Recognizing that humanitarian agencies nowadays are not only in greater demand but are also experiencing greater difficulty in carrying out their tasks, the Project highlights the innovative practices devised by individual agencies to address specific challenges. Research is tailored to the expressed needs of humanitarian organizations constituting the primary constituency of the Project, producing materials designed for reflection and training purposes. Findings and recommendations may also be of interest to the Project's other main constituencies, policymakers and academics.
Research focuses on three clusters , each containing two issues and selected challenges.
The Humanitarianism and War Project has just released the final report on the humanitarian impacts of economic sanctions on Burundi prepared by Eric Hoskins and Samantha Nutt. The Humanitarianism and War Project is reviewing the humanitarian situation in Chechnya with a particular eye to the needs of the civilian population and efforts to provide assistance. The period to be reviewed covers the years 1991, when Chechnyan rebels claimed sovereignty, until early 1996, when the research will be conducted. The Media and Humanitarian Action Humanitarian crises accompanying civil wars are a distinguishing feature of the post-Cold War era. Large scale human suffering is both a symptom and a cause of the fragmenting of nation states, posing new threats to international peace and security.