-General
Date published: 26 November, 2002
“Carefully negotiated humanitarian access does much to improve the protection of civilian populations in the short term and to improve prospects for a successful transition to reconciliation.”
“… it is critically important that humanitarian actors are able freely to make contact with non-State actors to negotiate fundamental issues like humanitarian access, regardless of the relationships between the State and the rebel groups.”
Issuing body: United Nations Secretary-General
Symbol and paragraph: S/2002/1300, Para. 17 ; S/2002/1300, Para. 26
Agenda item: Protection of Civilians in Armed Conflict
Report of the Secretary-General to the Security Council on Women, Peace and Security, 2002
Resource type: Policy Framework, Annual Reports of the United Nations Secretary-General
Date published: 16 October, 2002
“[calls upon the UN Security Council to] Urge parties to conflict to ensure that agencies of the United Nations and other international organizations, regional organizations and NGOs have safe and unhindered access to populations in need, especially women and girls.”
Issuing body: United Nations Secretary-General
Symbol and paragraph: S/2002/1154, Para. 53
Agenda item: Women, Peace, and security
ECOSOC Resolution on Strengthening of the coordination of emergency humanitarian assistance of the United Nations, 2002
Resource type: Normative Framework, United Nations Economic and Social Council Resolutions
Date published: 26 July, 2002
“Calls upon all Governments and parties in complex humanitarian emergencies, in particular in armed conflicts and in post-conflict situations, in countries in which humanitarian personnel are operating, in conformity with the relevant provisions of international law and national laws, to cooperate fully with the United Nations and other humanitarian agencies and organizations and to ensure the safe and unhindered access of humanitarian personnel in order to allow them to perform efficiently their task of assisting the affected population, including refugees and internally displaced persons;”
Issuing body: United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC)
Symbol and paragraph: E/2002/32, OP 22
Agenda item: Strengthening of the coordination of emergency humanitarian assistance of the United Nations
See also:
ECOSOC Resolution on Strengthening of the coordination of emergency humanitarian assistance of the United Nations E/2003/5, OP7
ECOSOC Resolution on Triennial comprehensive policy review of operational activities for development of the United Nations system E/2004/50, OP9
ECOSOC Resolution on Strengthening of the coordination of emergency humanitarian assistance of the United Nations E/2009/3, OP12
ECOSOC Resolution on Strengthening of the coordination of emergency humanitarian assistance of the United Nations E/2010/1, OP13
ECOSOC Resolution on Strengthening of the coordination of emergency humanitarian assistance of the United Nations E/2011/8, OP20
UN General Assembly Resolution on Protection of and assistance to internally displaced persons, 2002
Resource type: Normative Framework, United Nations General Assembly Resolutions
Date published: 20 February, 2002
“Calls upon Governments to provide protection and assistance, including reintegration and development assistance, to internally displaced persons, and to facilitate the efforts of relevant United Nations agencies and humanitarian organizations in these respects, including by further improving access to internally displaced persons.”
Issuing body: United Nations General Assembly
Symbol and paragraph: A/RES/56/164, OP10
Agenda item: Protection of and assistance to internally displaced persons
See also:
UN General Assembly Resolution on Protection of and assistance to internally displaced persons, 2003 A/RES/58/177 (2003), OP11
UN General Assembly Resolution on Protection of and assistance to internally displaced persons, 2005 A/RES/60/168 (2005), OP12
UN General Assembly Resolution on Protection of and assistance to internally displaced persons, 2007 A/RES/62/153 (2007), OP15
UN General Assembly Resolution on Strengthening of the coordination of emergency humanitarian assistance of the United Nations, 2011 A/RES/65/133 (2011), OP26
Colombia: Beyond Negotiation International Humanitarian Law and its Application to the Conduct of the FARC-EP
Resource type: Articles & Reports
Date published: 1 August, 2001
Publisher: Human Rights Watch, Vol.13, Issue 3B
Report of the Secretary-General to the Security Council on the Protection of Civilians in Armed Conflict, 2001
Resource type: Policy Framework, Annual Reports of the United Nations Secretary-General
Date published: 30 March, 2001
“Access negotiations during a conflict must be understood as a humanitarian necessity.”
