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Aid Worker Security Report 2024: Balancing Advocacy and Security in Humanitarian Action

25 Aug 2024

This report provides a comprehensive analysis of the most dangerous year on record for aid workers, driven by conflicts in Gaza, Sudan, and South Sudan. The report highlights the increasing role of state actors in attacks on humanitarian workers, a disturbing trend that challenges the effectiveness of international humanitarian law. With more than 280 aid workers killed in 2023, the report underscores the complexity of humanitarian advocacy in conflict zones. It examines the risks and rewards of advocacy efforts, detailing how public and private advocacy can influence, but also endanger, humanitarian operations. The report calls for improved coordination, risk analysis, and a stronger focus on holding perpetrators accountable for violence against aid workers. It also suggests that the international community must find new ways to protect aid workers, as traditional advocacy approaches appear increasingly insufficient in today's conflict landscapes.
public health humanitarian assistance international humanitarian law conflict zones advocacy in humanitarian action accountability in humanitarian efforts state actors in conflict security of aid workers

Authors

Meriah-Jo Breckenridge, Adelicia Fairbanks, Monica Czwarno, Paul Harvey, Mariana Duque-Díez, Abby Stoddard

Pages
19
Published in
United Kingdom

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