UN Bombing Attack Hargeisa: Photo Report (Members only content)
Context Analysis, NGO Security Management, Safety
A photo report of a UN Compound attack in Hargeisa, Somalia in 2008.
Report 2008 English
Resources
From research papers to training packs, find the resources you need, all in one place. For GISF members, please log in to access member-only resources. For hard copies of any GISF resources, please contact research@gisf.ngo. If you would like to share a resource with GISF, please contact tolani@gisf.ngo.
Overview of members’ safety and security training (Members only content)
Acceptance, Humanitarian Programmatic Issues, Legal Obligations, NGO Security Management, Policy Guidance, Private Security Providers, Safety
This document is compilation of answers from various EISF members regarding their safety and security training. As such, I’d like to stress on the point that these information provide an incomplete picture only of the situation.
Training Document 2008 English
Resource-conflict links in Sierra Leone and the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Context Analysis
This report by Ruben de Koning, through the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI, 2008), assesses the ressource-conflict links in Sierra Leone and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. “Resource revenues have proven to weaken and corrupt several governments in…
Report 2008 English
K&R and Extortion Monitor (Members only content)
Context Analysis
The “K&R and Extortion Monitor” offers a monthly digest of media-recorded incidents of extortion, kidnapping and wrongful detention from around the globe. As the vast majority of these events go unreported, only incidents available through the public domain are described.…
Briefing 2008 English
Challenges in Understanding and responding to crisis in urban contexts
Context Analysis, Humanitarian Programmatic Issues, NGO Security Management, Safety
This report by Paul McPhun and Elena Lucchi (2008) states that “there is now a growing international awareness that urbanization is becoming untenable, representing in some contexts a crisis that far outweighs the impact of ongoing conflict in remaining regions…
Report 2008 English
Country Report: Kyrgyz Republic (Members only content)
Context Analysis
This report (2008) provides thorough information on the Kyrgyz Republic. It includes an analysis and outlook for 2008-2009, the political scene, economic policy and the domestic economy. Its main conclusion regarding the outlook for the period mentioned is that the…
Report 2008 English
Travel on Commercial Airlines by UN Staff in Sudan (Members only content)
Safety
This Standard Operating Procedure document provides guidance to line managers, heads of organisations and other workers who approve duty and entitlement travel in order to minimise exposure of staff to unnecessary risk. It also includes the FlightSafe ranking information for…
Policy Document 2008 English
Regional shortcomings and global solutions: Kidnap, ransom and insurance in Latin America
Humanitarian Programmatic Issues, Legal Obligations, NGO Security Management
Through her article called “Regional shortcomings and global solutions: Kidnap, ransom and insurance in Latin America” (2008), Samantha Kenney explores the problematic links between insurance companies and the fact that the relatives of a kidnapped person can pay the ransom…
Article 2008 English
Country Report: Kyrgyz Republic (Members only content)
Context Analysis
This report (2007) provides thorough information on the Kyrgyz Republic. It includes an analysis and outlook for 2008-2009, the political scene, economic policy and the domestic economy. Its main conclusion regarding the outlook for the period mentioned is that the…
Report 2007 English
A Guide to the Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act 2007
Legal Obligations
A guide to the Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act 2007.
Policy Document 2007 English