Issuing body: United Nations Secretary-General
Symbol and paragraph: S/2001/331, Para. 15
Agenda item: Protection of Civilians in Armed Conflict
Humanitarian Negotiation: Observations from Recent Experience
Resource type: Articles & Reports
Date published: 22 February, 2001
Publisher: Harvard Program on Humanitarian Policy and Conflict Research
Engaging Non-State Actors in a Landmine Ban: a pioneering conference
Resource type: Articles & Reports
Date published: 2001
Publisher: Conference Organizers
Negotiating humanitarian access in Angola: 1990-2000
Resource type: Articles & Reports
Date published: June, 2000
Publisher: UNHCR Working Paper
The role of non-state actors in building human security: The case of armed groups in intra-state wars
Resource type: Articles & Reports
Date published: May, 2000
Publisher: Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue
UN Security Council Resolution 1296 on Protection of Civilians in Armed Conflict
Resource type: Normative Framework, United Nations Security Council Resolutions
Date published: 19 April, 2000
“Underlines the importance of safe and unimpeded access of humanitarian personnel to civilians in armed conflicts, calls upon all parties concerned, including neighboring States, to cooperate fully with the United Nations Humanitarian
Coordinator and United Nations agencies in providing such access …”
Issuing body: United Nations Security Council
Symbol and paragraph: S/RES/1296 (2000), OP8
Agenda item: Protection of Civilians in Armed Conflict
See also:
UN Security Council Resolution 1674 on Protection of Civilians in Armed Conflict S/RES/1674 (2006)
UN Security Council Resolution 1894 on Protection of Civilians in Armed Conflict S/RES/1894 (2009)
The 'Agreement on Ground Rules' in South Sudan
Resource type: Articles & Reports
Date published: March, 2000
Publisher: Humanitarian Policy Group
The 'Agreement on Ground Rules' in South Sudan
Resource type: Negotiated Agreements
Date published: March, 2000
Summary: For the negotiated agreement, see Appendex 2 on page 74.
Publisher: Overseas Development Institute (ODI)
Access to safety? Negotiating protection in a Central Asian emergency
Resource type: Articles & Reports
Date published: February, 2000
Publisher: UNHCR Working Paper No. 17
Ends & means: human rights approaches to armed groups
Resource type: Articles & Reports
Date published: 2000
Publisher: International Council on Human Rights Policy
Report of the Secretary-General to the Security Council on the Protection of Civilians in Armed Conflict, 1999
Resource type: Policy Framework, Annual Reports of the United Nations Secretary-General
Date published: 8 September, 1999
“Effective and timely humanitarian action requires unhindered access to those in need. Thus, humanitarian organizations are involved on a daily basis in negotiations with the parties to conflicts to obtain and maintain safe access to civilians in need, as well as guarantees of security for humanitarian personnel. In order to fulfill this task, humanitarian actors must be able to maintain a dialogue with relevant non-state actors without thereby lending them any political legitimacy.”
Issuing body: United Nations Secretary-General
Symbol and paragraph: S/1999/957, Para. 51
Agenda item: Protection of Civilians in Armed Conflict
UN Security Council Resolution 1261 on Children and Armed Conflict
Resource type: Normative Framework, United Nations Security Council Resolutions
Date published: 30 August, 1999
“Calls upon all parties to armed conflicts to ensure the full, safe and unhindered access of humanitarian personnel and the delivery of humanitarian assistance to all children affected by armed conflict;”
Issuing body: United Nations Security Council
Symbol and paragraph: S/RES/1261 (1999), OP11
Agenda item: Children and Armed Conflict
See also:
UN Security Council Resolution 1314 on Children and Armed Conflict S/RES/1314 (2000)
UN Security Council Resolution 1379 on Children and Armed Conflict S/RES/1379 (2001)
UN Security Council Resolution 1460 on Children and Armed Conflict S/RES/1460 (2003)
UN Security Council Resolution 1539 on Children and Armed Conflict S/RES/1539 (2004)
The humanitarian operation in Bosnia, 1992-95: dilemmas of negotiating humanitarian access
Resource type: Articles & Reports
Date published: May, 1999
Publisher: UNHCR Centre for Documentation and Research
Do No Harm: How Aid Can Support Peace - Or War
Resource type: Books
Date published: April, 1999
Summary: ISBN: 978-1555878344
Publisher: Lynne Rienner
Principles of engagement for emergency humanitarian assistance in the Democratic Republic of Congo
Resource type: Case Studies
Date published: 25 January, 1999
Publisher: United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA)
Editor(s): Ali B. Ali-Dinar
Principles of engagement for emergency humanitarian assistance in the Democratic Republic of Congo
Resource type: Negotiated Agreements
Date published: 25 January, 1999
Hard Choices: Moral Dilemmas in Humanitarian Intervention
