ANNEX II

Humanitarian Negotiations with Armed Groups

Additional Resources (CD-Rom)

        

 

Bibliography with Links to Documents

 

 

Humanitarian Principles and Policy Documents

 

Humanitarian Principles Documents

[1]         International Committee of the Red Cross.  The Code of Conduct for the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement and NGOs in Disaster Relief. 

http://www.icrc.org/Web/Eng/siteeng0.nsf/html/57JMNB?OpenDocument

[2]         United Nations. Humanitarian Assistance in Liberia: Principles and Protocols for Operation. United Nations, 1995.

http://coe-dmha.org/Unicef/HPT_Session8Handout8_3.htm

[3]         The United Nations Economic and Social Council. Commission on Human Rights. Promotion and Protection of Human Rights. Fundamental Standards of Humanity. Report of the Secretary-General submitted pursuant to Commission on Human Rights decision 2001/112. E/CN.4/2002/103. 20 December 2001.

http://www.unhchr.ch/Huridocda/Huridoca.nsf/(Symbol)/E.CN.4.2002.103.En?Opendocument

[4]         Office of the United Nations Security Coordinator (UNSECOORD). Memo on Generic Principles of Engagement. 26 February 1999.

[5]         United Nations General Assembly.  Strengthening of the Coordination of Humanitarian Emergency Assistance of the United Nations. A/RES/46/182. 78th Plenary Meeting. 19 December 1991.

http://www.un.org/documents/ga/res/46/a46r182.htm

 

[6]         United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA). Guidance for the Development of Common UN Ground Rules Based on Agreed Principles. New York: OCHA, 1998.

http://new.reliefweb.int/rw/lib.nsf/db900SID/LGEL-5ETDA3/$FILE/iasc-stress-nov98.pdf?OpenElement

 

 

Humanitarian Policy Documents

     

-General/Overview

[7]         United Nations Economic and Social Council. Strengthening of the Coordination of Humanitarian Emergency Assistance of the United Nations. General Assembly. 58th Session. A/58/89-E/2003/85. 3 June 2003.

http://domino.un.org/UNISPAL.NSF/0/08e78928fd8df27f85256d57004d852d?OpenDocument

[8]         United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA). Report of the Recommendations and Way Forward. From: OCHA Great Lakes, Fourth Regional Workshop, Kampala. 18-20 July 2000.

 

-Humanitarian-Military Relations

[9]         Studer, Meinrad. The ICRC and Civil-Military Relations in Armed Conflict. IRRC Vol. 83 No. 842 (June 2001) : 367-392.

http://www.icrc.org/WEBGRAPH.NSF/Graphics/367-392_Studer.pdf/$FILE/367-392_Studer.pdf

[10]     Zahar, Marie-Joelle. Civil-Militia Relations: Challenges and Opportunities for Humanitarian Assistance and Protection. Report prepared for the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. n.d.

 

-Refugees and Internally Displaced Persons

[11]     Inter-Agency Standing Committee. Implementing the Collaborative Response to Situations of Internal Displacement. Guidance for UN Humanitarian and/or Resident Coordinators and Country Teams.  Geneva: Inter-Agency Standing Committee, September 2004.

http://new.reliefweb.int/rw/lib.nsf/db900SID/LHON-68TERC?OpenDocument

[12]     Inter-Agency Standing Committee. Protection of Internally Displaced Persons. Inter-Agency Standing Committee Policy Paper. Geneva/New York: IASC, December 1999. 

 

-Protection Issues

[13]     InterAction Protection Working Group. Making Protection a Priority. Integrating Protection and Humanitarian Assistance.  InterAction, April 2004.

http://www.interaction.org/protection

[14]     International Commission on Intervention and State Sovereignty (ICISS). The Responsibility to Protect. Ottowa, Canada: ICISS, December 2001.

[15]     United Nations Security Council. Report of the Secretary-General to the Security Council on the Protection of Civilians in Armed Conflict. UN Document Ref. S/2001/331. New York: United Nations, 30 March 2001.

http://www.un.org/Docs/journal/asp/ws.asp?m=S/2000/331 

[16]     Inter-Agency Standing Committee. Implementing the Collaborative Response to Situations of Internal Displacement. Guidance for UN Humanitarian and/or Resident Coordinators and Country Teams.  Geneva: Inter-Agency Standing Committee, September 2004.

http://new.reliefweb.int/rw/lib.nsf/db900SID/LHON-68TERC?OpenDocument    (Annex 3)

 

-Landmines

[17]     PSIO Program for the Study of International Organizations. Press-release.

        Anti-personnel Mines: Unique Armed Groups Meeting in Geneva. n.d.

