Open Letter to the Member States of the U.N. General Assembly, on behalf of the IASC Principals

The brutal hostilities we are seeing in multiple conflicts around the world have exposed a terrible truth: We are living in an era of impunity. Attacks that kill or injure civilians, including humanitarian and health-care personnel, are devastatingly common. Yet despite widespread condemnation, serious violations of the rules of war too often go unpunished.

IASC Provides Ten Requirements to Avoid an Even Worse Catastrophe in Gaza

"No amount of humanitarian response will make up for the months of deprivation that families in Gaza have endured. This is our effort to salvage the humanitarian operation so that we can provide, at the very least, the bare essentials: medicine, drinking water, food, and shelter as temperatures plummet."

IASC SEA Community Based Complaint Referral Mechanism

This document provides important information on the Inter-Agency SEA Community-Based Complaint Referral Mechanism in Jordan. It outlines the roles and responsibilities of those involved in the PSEA network, information on the inter-agency referral pathway, guidelines for investigations, and implementation challenges. This document is useful for NGOs that are working in Jordan and would like more information about PSEA measures that are in place. Please note: this document is from 2016 and there has not yet been an updated version.

Audit Your Organization Against IASC MOS Procedure for PSEA

IASC PSEA Minimum Operating Standards

IASC SEA Strategy

Stock-Take On The IASC Protection Policy And The Centrality Of Protection

The outcome report following an October 2018 workshop to take stock of implementation of the IASC Policy on Protection in Humanitarian Action (2016) and the IASC Principals Statement on the Centrality of Protection in Humanitarian Action (2013).

FARA Fiasco: Congress Swings at Manafort, Hits Environmentalists

Broken foreign lobbying laws are unfairly labeling environmental groups as foreign agents.

Barriers to Aid: The Growing Bureaucratic and Administrative Hurdles in Latin America

Surging bureaucratic and administrative impediments (BAI) across Latin America are an increasing challenge to humanitarian access and a barrier to…

Enhancing NGO Coordination in Humanitarian Settings

Non-governmental organization (NGO) coordination at every level of a humanitarian response is critical to ensure quality, accessible programming reaches conflict- and disaster-affected people.