Direct cash grants to refugees: The EU experience in Turkey one year on November 7, 2017 11 mins read Humanitarian Action / Migration Solon Ardittis In November 2016, under the EU Facility for Refugees in Turkey, the European Commission Humanitarian Aid Office (ECHO) launched the Emergency Social Safety ...
The data divide: Overcoming an increasing practitioner-academic gap November 2, 2017 9 mins read Humanitarian Action / New Technologies / Technology in Humanitarian Action Larissa Fast The promise of big data coupled with the push to use evidence in making decisions ...
Military influence operations & IHL: Implications of new technologies October 27, 2017 12 mins read Analysis / Conduct of Hostilities / Humanitarian Action / Law and Conflict / New Technologies Pontus Winther The use of smartphones, apps, social media and other methods of digital communication between people ...
Human evolution: Its influence on our behaviour and perception of facts October 23, 2017 11 mins read Analysis / Humanitarian Action / Influencing Behaviour in Armed Conflict / Sexual Violence Paul Beeckman The study of the evolution of the human species can provide insight to understanding the ...
The prohibition of nuclear weapons: Assisting victims and remediating the environment October 10, 2017 9 mins read Analysis / Humanitarian Action / Law and Conflict / Weapons Elizabeth Minor States have agreed upon a treaty with humanitarian foundations that prohibits nuclear weapons. It contains ...
Refugees, migrants, IDPs: Protecting people on the move—without distinction October 9, 2017 10 mins read Analysis / Humanitarian Action / Law and Conflict / Migration / Sexual Violence Sir Michael Aaronson ‘It is not the movement of persons that is the problem, it is the movement ...
Autonomous weapons mini-series: Distance, weapons technology and humanity in armed conflict October 6, 2017 13 mins read Analysis / Autonomous Weapons / Law and Conflict / New Technologies / Weapons Alex Leveringhaus In this blog post, I look at the ethical and legal ramifications of distance in ...
Introduction to Mini-Series: Autonomous weapon systems and ethics October 4, 2017 2 mins read Autonomous Weapons / Law and Conflict / Weapons Autonomous weapon systems & the dictates of public conscience: An ethical basis for human control? On 28–29 August 2017, the ICRC convened a ...
War in cities: How to treat the disease without killing the patient? September 26, 2017 12 mins read Analysis / Humanitarian Action / Law and Conflict / Review-related / Sexual Violence Vincent Bernard Fighting in cities today causes immense suffering, massive displacement and enormous reconstruction costs. How can ...
Messaging apps: the way forward for humanitarian communication? July 25, 2017 6 mins read Analysis / Humanitarian Action / New Technologies / Technology in Humanitarian Action Andrea Lunt Originally published on the Devpolicy Blog. Also available on Medium. *** Messaging apps – such ...
Old pains, new demons: Thinking torture and dignity today July 7, 2017 7 mins read Humanitarian Action / Interviews / Torture Brad Evans What is torture today? How should we respond to it? On the occasion of the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture, ...
‘Supersoldiers’: Ethical concerns in human enhancement technologies July 3, 2017 7 mins read Analysis / Law and Conflict / New Technologies Adam Henschke Modern technologies that actively seek to combine bio, nano, info and neuro elements can give us the ability to ‘enhance’ human beings in ...