[18]     Sjöberg, Anki. The Involvement of Armed Non-State Actors in the Landmine Problem: A Call for Action - Executive Summary. Prepared for the Nairobi Summit on a Mine Free World Nairobi, Kenya, 29 November - 3 December 2004. Geneva: Geneva Call, 2004.

http://www.genevacall.org

 

-Additional Internet Resources

[19]     Inter-Agency Standing Committee (IASC)

http://humanitarianinfo.org/iasc/

[20]     Relief Web

http://reliefweb.int/rw/dbc.nsf/doc100?OpenForm

 

 

The Role of Armed Groups in Security Situations

[21]     Bruderlein, Claude. The Role of Non-State Actors in Building Human Security: The Case of Armed Groups in Intra-State Wars. Geneva: Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue, May 2000.

http://www.hdcentre.org/datastore/files/nsa.pdf

[22]     Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue (CHD). Humanitarian Engagement with Armed Groups: The Central Asian Islamic Opposition Groups. CHD Case Study Volume 1 No. 1. Geneva: Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue, February 2003.

http://www.hdcentre.org/datastore/files/Asianmovements.pdf

[23]     Sjöberg, Anki. The Involvement of Armed Non-State Actors in the Landmine Problem: A Call for Action - Executive Summary. Prepared for the Nairobi Summit on a Mine Free World Nairobi, Kenya, 29 November - 3 December 2004. Geneva: Geneva Call, 2004.

http://www.genevacall.org

 

 

International Law Relevant to Armed Groups

[24]     Andreopoulos, George J. "The International Legal Framework and Armed Groups" (Draft paper presented at the Conference on Curbing Human Rights Violations by Non-State Armed Groups, University of British Columbia, November 13-15, 2003)

http://www.armedgroups.org/Panels/andreopoulos.htm

[25]     Henckaerts, Jean-Marie and Louise Doswald-Beck, Eds. Customary International Humanitarian Law [Volumes I & II]. International Committee of the Red Cross. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2005.

[26]     Henckaerts, Jean-Marie. Study on Customary International Humanitarian Law: A Contribution to the Understanding and Respect for the Rule of Law in Armed Conflict. International Review of the Red Cross 87 No. 857 (March 2005).

[27]     International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC). Improving Compliance with International Humanitarian Law---ICRC Expert Seminars. Geneva: ICRC, October 2003.

http://www.icrc.org

[28]     Mack, Michelle. Compliance with International Humanitarian Law by Non-State Actors in Non-International Armed Conflicts. Working Paper of the International Humanitarian Law Research Initiative (IHLRI). Cambridge, MA: Program on Humanitarian Policy and Conflict Research at Harvard University, November 2003.

[29]     Sassoli, Marco. Possible Legal Mechanisms to Improve Compliance by Armed Groups with International Humanitarian Law and International Human Rights Law. Vancouver: Armed Groups Conference, 13-15 November 2003.

www.genevacall.org

[30]     Sriram, Chandra Lekha. Achieving Accountability for Non-state Armed Groups---Use of Domestic Mechanisms for International Crimes. For Pablo Policzer and David Capie, Armed Groups Project, UBC. n.d.

http://www.armedgroups.org/images/stories/pdfs/sriram_paper.pdf

[31]     United Nations Economic and Social Council, Commission on Human Rights. Promotion and Protection of Human Rights: Fundamental Standards of Humanity. (Report of the Secretary-General submitted pursuant to Commission resolution 2000/69). UN Document ref. E/CN.4/2001/91. 12 January 2001.

http://www.unhchr.ch/Huridocda/Huridoca.nsf/(Symbol)/E.CN.4.2001.91.En?Opendocument

 

Additional Internet Resources

[32]     International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) – Geneva Conventions on War

http://www.icrc.org/Web/Eng/siteeng0.nsf/html/genevaconventions

[33]     International Criminal Court (ICC) – Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court

http://www.icc-cpi.int/about.html

[34]     UNICEF – Convention on the Rights of the Child

http://www.unicef.org/voy/explore/rights/explore_157.html

[35]     United Nations (UN) – Universal Declaration of Human Rights

http://www.un.org/Overview/rights.html

 

 

Negotiation Documents 

 

Negotiations in General

[36]     Avruch, Kevin. "Culture as Context, Culture as Communication: Considerations for Humanitarian Negotiators." Harvard Negotiation Law Review (Spring 2004). 

[37]     Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue (CHD). Humanitarian Engagement with Armed Groups: Colombian Paramilitary. Geneva: Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue, October 2002.

http://www.db.idpproject.org/Sites/IdpProjectDb/idpSurvey.nsf/159150681960422AC1256D2C004E3363/$file/HDHum+Engagement+with+Colombian+Paramilitaries+Oct02.pdf

[38]     Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue (CHD). “Humanitarian Engagement with Armed Groups.” [Draft document for consultation, produced by Claudine Haenni Dale]. Geneva: Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue, April 2002.

