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Going local, going safely

Going local, going safely

August 8, 2018 10 mins read Humanitarian Action / Localisation Adelicia Fairbanks

The role of local actors in supporting humanitarian efforts and the security of aid workers is not new. They have been at the ...

“The contamination from nuclear test explosions is in every one of our bodies”

“The contamination from nuclear test explosions is in every one of our bodies”

October 20, 2016 9 mins read Humanitarian Action / Review-related / Weapons Prof. Tilman Ruff, founding chair of ICAN

Selected passages from Professor Tilman Ruff’s speech, delivered at the Australian launch of The human cost of nuclear weapons, Melbourne, 10 October 2016. ...

e-Briefing: The human cost of nuclear weapons

e-Briefing: The human cost of nuclear weapons

October 12, 2016 5 mins read Humanitarian Action / Online publications / Quick Links / Sexual Violence The editors

The ICRC’s latest e-briefing exposes the catastrophic humanitarian consequences of nuclear weapons. It is being ...

Majority of governments vote for negotiations to prohibit nuclear weapons

Majority of governments vote for negotiations to prohibit nuclear weapons

August 29, 2016 3 mins read Law and Conflict Ellen Policinski

The UN’s open-ended working group on nuclear disarmament (OEWG) adopted a recommendation which may lead to the negotiation of a treaty to prohibit ...

Humanitarianism at breaking point? New roles for local and international actors

Humanitarianism at breaking point? New roles for local and international actors

August 19, 2016 13 mins read Humanitarian Action / Review-related Claudia McGoldrick

Is humanitarianism really at breaking point? The gap between today’s overwhelming needs and the constraints on international humanitarian actors’ efforts to address them, ...