Colombia: Humanitarian Action During Transition: Lessons from Colombia (Podcast)
Source: Advanced Training Program on Humanitarian ActionCountry: ColombiaOver 50 years of internal armed conflict, along with urban violence, have fueled a persistent humanitarian crisis in Colombia....
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World: The Sendai framework: disaster risk reduction through a health lens
Source: World Health OrganizationCountry: WorldAmina Aitsi-Selmi & Virginia MurrayAfter negotiations at the World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction in March 2015, a new framework was adopted by...
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World: The Urbanisation of Emergencies – Adapting Humanitarian Action to a...
Source: ALNAP, Department for International Development, UN Human Settlements Program, International Rescue CommitteeCountry: WorldThis paper proposes a series of recommendations that would adapt...
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Nigeria: Jihadism in Africa: Local Causes, Regional Expansion, International...
Source: Stiftung Wissenschaft und PolitikCountry: Algeria, Libya, Mali, Nigeria, Somalia, Tunisia, WorldSWP Research Paper 2015/RP 05, June 2015, 104 PagesThe transnational terrorism of the...
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World: Expanding the UN’s Children and Armed Conflict Agenda - Briefing Note,...
Source: Watchlist on Children and Armed ConflictCountry: Afghanistan, Central African Republic, Colombia, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Haiti, Iraq, Libya, Mali, Myanmar, Nepal, Nigeria, occupied...
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occupied Palestinian territory: The situation of workers of the occupied Arab...
Source: International Labour OrganizationCountry: occupied Palestinian territory, Syrian Arab RepublicILO: Unemployment among Palestinians up by over 25 per centOccupation, settlement expansion,...
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World: World Humanitarian Summit - Regional Consultation Latin America and...
Source: World Humanitarian SummitCountry: WorldThe World Humanitarian Summit (WHS) regional consultation for Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) was held in Guatemala City, Guatemala on 5-7 May 2015,...
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World: Beyond Asylum: Rethinking Protection Policies to Meet Sharply...
Source: Migration Policy InstituteCountry: WorldLooking Beyond Asylum: New MPI Report Outlines Building Blocks to Implement a More Comprehensive Humanitarian Protection StrategyCouncil Statement...
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Libya: ACAPS Briefing Note: Libya/Mediterranean Sea, Vulnerable Migrants - 4...
Source: Assessment Capacities ProjectCountry: Eritrea, Italy, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syrian Arab Republic, WorldCrisis OverviewBetween 1 January and 20 April 2015, there were about 18 times as many...
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occupied Palestinian territory: Arrested Policing: Assessment of Damage to...
Source: Geneva Centre for the Democratic Control of Armed ForcesCountry: occupied Palestinian territoryIn the summer of 2014, Israel launched Operation “Protective Edge” in the Gaza Strip. During the...
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World: Walking Point for Peace: An Irish view on the state of UN peacekeeping
Source: New York UniversityCountry: WorldA number of European countries are considering playing a greater military role in UN peacekeeping. However, they have many concerns about the UN's systems for...
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World: A critical approach to the production of academic knowledge on refugee...
Source: Refugee Studies CentreCountry: WorldAs migration from the global South to increasingly multi-ethnic global North countries has accelerated in recent decades, questions of how belonging shapes...
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World: The rise and fall of the ERPUM pilot: tracing the European policy...
Source: Refugee Studies CentreCountry: WorldThis working paper traces the institutional dynamics surrounding the European Return Platform for Unaccompanied Minors (ERPUM), the first ever EU pilot...
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World: Weekly Epidemiological Record (WER), 5 June 2015, vol. 90, 23 (pp....
Source: World Health OrganizationCountry: WorldContents281 Review of the 2014–2015 influenza season in the northern hemisphere Sommaire281 Analyse de la saison grippale 2014-2015 dans l’hémisphère Nord
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World: Urban informal settlers displaced by disasters: challenges to housing...
Source: Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre, UN High Commissioner for RefugeesCountry: Argentina, Dominican Republic, Haiti, India, Indonesia, Nicaragua, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Turkey, WorldIDMC's...
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Libya: Libya: Humanitarian Impact of the Conflict - Secondary Data Review, 5...
Source: Assessment Capacities ProjectCountry: Libya, TunisiaOverviewIt is estimated that two million people, almost one-third of the total population, may have been affected by the conflict in Libya,...
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Central African Republic: Central African Republic Situation Update, 21 May 2015
Source: Food and Agriculture OrganizationCountry: Central African RepublicMay 2015 FAO’S Response A major food crisis has been contained in 2014 thanks to timely donor support that has allowed...
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occupied Palestinian territory: Right to develop: Planning Palestinian...
Source: UN Human Settlements ProgramCountry: occupied Palestinian territoryRamallah, 5 June 2015 – UN-Habitat has launched a new report “Right to Develop: Planning Palestinian Communities in East...
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Nepal: The Road to Recovery: Cash Transfers as an Emergency Response to...
Source: UN Children's FundCountry: NepalEXECUTIVE SUMMARYOn 27 May, the Nepal Ministry of Finance issued a decision: “Approval of top up cash transfer for early recovery for vulnerable population...
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Afghanistan: The Future of the Afghan Local Police - Asia Report N°268, June...
Source: International Crisis GroupCountry: AfghanistanEXECUTIVE SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATIONSThe Afghan Local Police (ALP) began as a small U.S. experiment but grew into a significant part of...
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