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Humanitarian & Digital : The major turning point

Discover those 3 publications of this issue on the theme of Humanitarian & Digital

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A Study on the Roots of Restraint in War

03/15/2017. A two-year research initiative launched by the ICRC to advance to understand how norms of restraint develop and spread through State armed forces and non-State armed groups.

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Local aid agencies: still waiting for a bigger share of the funding cake

03/27/2017. Donors and UN agencies who agreed to provide at least one quarter of humanitarian aid funding "as directly as possible" to local NGOs are struggling to deliver on their pledge.

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Someday Disposable Drones May Deliver A Payload, Then Vanish

03/02/2017. DARPA is working with several companies in the field of ephemeral materials to achieve a prototype.

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Stop targeting humanitarian workers

03/08/2017. Humanitarian workers have to balance the risks they are facing with the life-saving impact of their humanitarian work.

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How China is preparing for cyberwar

03/20/2017. The US and China have made progress on curbing commercial cyberespionage. Now, the global powers need to set limits when it comes to digital warfare.

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Children's suffering in Syria at its worst

03/13/2017. Verified instances of killing, maiming and recruitment of children increased sharply last year in a drastic escalation of violence.

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Can the Security Council Prevent Conflict?

02/28/2017. Humanitarian crises have become more pronounced, and there are now some 65 million people displaced by conflict worldwide.

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Ethics and state funding: the quest for independent humanitarian action

02/22/2017. The ethical analysis of state funding is designed to ensure the independence of humanitarian action. In situations of armed conflict, it must be dynamic and adapted to the context.

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The Geopolitics of Environmental Challenges

03/02/2017. Much of the world seems to be on edge. But one issue – one might say the most significant of them all – is being ignored or pushed aside: the environment.

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