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Throughout the year, VOICE produces and disseminates key documents reflecting on humanitarian aid issues at the EU level and from an NGO perspective. They are addressed to decision-makers within the European institutions, at the National level, to NGO networks and other stakeholders of the humanitarian community, as well as to the VOICE members. Some documents are produced by the VOICE Secretariat with the support of VOICE members while others are publications from members and other key stakeholders in the humanitarian sector.
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Unfreeze Afghan assets or more hungry children may die: INTERSOS Op-Ed
12 August 2022Members' publicationsFollowing decades of conflict, people in Afghanistan are now grappling with another deadly issue as almost universal poverty grips the nation: soaring hunger. -
VOICE out loud 33: Enabling principled humanitarian aid
23 June 2022VOICE out loudThis edition of VOL reflects on the existing humanitarian funding model, and the impact of IHL violations and donor sanctions regimes on the delivery of humanitarian aid. It also considers questions of how to finance new emergencies while ensuring no diversion of funding from other crises; how to promote and uphold IHL and reduce the level of risk to which humanitarian aid workers are exposed; and how to ensure that sanctions regimes do not undermine humanitarian organisations’ ability to apply the humanitarian principles of humanity, impartiality, neutrality, and independence. -
NGO joint statement on the impact of counterterrorism measures and sanctions on humanitarian action
17 March 2022Members' publicationsAhead of the upcoming European Humanitarian Forum (EHF) from the 21 to the 23 of March, 49 NGOs, including VOICE members, and 7 networks of NGOs call on clear commitments from the EU and its Member States to prevent restrictive measures’ unintended consequences, especially on organisations’ capacity to reach people in need. -
Adding to the evidence: the impact of sanctions and restrictive measures on humanitarian action
29 March 2021VOICE event reportsThis report captures the findings of an online survey on the impacts of sanctions and counter-terrorism (CT) restrictive measures on VOICE member NGOs, and the VOICE Webinar on EU Restrictive Measures and Humanitarian Aid: Between a principled view for exemptions and a pragmatic approach for an effective derogation process (December 2020). -
Aid agencies make unprecedented and united call for Biden administration to revoke Ansar Allah terrorist designation
29 January 2021Members' publicationsTwenty-two aid organisations working in Yemen remain extremely concerned about the humanitarian consequences of the designation of Ansar Allah as a Foreign Terrorist Organisation (FTO) and Specially Designated Global Terrorists (SDGT) which came into effect on 19 January. This designation comes at a time when famine is a very real threat to a country devastated by six years of conflict, and it must be revoked immediately. Any disruption to lifesaving aid operations and commercial imports of food, fuel, medicine and other essential goods will put millions of lives at risk. -
EU restrictive measures impact on humanitarian aid: Between a principled view for exemptions and a pragmatic approach for an effective derogation process.
01 December 2020VOICE webinar Save the Date and registration link. Join VOICE and a panel of experts on the 11th of December for a webinar focusing on the push to introduce humanitarian exemptions to EU sanctions regimes, and the discussion on an EU-wide derogation process. -
Joint statement: The hidden human cost of economic sanctions and restrictive measures
19 August 2020Members' publicationsOn World Humanitarian Day, which takes place this year in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic and a few days after the tremendous explosions in Beirut, Caritas Europa and Caritas Middle East and Northern Africa (MONA) are joining forces to share their deep concerns on the dire side effects that economic sanctions and unilateral restrictive measures have on civilian and vulnerable populations living through the deep, multiple crises in the region: economic, political and humanitarian. -
VOICE workshop Report: The impact of EU sanctions and restrictive measures on humanitarian action
02 June 2020VOICE event reportsThe report from the workshop organised by VOICE gathering NGOs, external experts, European Member States and EU institutions’ representatives to discuss the evolving approach in the EU to sanctions and restrictive measures, their impact on the delivery of humanitarian aid and how to mitigate them. -
NRC’s Practical Guide for Project Cycle Management and Counterterrorism Risks
24 March 2020Members' publicationsThis practical guide outlines the origin and impact of counterterrorism measures and proposes actions for humanitarian organizations to consider throughout the project management cycle to help manage and mitigate counterterrorism-related risks. -
Partners' Conference 2019 - Speech of VOICE President - Dominic Crowley
12 December 2019The speech of VOICE President Dominic Crowley at the ECHO Partners Conference 2019 -
Counter-Terrorism Frameworks and Safeguarding Humanitarian Space: Humanitarian Recommendations ahead of the UNGA High Level Side Event
26 September 2019Members' publicationsAhead of the UNGA meeting, Action Against Hunger, CARE, Concern Worldwide, Norwegian Refugee Council, Oxfam and Save the Children made the following recommendations to participating UN Member States and UN entities. -
VOICE out loud 28- Adressing protection needs in humanitarian action
16 November 2018VOICE out loudIn this edition of the VOICE out loud, VOICE members reflect on different aspects of protection in their humanitarian operations. We hear also from Mr. Walter Fuelleman, ICRC representant in Brussels, on how protection work is changing and what in the EU can support or hinder this. -
Countering Violent Extremism and Humanitarian Action
17 August 2017Members' publicationsBased on an analysis of the countering violent extremism landscape and the intersection between Counter Violence Extremisme approaches and principled humanitarian action, this position paper outlines NRC’s stance towards CVE and associated programs and funding opportunities. NRCs position on CVE is guided by a firm respect for the humanitarian principles of humanity, neutrality, impartiality and independence. -
Donor counter-terrorism measures and principled humanitarian action: Where are we at?
09 February 2017VOICE event reportsVOICE organised this event on 30 November 2016 to raise awareness of NGOs and other stakeholders about the impact of counter-terrorism laws and policies on humanitarian action. It was attended by 104 participants from civil society and European Institutions. -
VOICE contribution to the new EU Global Strategy on Foreign and Security Policy
01 May 2016VOICE position papersIn this paper, VOICE makes recommendations for the new EU Global Strategy on Foreign and Security Policy. -
Experts opinion on the EU Global Strategy
10 February 2016All those experts' opinion were released during the consultation period of the EU Global strategy from January to June 2016. -
Impact of donor counter-terrorism measures on principled humanitarian action: What can the EU do?
03 December 2013VOICE event reportsOn 4 November 2013, VOICE organised an event to raise awareness of NGOs and other stakeholders about the impact of counter-terrorism laws and policies on humanitarian action. The event gathered around seventy-five participants from NGOs, Red Cross Movement and the European Commission. -
Counterterrorism and Humanitarian Engagement: Current Issues - Event PowerPoint from Naz K. Modirzadeh
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Counter-terrorism, ‘policy laundering’ and the FATF: legalising surveillance, regulating civil society
14 March 2012