Resource type: Books
Date published: 19 November, 1998
Summary: ISBN: 978-0847690312
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Editor(s): Jonathan Moore
War Without Quarter: Colombia and International Humanitarian Law
Resource type: Articles & Reports
Date published: October, 1998
Publisher: Human Rights Watch
UN General Assembly Resolution on Safety and security of humanitarian personnel
Resource type: Normative Framework, United Nations General Assembly Resolutions
Date published: 18 February, 1998
“Calls upon all States and parties in complex humanitarian emergencies, in particular in armed conflict and in post-conflict situations, in countries in which humanitarian personnel are operating, in conformity with the relevant provisions of international law and national laws, to cooperate fully with the United Nations and other humanitarian agencies and organizations and to ensure the safe and unhindered access of humanitarian personnel, as well as delivery of supplies and equipment, in order to allow such personnel to efficiently perform their task of assisting affected civilian populations, including refugees and internally displaced persons;”
Issuing body: United Nations General Assembly
Symbol and paragraph: A/RES/52/167 (1998), OP3
Agenda item: Strengthening of the coordination of humanitarian emergency assistance of the United Nations
See also:
UN General Assembly Resolution on Safety and security of humanitarian personnel and protection of United Nations personnel, 1998 A/RES/53/87 (1998), OP11
UN General Assembly Resolution on Safety and security of humanitarian personnel and protection of United Nations personnel, 1999 A/RES/54/192 (1999), OP3
UN General Assembly Resolution on Safety and security of humanitarian personnel and protection of United Nations personnel, 2000 A/RES/55/175 (2000), OP4
UN General Assembly Resolution on Safety and security of humanitarian personnel and protection of United Nations personnel, 2001 A/RES/56/217 (2001), OP4
UN General Assembly Resolution on Safety and security of humanitarian personnel and protection of United Nations personnel, 2002 A/RES/57/155 (2002), OP5
UN General Assembly Resolution on strengthening the coordination of humanitarian emergency assistance of the United Nations, 2003 A/RES/58/114 (2003), OP10
UN General Assembly Resolution on Safety and security of humanitarian personnel and protection of United Nations personnel, 2003 A/RES/58/122 (2003), OP5
UN General Assembly Resolution on strengthening the coordination of humanitarian emergency assistance of the United Nations, 2004 A/RES/59/141 (2004), OP18
UN General Assembly Resolution on Safety and security of humanitarian personnel and protection of United Nations personnel, 2004 A/RES/59/211 (2004), OP4
UN General Assembly Resolution on Safety and security of humanitarian personnel and protection of United Nations personnel, 2005 A/RES/60/123 (2005), OP4
UN General Assembly Resolution on strengthening the coordination of humanitarian emergency assistance of the United Nations, 2004 A/RES/60/124 (2005), OP2
UN General Assembly Resolution on Safety and security of humanitarian personnel and protection of United Nations personnel, 2006 A/RES/61/133 (2006), OP4
UN General Assembly Resolution on strengthening the coordination of humanitarian emergency assistance of the United Nations, 2006 A/RES/61/134 (2006), OP20
UN General Assembly Resolution on strengthening the coordination of humanitarian emergency assistance of the United Nations, 2007 A/RES/62/94 (2007), OP24
UN General Assembly Resolution on Safety and security of humanitarian personnel and protection of United Nations personnel, 2007 A/RES/62/95 (2007), OP4 and OP 11
UN General Assembly Resolution on Safety and security of humanitarian personnel and protection of United Nations personnel, 2008 A/RES/63/138 (2008), OP4
UN General Assembly Resolution on strengthening the coordination of humanitarian emergency assistance of the United Nations, 2008 A/RES/63/139 (2008), OP25
UN General Assembly Resolution on strengthening the coordination of humanitarian emergency assistance of the United Nations, 2009 A/RES/64/76 (2009), OP26
UN General Assembly Resolution on Safety and security of humanitarian personnel and protection of United Nations personnel, 2009 A/RES/64/77 (2009), OP4
UN General Assembly Resolution on Safety and security of humanitarian personnel and protection of United Nations personnel, 2010 A/RES/65/132 (2010), OP4
UN General Assembly Resolution on strengthening the coordination of humanitarian emergency assistance of the United Nations, 2010 A/RES/65/133 (2011), OP27
Promoting humanitarian principles: the southern Sudan experience
Resource type: Articles & Reports
Date published: May, 1997
Publisher: RRN Paper, Overseas Development Institute
SPLM-United / Operation Lifeline Sudan Agreement on Ground Rules
Resource type: Negotiated Agreements
Date published: May, 1996
Summary: For the Agreement go to page 92 of the document.
