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Anaïde Nahikian

The Promise of Social Media in Humanitarian Crises: Community Empowerment and Resilience

  • Aug 2 2012 - 5:11pm   |  
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In recent years, events in countries such as Iran, Egypt, and Syria have sparked a flood of research and analysis of social media as a transformative vehicle for “citizen journalism” (for example, see “Social Media, Political Change, and Human Rights,” published earlier this year in the Boston College International and Comparative Law Review; “Opening Closed Regimes: What Was the Role of Social Media... More >>

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Reasoning with Rebels: the Nitty-Gritty of Engaging Armed Groups

  • Jun 19 2012 - 3:19pm   |  
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[Editor's Note: In its efforts to enrich professional dialogue on contemporary challenges of humanitarian law and policy, the Program on Humanitarian Policy and Conflict Research (HPCR) at Harvard University, in partnership with ATHA, invites experts in international humanitarian law, humanitarian action, and associated fields to contribute their insights to relevant discussions. We are pleased to welcome the contribution... More >>

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Linking Humanitarian Action and Peacebuilding

  • Jun 12 2012 - 9:25am   |  
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[Editor's Note: In its efforts to enrich professional dialogue on contemporary challenges of humanitarian law and policy, the Program on Humanitarian Policy and Conflict Research (HPCR) at Harvard University, in partnership with ATHA, invites experts in international humanitarian law, humanitarian action, and associated fields to contribute their insights to relevant discussions. We are pleased to welcome the contribution below... More >>

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International Human Rights and Humanitarian Action

  • Apr 25 2012 - 3:01pm   |  
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The question of the degree to which humanitarian actors ought to rely on international human rights law (IHRL), in addition to IHL, is by no means new. It rose to prominence in the humanitarian NGO community in the mid 1990s, and numerous conferences and workshops explored the practical implications for relief work of relying on both human rights and humanitarian principles. The ICRC convened consultations on this issue from 1998... More >>
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