Safeguarding humanitarian organizations from digital threats

October 13, 2022 9 mins read Analysis / Humanitarian Action / Law and Conflict / New Technologies Tilman Rodenhäuser, Balthasar Staehelin & Massimo Marelli

For decades, there has been consensus in the international community that in times of armed ...

The future is now: artificial intelligence and anticipatory humanitarian action

August 19, 2021 7 mins read Analysis / Humanitarian Action / New Technologies Christopher Chen

As the world faces simultaneous disasters and burgeoning risks, humanitarian actors need to develop more efficient ways of delivering aid to vulnerable populations. ...

Protective by design: safely delivering connectivity as aid

July 8, 2021 11 mins read Analysis / Humanitarian Action / New Technologies Rakesh Bharania & Mark Silverman

Over the past decade, there has been a large and growing demand for digital services – such as ‘connectivity as aid’. Such services ...

Cashless cash: financial inclusion or surveillance humanitarianism?

March 2, 2021 7 mins read Analysis / Humanitarian Action / Humanitarian Principles / New Technologies Pierrick Devidal

Cash has been an exceptional vector of progress in humanitarian action, empowering people, protecting dignity, ...

Humanitarian engagement in social protection: implications for principled humanitarian action

February 11, 2021 10 mins read Analysis / Humanitarian Action / New Technologies Cristina Quijano Carrasco

Protracted conflict and unprecedented levels of displacement have broken down the barriers between development and humanitarian work, prompting humanitarian organizations to engage more ...

COVID-19 and contact tracing: a call for digital diligence

May 13, 2020 7 mins read Analysis / COVID-19 and conflict / Humanitarian Action / New Technologies Balthasar Staehelin & Cécile Aptel

As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to impact society worldwide, contact tracing apps are being developed ...

Hacking humanitarians: moving towards a humanitarian cybersecurity strategy

January 16, 2020 10 mins read Analysis / Human Costs of Cyber / Humanitarian Action / New Technologies / Technology in Humanitarian Action Massimo Marelli

As humanitarian organizations become more active in and reliant upon new technologies and the digital ...

Facilitating innovation, ensuring protection: the ICRC Biometrics Policy

October 18, 2019 13 mins read Humanitarian Action / Humanitarian Principles / New Technologies Ben Hayes & Massimo Marelli

The use of biometric identification systems by humanitarian organisations has been the subject of intense ...

Digital risks for populations in armed conflict: Five key gaps the humanitarian sector should address

June 12, 2019 8 mins read Cyber / Human Costs of Cyber / Humanitarian Action / Technology in Humanitarian Action Delphine van Solinge

The Digital Revolution is affecting the lives of people around the world, from connected citizens ...

The digital transformation of the humanitarian sector

December 5, 2016 11 mins read Analysis / Counterterrorism / Humanitarian Action Anja Kaspersen & Charlotte Lindsey-Curtet

When you’re pulling people from rubble after missile strikes, or tending to injuries in a tent, or worrying about getting the next truck ...

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