COVID-19 vaccine: three considerations for equitable access within countries at war
Equitable access to safe and effective COVID-19 vaccines will be the defining global issue of 2021. Working to ensure that people in areas affected by armed conflict and violence are part of equitable...
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The SolarWinds hack: lessons for humanitarians
As humanitarian organizations become more active in and reliant upon new technologies and the digital domain, they evolve from simple bystanders to full-fledged stakeholders in cyberspace – able to bu...
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Even ‘cyber wars’ have limits. But what if they didn’t?
Cyber operations have become a reality of today’s armed conflicts, and their use is likely to continue to increase in the future. In response to this trend, the ICRC has long maintained that internati...
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ICRC engagement with non-State armed groups: why and how
In 2020, the ICRC counted 614 armed groups of concern to the organization’s humanitarian operations around the world. As part of its impartial humanitarian work, the ICRC had contact with roughly thre...
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Cashless cash: financial inclusion or surveillance humanitarianism?
Cash has been an exceptional vector of progress in humanitarian action, empowering people, protecting dignity, mitigating the negative secondary effects of in-kind assistance, improving accountability...
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The grand scheme: power and politics in the climate crisis
Even in the midst of a pandemic, during a seemingly endless cascade of events, climate change remains a defining issue. Its effects are even more severe for people affected by conflict and violence, w...
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Cultural heritage under attack
The destruction of cultural heritage in recent years has been the most significant since the Second World War, affecting movable and immovable property as well as intangible cultural heritage, archive...
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Humanitarian engagement in social protection: implications for principled humanitarian action
Protracted conflict and unprecedented levels of displacement have broken down the barriers between development and humanitarian work, prompting humanitarian organizations to engage more with social pr...
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