[39]     Conciliation Resources. Engaging Armed Groups in Peace Processes. Joint analysis workshop report. Sundridge Park, London: Conciliation Resources’ Accord Programme, 19-22 July 2004.

http://www.c-r.org/accord/ansa/index.shtml 

[40]     Cutts, Mark. "Negotiating with Warring Parties." Refugees Survey Quarterly. 18 No. 3 (1999).

[41]     Fisher, Roger et al. Getting to Yes: Negotiating Agreement Without Giving In. Second Ed. New York: Penguin Books, 1991.

[42]     Glaser, Max P. “Negotiated Access: Humanitarian Engagement with Armed Non-state Actors.” Cambridge, MA: Carr Center for Human Rights Policy, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, 2003.

[43]     Hansen, Greg. “Operational Interaction Between UN Humanitarian Agencies and Belligerent Forces: Towards a Code of Conduct.” Humanitarian Exchange, Number 26. ODI (March 2004).

[44]     Lewicki, Roy J, David M. Saunders and John W. Minton. Essentials of Negotiation. Second Ed. Boston: McGraw-Hill Irwin, 2001.

[45]     Mancini-Griffoli, Deborah and André Picot. Humanitarian Negotiation: A Handbook for Securing Access, Assistance and Protection for Civilians in Armed Conflict. Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue, 8 December 2004. 

http://www.hdcentre.org/datastore/hnn/HMNprels.pdf

[46]     Overseas Development Institute - Humanitarian Policy Group. “Suggested Contents for a Manual on Engagement with Armed Groups.” London: ODI: 22 June 2001.

[47]     Paffenholz, Thania. “How to make humanitarian negotiations more effective by taking into account the conflict and peace context and thinking in processes rather than in single negotiation events.” Geneva: Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue, May 2003.

http://www.hdcentre.org/datastore/hnn/hnn%20related%20papers/general%20papers/neg%20context%20and%20process.pdf

[48]     Raiffa, Howard with John Richardson and David Metcalfe. Negotiation Analysis: The Science and Art of Collaborative Decision Making. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2002.

[49]     Slim, Hugo. Marketing Humanitarian Space: Argument and Method in Humanitarian Persuasion. Background Document for the hnn Annual Meeting, 12-14 May 2003. Geneva: Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue, 2003.

http://www.hdcentre.org/datastore/hnn/hnn%20related%20papers/general%20papers/marketing%20humanitarian%20space.pdf

 

Negotiations on Particular Issues

[50]     World Food Programme (WFP). Review of WFP Experience in Securing Humanitarian Access: Compilation of Past Practice. World Food Program, 22 November 2000.

[51]     Toole, Daniel. Negotiation of Humanitarian Access and Assistance: Observations from Recent Experience [draft]. Cambridge, MA: Program on Humanitarian Policy and Conflict Research, Harvard University, January 2001.

http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/hpcr/HumanitarianNegotiation_Toole.pdf

 

 

Sample Ground Rules Agreements between Humanitarian Organizations

[52]     United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA). Ground Rules Paper. New York: OCHA. 2000.

 

 

Sample Written Agreements between Humanitarian Organizations and Armed Groups

[53]     United Nations. Principles of Engagement for Emergency Humanitarian Assistance in the Democratic Republic of Congo. United Nations, 1998.

http://www.db.idpproject.org/Sites/idpSurvey.nsf/wViewCountries/32F9B0B1F2815734C1256835003D235C

[54]     Government of the Republic of Sudan. Protocol on the Establishment of Humanitarian Assistance in Darfur.  Done in N’djamena. 8 April 2004.

http://www.iss.co.za/AF/profiles/Sudan/humanprot.pdf

[55]     SPLM/OLS Agreement on Ground Rules; in Bradbury, Mark, Nicholas Leader and Kate Mackintosh. The ‘Agreement on Ground Rules’ in South Sudan [Study 3 in: The Politics of Principle: the principles of humanitarian action in practice] HPG Report 4. London: Overseas Development Institute-HPG, March 2000.

www.odi.org.uk/hpg/papers/hpgreport4.pdf   (Appendix 2)

 

Agreements between Governments, Humanitarian Organizations and Armed Groups

[56]     Government of Sudan.  Memorandum of Understanding between The Government of Sudan, the Sudan Peoples Liberation Movement and the United Nations Regarding United Nations Mine Action Support to Sudan.  Geneva.  19 September 2002.

 

 

Breakdown of Relevant Documents by Country

 

Afghanistan

[57]     Donini, Antonio. Negotiating Humanitarian Access. Experience from Taliban Afghanistan. hnn Case Study. Geneva: Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue, n.d.

