Articles & Reports
Negotiating Humanitarian Access: Guidance for Humanitarian Negotiators
Resource type: Articles & Reports
Date published: 13 July, 2017
Summary: This brief is highly practice-oriented and is intended to provide concise, straight-forward and structured guidance to humanitarians looking to improve the way they approach and conduct negotiations. The brief presents Conflict Dynamics' model of humanitarian negotiations which has evolved through years of experience directly negotiating and supporting others in their negotiation efforts.
Publisher: Conflict Dynamics International
See also:
En français Négociation de l'accès humanitaire: Directives destinées aux négociateurs humanitaires
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
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)
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
The 'Agreement on Ground Rules' in South Sudan
Resource type: Articles & Reports
Date published: March, 2000
Publisher: Humanitarian Policy Group
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
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
War Without Quarter: Colombia and International Humanitarian Law
Resource type: Articles & Reports
Date published: October, 1998
Publisher: Human Rights Watch
Promoting humanitarian principles: the southern Sudan experience
Resource type: Articles & Reports
Date published: May, 1997
Publisher: RRN Paper, Overseas Development Institute
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