Conflict and Humanitarian Action. Report of a Conference at Princeton University
Resource type: Articles & Reports
Date published: 23 October, 1993
Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees
UN General Assembly Resolution on strengthening the coordination of humanitarian emergency assistance of the United Nations, 1991
Resource type: Normative Framework, United Nations General Assembly Resolutions
Date published: 19 December, 1991
“Under the aegis of the General Assembly and working under the direction of the Secretary-General, the high-level official would have the following responsibilities: …
(d) Actively facilitating, including through negotiation if needed, the access by the operational organizations to emergency areas for the rapid provision of emergency assistance by obtaining the consent of all parties concerned, through modalities such as the establishment of temporary relief corridors where needed, days and zones of tranquility and other forms;…”
“States whose populations are in need of humanitarian assistance are called upon to facilitate the work of these [Intergovernmental and non- governmental] organizations in implementing humanitarian assistance, in particular the supply of food, medicines, shelter and health care, for which access to victims is essential.”
“The United Nations should continue to make appropriate arrangements with interested Governments and intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations to enable it to have more expeditious access, when necessary, to their emergency relief capacities, including food reserves, emergency stockpiles and personnel, as well as logistic support…”
Issuing body: United Nations General Assembly
Symbol and paragraph: A/RES/46/182, OP35d ; A/RES/46/182, OP6 ; A/RES/46/182OP28
Agenda item: Strengthening of the coordination of humanitarian emergency assistance of the United Nations
See also:
United Nations General Assembly Resolution on strengthening of the coordination of humanitarian emergence assistance of the United Nations, 1993 A/RES/48/57 (1993), OP19
United Nations General Assembly Resolution on strengthening of the coordination of humanitarian emergence assistance of the United Nations, 1997 A/RES/51/194 (1997), PP12
United Nations General Assembly Resolution on international cooperation on humanitarian assistance in the field of natural disasters, from relief to development, 2010 A/RES/64/251(2010), OP14
United Nations General Assembly Resolution on international cooperation on humanitarian assistance in the field of natural disasters, from relief to development, 2011 A/RES/65/264 (2011), OP14
Getting to Yes: Negotiating Agreement Without Giving In
Resource type: Books
Date published: 1 December, 1991
Summary: ISBN: 978-0140157352
Publisher: Penguin Books; Revised Edition
United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child
Resource type: Normative Framework, International Human Rights Law
Date published: 20 November, 1989
“…States Parties shall provide… co-operation in any efforts by the United Nations and other competent intergovernmental organizations or non-governmental organizations co-operating with the United Nations to protect and assist [a refugee child or a child who is seeking refugee status]…”
Issuing body: United Nations General Assembly
Symbol and paragraph: Art. 22(2)
Agenda item: Right of refugee children to humanitarian access
Protocol Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, and relating to the Protection of Victims of International Armed Conflicts (Protocol I)
Resource type: Normative Framework, International Humanitarian Law
Date published: 8 June, 1977
“The Parties to the conflict and each High Contracting Party shall allow and facilitate rapid and unimpeded passage of all relief consignments, equipment and personnel provided in accordance with this Section, even if such assistance is destined for the civilian population of the adverse Party.”
Issuing body: International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)
Symbol and paragraph: Art. 70(2)
Agenda item: Protection of Civilians in Armed Conflict
Protocol Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, and relating to the Protection of Victims of International Armed Conflicts (Protocol I)
Resource type: Normative Framework, International Humanitarian Law
Date published: 8 June, 1977
“If the civilian population of any territory under the control of a Party to the conflict, other than occupied territory, is not adequately provided with the supplies… relief actions which are humanitarian and impartial in character and conducted without any adverse distinction shall be undertaken, subject to the agreement of the Parties concerned in such relief actions. Offers of such relief shall not be regarded as interference in the armed conflict or as unfriendly acts…”
Issuing body: International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)
Symbol and paragraph: Art. 70(1)
Agenda item: Protection of Civilians in Armed Conflict
Protocol Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, and relating to the Protection of Victims of International Armed Conflicts (Protocol I)
Resource type: Normative Framework, International Humanitarian Law
Date published: 8 June, 1977
“Where necessary, relief personnel may form part of the assistance provided in any relief action, in particular for the transportation and distribution of relief consignments; the participation of such personnel shall be subject to the approval of the Party in whose territory they will carry out their duties.”