Angola

[58]     Costy, Alex. Managing the Compromise: Humanitarian Negotiations in Angola, 1998-2001. Geneva: Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue, January 2002.

http://www.hdcentre.org/datastore/hnn/hnn%20related%20papers/case%20studies/case%20study%20angola%20.pdf

[59]     Lanzer, Toby, The UN Department of Humanitarian Affairs in Angola, A Model for the Coordination of Humanitarian Assistance? Report No. 5 of Studies on Emergencies and Disaster Relief. Uppsala: Nordiska Afrikainstitutet (the Nordic Africa Institute), 1996.

[60]     Operational Criteria for the Implementation of Humanitarian Assistance Programs in Angola.  February 1999.

[61]     Richardson, Anna. “Negotiation Humanitarian Access in Angola: 1990 – 2000.”  New Issues in Refugee Research, #18. Geneva: UNHCR, June 2000.

http://www.jha.ac/articles/u018.htm  

Bosnia

[62]     Cutts, Mark. “The humanitarian Operation in Bosnia, 1992-95: Dilemmas of Negotiating Humanitarian Access”. Working Paper # 8. New Issues in Refugee Research series. Geneva: UNHCR, May 1999. 

http://www.jha.ac/articles/u008.pdf 

Burma/Myanmar

[63]     Conciliation Resources. Engaging Armed Groups in Peace Processes. Joint analysis workshop report. Sundridge Park, London: Conciliation Resources’ Accord Programme, 19-22 July 2004.

 

Burundi

[64]     Conciliation Resources. Engaging Armed Groups in Peace Processes. Joint analysis workshop report. Sundridge Park, London: Conciliation Resources’ Accord Programme, 19-22 July 2004.

http://www.c-r.org/accord/ansa/index.shtml 

Colombia

[65]     Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue (CHD). Humanitarian Engagement with Armed Groups: Colombian Paramilitary. Geneva: Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue, October 2002.

http://www.db.idpproject.org/Sites/IdpProjectDb/idpSurvey.nsf/159150681960422AC1256D2C004E3363/$file/HDHum+Engagement+with+Colombian+Paramilitaries+Oct02.pdf

Democratic Republic of Congo

[66]     United Nations. Principles of Engagement for Emergency Humanitarian Assistance in the Democratic Republic of Congo. United Nations, 1998.

http://www.db.idpproject.org/Sites/idpSurvey.nsf/wViewCountries/32F9B0B1F2815734C1256835003D235C

Liberia

[67]     United Nations. Humanitarian Assistance in Liberia: Principles and Protocols for Operation. United Nations, 1995.

http://coe-dmha.org/Unicef/HPT_Session8Handout8_3.htm

Sierra Leone

[68]     Sierra Leone Development Assistance Coordination Office (DACO). Code of Conduct for Humanitarian Agencies in Sierra Leone.  21 November 1998.

Sri Lanka

[69]     Conciliation Resources. Engaging Armed Groups in Peace Processes. Joint analysis workshop report. Sundridge Park, London: Conciliation Resources’ Accord Programme, 19-22 July 2004.

http://www.c-r.org/accord/ansa/index.shtml 

Sudan

[70]     Government of the Republic of Sudan. Protocol on the Establishment of Humanitarian Assistance in Darfur.  Done in N’djamena. 8 April 2004.

http://www.iss.co.za/AF/profiles/Sudan/humanprot.pdf

[71]     United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF). UNICEF Sudan and Operation Lifeline Sudan: Experiences of Engagement with Non-State Entities. UNICEF. [undated]

Tajikistan

[72]     Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue (CHD). Humanitarian Engagement with Armed Groups: The Central Asian Islamic Opposition Groups. CHD Case Study Volume 1 No. 1. Geneva: Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue, February 2003.

http://www.hdcentre.org/datastore/files/Asianmovements.pdf

Turkmenistan

[73]     Jamal, Arafat. "Access to safety? Negotiating Protection in a Central Asian Emergency." Working Paper No. 17, in New Issues in Refugee Research. Geneva: Evaluation and Policy Analysis Unit, UNHCR, 2000.

http://www.jha.ac/articles/u017.htm

Uganda

[74]     Conciliation Resources. Engaging Armed Groups in Peace Processes. Joint analysis workshop report. Sundridge Park, London: Conciliation Resources’ Accord Programme, 19-22 July 2004.

http://www.c-r.org/accord/ansa/index.shtml 

Uzbekistan

[75]     Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue (CHD). Humanitarian Engagement with Armed Groups: The Central Asian Islamic Opposition Groups. CHD Case Study Volume 1 No. 1. Geneva: Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue, February 2003.

http://www.hdcentre.org/datastore/files/Asianmovements.pdf

 

 

 

Additional Resources available from the Reliefweb and IASC websites