INSO Kenya General Election 2017 Special Report (Members only content)
Context Analysis, NGO Security Management
INSO Special report on Kenya General Election 2017.
Report 2017 English
Resources
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The Refugee Explosion
Context Analysis, Human Rights, Humanitarian Programmatic Issues
This report sets out to examine the links between explosive violence and the mass influx of refugees into Europe, as well as to look at the impact this has had on EU nations, and to understand what protection and support…
Report 2017 English
Presence and Proximity: to stay and deliver, five years on
Humanitarian Programmatic Issues, NGO Security Management, Safety
This study by Ashley Jackson and Steven A. Zyck (commissioned by OCHA, the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC), and the Jindal School of International Affairs (JSIA), identifies a series of findings related to the overarching issue of whether humanitarian actors have…
Report 2017 English
Insecurity – always an insurmountable obstacle?
Humanitarian Programmatic Issues, NGO Security Management, Safety
This paper by Pete Buth (Médecins sans frontières, 2017), drawing partly on some of the findings of the study, attempts to offer a reflection on the subject of risk acceptance, and some of the underlying factors that –apart from the…
Report 2017 English
Dying for humanitarian ideas
Humanitarian Programmatic Issues, NGO Security Management, Policy Guidance, Safety
This paper examines how the production of images and statistics and the normalising of security management, and argues that these appear to have contributed towards rehabilitating the idea of acceptable humanitarian sacrifice.
Article 2017 English
Voluntary Guidelines on the Duty of Care to Seconded Civilian Personnel
Legal Obligations, NGO Security Management
The Voluntary Guidelines on the Duty of Care to Seconded Civilian Personnel (2017) harmonise an understanding of the implementation of duty of care. They are designed to serve as a basis for clarification and exchange between seconding and receiving organisations…
Guidance Material 2017 English
Security Risk Management: a basic guide for smaller NGOs
Legal Obligations, NGO Security Management, Policy Guidance, Safety
This guide (2017) aims to be a simple, easy-to-use security resource to help smaller NGOs demystify security risk management. By setting out the elements of a basic security risk management framework, this guide aims to support NGOs in translating their…
Guides, Guidance Material 2017 Arabic, English, French, Spanish GISF publication
Guidance Note on CBRN (Members only content)
Equipment, NGO Security Management, Safety
The aim of this guidance note is to provide a reference to aid security management teams in the decision-making process regarding the safeguarding of the health and safety of NGO field staff and to assist planning for the most appropriate…
Guidance Material 2017 English
Impunity Must End: Attacks on health in 23 countries in conflict in 2016
Context Analysis, Humanitarian Programmatic Issues, NGO Security Management
The Safeguarding Health in Conflict Coalition announces the publication of Impunity Must End, its fourth annual report on attacks on health around the world. The report documents attacks on health workers, health facilities, and patients in 23 countries in conflict in 2016. Its…
Report 2017 English
MENA Region Humanitarian Safety & Security Forum
NGO Security Management
The MENA Region Humanitarian Safety & Security Forum was created in September 2015 after a meeting of INGOs comprising regional safety & security actors. A need was identified for a regional-level fora where like-minded organizations could network and share information in the…
Other 2017 English