We may need more humanitarian bureaucracy, not less February 4, 2021 5 mins read Accountability / Analysis / Humanitarian Action / Humanitarian Principles / Sexual Violence Aaron Clark-Ginsberg & Mary Kate Adgie In the humanitarian sector, bureaucracy has been faulted for everything from ageism and the suppression ...
People power in humanitarian action February 20, 2020 15 mins read Accountability / Analysis / Humanitarian Action / Humanitarian Principles Hugo Slim The principle of “putting people at the centre” of humanitarian action rightly dominates humanitarian policy ...
Reflections of a humanitarian bureaucrat January 9, 2020 14 mins read Accountability / Humanitarian Action / Humanitarian Principles / Stories Hugo Slim Last week, the incoming Director-General of the ICRC stressed the importance of reducing bureaucracy in ...
The other side of trust November 26, 2019 6 mins read Accountability / Humanitarian Action / Humanitarian Principles Marc DuBois In the run up its 33rd International Conference, we find that the International Red Cross ...
Trust Me – I’m a Humanitarian October 24, 2019 12 mins read Accountability / Humanitarian Action / Humanitarian Principles / Sexual Violence / The most read blog posts in 2019 Hugo Slim The question of trust has become a major issue in humanitarian action. Can parties to ...
Know your enemy and know yourself: Attribution in the cyber domain June 3, 2019 9 mins read Accountability / Cyber / Human Costs of Cyber / Law and Conflict / New Technologies Vitaly Kamluk ‘It is said that if you know your enemy and know yourself, you will not ...
The price of virtual proximity: How humanitarian organizations’ digital trails can put people at risk December 7, 2018 6 mins read Accountability / Humanitarian Action / Technology in Humanitarian Action Tina Bouffet & Massimo Marelli Your text messages, phone calls, social media posts and cash transfers can say a lot ...
The Independent Humanitarian Fact-Finding Commission: Has the ‘Sleeping Beauty’ Awoken? January 9, 2018 14 mins read Accountability / Analysis / Law and Conflict Cristina Azzarello & Matthieu Niederhauser In 2015, the International Humanitarian Fact-Finding Commission (the Commission) received a great deal of attention after Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) called for an ...