Issuing body: International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)
Symbol and paragraph: Art. 71(1)
Agenda item: Protection of Civilians in Armed Conflict
Protocol Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, and relating to the Protection of Victims of Non-International Armed Conflicts (Protocol II)
Resource type: Normative Framework, International Humanitarian Law
Date published: 8 June, 1977
“If the civilian population is suffering undue hardship owing to a lack of the supplies essential for its survival, relief actions for the civilian population which are of an exclusively humanitarian and impartial nature and which are conducted without any adverse distinction shall be undertaken subject to the consent of the High Contracting Party concerned.”
Issuing body: International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)
Symbol and paragraph: Art. 18(2)
Agenda item: Protection of Civilians in Armed Conflict
Geneva Convention (IV) relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War
Resource type: Normative Framework, International Humanitarian Law
Date published: 12 August, 1949
“The distribution of the relief consignments shall be carried out with the cooperation and under the supervision of the Protecting Power. This duty may also be delegated, by agreement between the Occupying Power and the Protecting Power, to a neutral Power, to the International Committee of the Red Cross or to any other impartial humanitarian body.
All Contracting Parties shall endeavour to permit the transit and transport, free of charge, of such relief consignments on their way to occupied territories.”
Issuing body: International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)
Symbol and paragraph: Art. 61
Agenda item: Protection of Civilians in Armed Conflict
Geneva Convention (IV) relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War
Resource type: Normative Framework, International Humanitarian Law
Date published: 12 August, 1949
“The Parties to the conflict shall endeavour to conclude local agreements for the removal from besieged or encircled areas, of wounded, sick, infirm, and aged persons, children and maternity cases, and for the passage of ministers of all
religions, medical personnel and medical equipment on their way to such areas.”
Issuing body: International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)
Symbol and paragraph: Art. 17
Agenda item: Protection of Civilians in Armed Conflict
Geneva Convention (IV) relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War
Resource type: Normative Framework, International Humanitarian Law
Date published: 12 August, 1949
“Each High Contracting Party shall allow the free passage of all consignments of medical and hospital stores and objects necessary for religious worship intended only for civilians of another High Contracting Party, even if the latter is its adversary. It shall likewise permit the free passage of all consignments of essential foodstuffs, clothing and tonics intended for children under fifteen, expectant mothers and maternity cases.”
Issuing body: International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)
Symbol and paragraph: Art. 23
Agenda item: Protection of Civilians in Armed Conflict
Geneva Convention (IV) relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War
Resource type: Normative Framework, International Humanitarian Law
Date published: 12 August, 1949
“If the whole or part of the population of an occupied territory is inadequately supplied, the Occupying Power shall agree to relief schemes on behalf of the said population, and shall facilitate them by all the means at its disposal.
Such schemes, which may be undertaken either by States or by impartial humanitarian organizations such as the International Committee of the Red Cross, shall consist in particular, of the provision of consignments of foodstuffs, medical supplies and clothing.
All Contracting Parties shall permit the free passage of these consignments and shall guarantee their protection.”
Issuing body: International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)
Symbol and paragraph: Art. 59
Agenda item: Protection of Civilians in Armed Conflict
Geneva Convention (IV) relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War
Resource type: Normative Framework, International Humanitarian Law
Date published: 12 August, 1949
“[The International Committee of the Red Cross, the relevant National Red Cross (Red Crescent, Red Lion and Sun) Society, as well as other humanitarian organizations] shall be granted all facilities for [communication with
protected persons] by the authorities, within the bounds set by military or security considerations. “
Issuing body: International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)
Symbol and paragraph: Art. 30
Agenda item: Status and treatment of protected persons
Geneva Convention (IV) relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War
Resource type: Normative Framework, International Humanitarian Law
Date published: 12 August, 1949
“An impartial humanitarian body, such as the International Committee of the Red Cross, may offer its services to the Parties to the conflict.”
Issuing body: International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)
Symbol and paragraph: Art. 3 (2)
Agenda item: Treatment of Prisoners of War