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Protecting civilians in war with the G5 Sahel joint military force: from theory to practice

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Voices & Views

For the protection of civilian populations, it is crucial that troops deployed in war zones respect International Human Rights Law (IHRL), International Humanitarian Law (IHL) and International Refugee Law (IRL). This is...

Africa
Burkina Faso
Mali
+3
Mauritania
Niger
Chad
Fragility, Crisis Situations & Resilience
Human Rights
Peace and Security

Protéger les civils en temps de guerre avec la force militaire conjointe du G5 Sahel : de la théorie à la pratique

Article
Voices & Views

Pour la protection des populations civiles, il est crucial que les troupes déployées dans les zones de guerre respectent le droit international des droits de l'homme (DIDH), le droit international humanitaire (DIH) et le droit des...

Africa
Burkina Faso
Mali
+3
Mauritania
Niger
Chad
Fragility, Crisis Situations & Resilience
Human Rights
Peace and Security

The work of Parliaments in times of COVID-19: INTER PARES & the case of Bhutan

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Voices & Views

Parliaments worldwide have had to adapt to the challenges created by the COVID-19 crisis. Digital responses have been proposed to keep democratic processes and political debates alive. INTER PARES, the EU´s first global...

Worldwide
Asia
Bhutan
Democracy
Legislatures and Political Parties
Knowledge Management
+1
Knowledge sharing

Migration management: One year on from the launch of the EU-IOM Joint Initiative for Migrant Protection & Reintegration

Article
Voices & Views

With over 3,500 migrants rescued from the desert and 15,000 assisted in returning home from dire situations across the Central Mediterranean routes, the first year of the EU-IOM joint initiative has yielded substantive results...

Africa
Libya
Burkina Faso
+12
Côte d'Ivoire
The Gambia
Ghana
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Mali
Mauritania
Niger
Nigeria
Senegal
Cameroon
Chad
Humanitarian Aid
Protection
Relief co-ordination, protection and support services
+7
Migration & Forced Displacement
Smuggling of Migrants & Trafficking in human beings
Legal pathways
Migration dialogues
Migration policy
Refugees
South-South migration

Views from the Field: Q&A with Thierry Cozier, EU Head of Cooperation in Sierra Leone

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Voices & Views

Over two years since the Ebola crisis, Sierra Leone has seen modest recovery while continuing to struggle with the legacy of its civil war. EU Head of Cooperation, Thierry Cozier, discusses the challenges of addressing food...

Africa
Sierra Leone
Fisheries
Fishing policy
Fragility, Crisis Situations & Resilience
+5
Post conflict
Resilience
Governance & Corruption
Anti-Corruption tools and methods
Transparency

Views from the Field: Q&A with Johann Hesse, EU Head of Cooperation in India & Bhutan

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Voices & Views

EU bilateral assistance to India is being completed, but cooperation continues on many levels, as Johann Hesse outlines. In this wide-ranging interview the Head of EU Cooperation reflects on lessons learned and the path ahead...

Asia
Bhutan
India
Budget support
Civil Society
Food & Nutrition Security

Keeping Human Rights at the Heart of Development

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Voices & Views

National Human Rights Institutions (NHRIs) are bodies set up to protect and monitor human rights – to stand up for those in need and to hold governments to account. They can also provide advice, deal with complaints and carry out...

Africa
Mauritania
Asia
+1
Iraq
Human Rights

Entrepreneurship in Africa: Supporting Small and Medium Enterprises to Ensure Sustainable Growth

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Voices & Views

SMEs in developing countries face significant financing challenges due to the lack of appropriately-sized loans available to them. Needs on either end of the spectrum are – relatively – better addressed; large firms have a variety...

Africa
Mauritania
Senegal
Budget support
Economics & Public Finance
Private Sector
+1
Trade & Economic Integration

Open Data in Humanitarian Aid

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Voices & Views

Q&A with Rupert Simons, Chief Executive Officer of Publish What You Fund. Publish What You Fund is a non-profit organisation that campaigns for aid transparency. “We believe that information is power and we campaign to make that...

Africa
Sierra Leone
Asia
+1
Nepal
Digitalisation

The Land-Drugs Nexus

Article
Voices & Views

"For many communities in Myanmar who grow opium, for them opium is not the problem, it is the solution to their problems," said local project consultant, Tom Kramer, from the Transnational Institute. And therein lies one of the...

Asia
Afghanistan
Myanmar
Agriculture & Rural Development
Fisheries