humanitarian assistance

The task of those working for international human rights is expansive. Here are a few areas to watch in 2025.

The incoming Trump administration can take advantage of the ICC's activities to achieve legitimate U.S. interests in Gaza and beyond.

Deconstructing this bias and integrating the lived reality of male civilians in wartime can improve protection of entire communities.

Children dying in a camp in southern Sudan shows the toll as the warring parties willfully obstruct food and other aid.

The conflict has resulted in thousands of deaths and injuries, with estimates of 15,000 killed and more than 20,000 injured.

These elements are vital to ensuring that the agency's aid programs related to digital technology address drivers of violent conflict and fragility, and mitigate risks.

With humanitarian funding decreasing and needs growing, cholera in a camp for displaced people illustrates the dire conditions.

Unfocused efforts to break the logjam over human rights and diplomatic recognition raise questions about how to move forward.

Unless parties are willing to come to the table, there is no pathway from war toward restoring civilian rule and a democratic transition.

Three fallacies have dominated -- and damaged-- US diplomacy in the current war and the lead-up to it.

Humanitarian notification has failed in Gaza. Better documentation and response systems can protect humanitarian actors and improve accountability.

A checklist to clarify and expand exemptions when needed could lead to a broad agreement on how to use these measures for peace and security.