This background note is part of the United Nations University project on Resilience and the Fragile City and is meant to complement the...
Featured Resources
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The Signal Code: A Human Rights Approach to Information During Crisis
Visit the Signal Code Minisite
The Signal Code is the result of a six month study by the Signal Program on Human Security and Technology at the Harvard Humanitarian Initiative (HHI) at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health to...
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Negotiation with Non-State Armed Groups at the Frontlines
In many of today’s frontline humanitarian environments, access is increasingly difficult to obtain and maintain, and continued engagement with non-state armed actors is an integral aspect of ensuring assistance and protection activities and advocating for compliance with international legal...
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Data preparedness: connecting data, decision making and humanitarian response
Signal Program Standards and Ethics Series - Issue 1
Data are a central component of humanitarian response. Frequently, however, there is a disconnect between data, decision-making and response. Informed decisions need to be made in the first hours and days of an emergency, and if the...
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KoboToolbox’s Question Library
The KoBoToolbox Question Library enables users to create, store, share and re-use validated questions across surveys. This speeds up the process of creating new forms and contributes to the standardization of survey questions.
For more information, visit...
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Humanitarian Needs Assessment Training
The Humanitarian Needs Assessment E-learning program is designed to provide an overview of the Humanitarian Needs Assessment process. The process can look very different depending on the scale of a disaster, the role of humanitarian organizations involved and the resources available to any...
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Building a Better Response
The Building a Better Response e-learning course provides users with a comprehensive and practical introduction to engaging with the international humanitarian architecture. The e-learning component is publicly accessible free of charge.
All Resources
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| Christmas and Makombo Massacres (2008-2009) |
In 2008, LRA combatants committed mass atrocities against civilians in retaliation for OLT. More than 1,000 men, women, and children were brutally killed in less than one month in the DRC and southern Sudan in what became known as the Christmas Massacres. Less than one year later, 321... |
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| Peace and Human Rights Data: Team | ||||
| Home: We Came Back With Empty Hands | ||||
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Haya Hamade | |||
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Tara Kelly |
Tara Kelly is the Program Coordinator for the Resilient Communities Program at the Harvard Humanitarian Initiative. Ms. Kelly also works on the Civilian Military Engagement project, and the Program on Humanitarian Leadership. Prior to her work at HHI, Ms. Kelly worked in administration... |
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Elisabeth B. Weintz Humanitarian Award 2017 |
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Rob Grace |
Rob is a Senior Associate at the Harvard Humanitarian Initiative (HHI), where he undertakes policy-oriented research on humanitarian action, with a focus on humanitarian negotiation. For the Program on Humanitarian Policy and Conflict Research (HPCR) at HHI, he led a multi-year research project... |
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| Youth in Crisis: Publications | ||||
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Philippe Kirsch |
Philippe Kirsch recently served as the Chairperson for the United Nations Commission of Inquiry on Libya and as a Commissioner for the Bahrain Independent Commission of Inquiry. He served as Chairman of the Committee of the Whole of the Diplomatic Conference of... |
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Urban Humanitarian Emergencies Course |
Course Webpage for the Urban Humanitarian Emergencies Workshop |
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Hina Jilani |
Hina Jilani is a human rights activist from Lahore, Pakistan. From 2000 to 2008, she served as the Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General on Human Rights Defenders, for which she undertook visits to numerous countries, including Angola, Indonesia,... |
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The European Refugee Crisis: Data, Technology, and Coordination Summit |
On 4 November 2015, the Harvard Humanitarian Initiative is hosting a summit on “The European Refugee Crisis: Data, Technology, and Coordination”. The summit will take place at the Royal Flemish Academy of Belgium for Science and the Arts. We will bring together key humanitarian decision-makers,... |
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| LRA: Conflict Timeline | ||||
| SARC Ambulance, Homs Syria | ||||
| Intro: Monitoring & Evaluation for Humanitarian Programs Course: Overview | ||||
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Benjamin Davies |
Benjamin Davies is a Senior Program Manager for the Humanitarian Academy at Harvard. In this role, he manages the selection, production and dissemination of multimedia case studies and simulations focused on humanitarian theory and practice related to complex emergencies. Benjamin joined... |