Security of NGOs: bibliographic references

A study by the Union of International Associations (UIA): The following bibliographic resources are linked, in many cases, to the full text of the document.

Codes of conduct of NGOs

• The Sphere Project: Humanitarian Charter and Minimum Standards in Disaster Response
• People in Aid Code of Good Practice
• Guidance for evaluating humanitarian assistance in complex emergencies, Development Assessment Committee, OECD (1999)
• Promoting norms to limit violence in crisis situations: challenges, strategies and alliances

Protection of NGOs

• Protection for non-governmental organisations on hazardous duties, Mario Bettati, UIA (1999)
• Partnerships in the protection of refugees and other people at risk: emerging issues and work in progress, Larry Minear, UNHCR Working Papers (July 1999)
• Forging Peace Conference Presentation (March 1998)
• The International Committee of the Red Cross as guardian of international humanitarian law, Yves Sandoz (1998)
• Development / Humanitarian NGOs and Conflict: A bibliography, Andrew Sherriff & Eeva Vaskio, International Alert (February 2000)
• Safety First: Protecting NGO employees who work in areas of conflict, Mark Cutts & Alan Dingle, Save the Children (1998)
• Peace & Security: Research Guide to International Law on the Internet
• NGOs and Complex emergencies: good intentions are not enough, Julia Taft, European Community Humanitarian Office (ECHO) News (December 1996)
• Protection for humanitarian assistance to refugees and others in conflict situations
• Statement by Ambassador Ernst Sucharipa, Permanent Representative of Austria on behalf of the European Union, New York (19 November 1998)
• The future of European humanitarian aid - the NGO view, VOICE (1999)
• The Psychological Health of Relief Workers: Some Practical Suggestions, Peter Salama (1999)
• Protecting Aid Workers: Prospects and Challenges. Forced Migration Projects (1997)
• The Changing Roles and Contributions of NGOs in Conflict and Humanitarian Efforts, Orrick White (May 2000)
• Conflict and Development: Responding to the challenge, World Vision (1998)

Security management by NGOs

• Planning between danger and opportunity: NGO situation analysis in conflict related emergencies, Hugo Slim (January 1996)
• NGO Field Security, Randolph Martin, Forced Migration Review (April 1999)
• Humanitarian Security: Challenges and Responses, Sean Greenaway & Andrew J. Harris
• Command Arrangements for Peace Operations, David S. Alberts & Richard E. Hayes, US National Defence University (May 1995)
• UNV Security Handbook
• Policy and practice: developments around aid agency security, RRN Newsletter (February 1998)
• Seminar on the security of humanitarian personnel in the field for non-governmental organisations (NGOs), International Committee of the Red Cross (December 1997)

Security training of NGO personnel

• Vulnerability Assessment: Training module for NGOs operating in Conflict Zones and High-Crime Areas, Jonathan T. Dworken, OFDA/InterAction PVO Security Task Force
• Recommendations for improving the security of humanitarian workers, Frank Schmidt
• As Violence Increases, NGOs Grapple With Security Training, InterAction, Monday Developments (January 2000)
• InterAction's Report of the Working Group on NGO Security Training Curriculum (1998-1999)
• Innovative Course Builds Skills For Enhancing NGO Security, InterAction, Monday Developments (March 1998)
• The changing shape of security for NGO field workers, Charles Rogers, World Vision (March 1998)

Partnerships of NGOs in hazardous situations

• Civil (NGO) - military cooperation: Lessons from Somalia, the former Yugoslavia, and Rwanda, André Beauregard, Ploughshares Monitor (December 1998)
• Humanitarian and Peace Operations: NGOs and the Military in the Interagency Process, Lisa Witzig Davidson, Margaret Daly Hayes, James J. Landon (December 1996)
• The Protection of United Nations and Associated Personnel and Humanitarian Personnel in Conflict Zones, Statement to Security Council by Australia (February 2000)
• Civilian Peace-Keepers - a Future Challenge, Christian Hårleman, ACCORD (2000)
• NGO/Military Cooperation in Complex Emergencies: The Need for Improved Coordination, Susan Finch (May 2000)

NGO security and international law

• International Humanitarian Law: The Challenge of Effective Implementation, Jim Carlton (July 1999)
• Human Rights and Humanitarian Law: what relief workers need to know, James Darcy, RRN Network Paper 19
• Human rights instruments and judicial reform, World Bank
• Selected Sections from International Treaties and Conventions Relevant to Personnel / Human Rights Practitioners
• Non-governmental human rights organizations and international humanitarian law (30 September 1998)
• Study on customary rules of international humanitarian law: Purpose, coverage and methodology
• Individual criminal responsibility for violations of international humanitarian law committed in non-international armed conflicts

Health of NGO personnel in emergency situations

• Security and stress management

NGO insurance and workers rights

• War-risk insurance cover for aid workers, Alistair Hallam, RRN Newsletter (February 1997)

Case studies

• Future political status of Kosovo, Frits Hondius, Council of Europe (March 1999)
• International Review of the Red Cross no 317 (April 1997)
• SPLM-United/OLS agreement on ground rules, Operation Lifeline Sudan (OLS)
• The Journal of Humanitarian Assistance, Department of Peace Studies, Bradford University, UK
• Accord Online Publications – Peacekeeping
• Civil Society Conference on the Priorities and Challenges for the Non-Aligned Movement in the Next Millennium (August 1998)
• Humanitarian assistance: a right or a policy?, Journal of Humanitarian Assistance (June 2000)
• 27th International Conference of the Red Cross and the Red Crescent (1999)
• Access to beneficiaries and security of humanitarian workers, Presentation: Mid-Term Reviews of the Consolidated Appeals, OCHA (July 2000)
• People on war: Answers to your questions
• The role of humanitarian issues in international politics in the 1990s
• Shifting sands: The search for ‘coherence’ between political and humanitarian responses to complex emergencies, Joanna Macrae & Nicholas Leader, Overseas
• Development Institute (August 2000)
• Rehabilitation in complex political emergencies: Is rebuilding civil society the answer?, Paul Harvey, IDS Working Paper 60