Archive:
Humanitarian/development organisations have a duty of care to take all reasonable measures to protect their staff from foreseeable risks, including those that emerge due a staff member’s personal profile. Part of organisations’ duty of care obligations is to ensure that…
This academic article (2020) by Donald S. Bosch from the Headington Institute, explores the brain’s response to uncertainty and offers some guidance on how to look after yourself mental health during a pandemic.
Over the summer of 2019, the European Interagency Security Forum (EISF) has been lobbying aid and donor organisations around the world. Aimed at improving the budgeting processes for aid worker safety and security, the ‘At What Cost?’ movement gained traction…
This study (2018) is part of a project initiated by the Swiss international cooperation community of practice, the Swiss Security Network (SSN@cinfo) led by cinfo, to better understand duty of care obligations under Swiss law. This study resulted in the…
This paper by S. Aebischer Perone, F. Althaus, F. Chappuis, N. Aguirre Zimerman, E.Martinez and S. Regel (2018) describes the processes employed by a leading humanitarian organisation, with extensive experience in managing post-hostage situations. Following release, individuals previously deprived of…
Humanitarian security practitioners should be distinguished from their counterparts in other sectors. As they should manifest certain characteristics that reflect the ideology of “humanitarianism” and address INGOs needs while maintaining the professional image of a security expert. However, INGOs literature…
This paper investigates the difference between human resource management in the context of multinational corporations and international humanitarian organisations. It seeks to identify strategies for INGOs to implement in order to prepare and protect female international staff conducting fieldwork.
This paper by Christie Ulicny (2017) provides a review of effective smart practices in security risk management and recommendations that would support the improvement of the World University Service of Canada’s (WUSC) security risk management plan. The secondary intention of…
This paper by Tom Keatinge and Florence Keen (2017) considers the impact of banking sector restrictions on UK-registered humanitarian actors conducting humanitarian operations abroad and offers recommendations to mitigate the financial disruption of humanitarian aid delivery.
This article by Louise Fawcett (2017) evaluates recent events against evolving patterns and conceptions of statehood and sovereignty over time. It argues that understanding the contemporary region requires stepping back from the present and taking a long view of the…