Security in Urban and Densely populated Environments | GISF at HNPW

This session, building off GISF's recent Urban Security Article, unpacked some of the key contextual elements humanitarians encounter in urban settings and the security risk management (SRM) implications of these dynamics, such as high population density, diverse populations, the prevalence of urban violence and crime and intense political activity.

Key resources:

Good Practices, Lessons Learned, and the Unique Challenges Affecting Security Risk Management in Urban Humanitarian Responses. GISF, 2023. Ghttps://www.gisf.ngo/resource/good-pr...

Confronting Humanitarian Insecurity: The Law and Politics of Responding to Attacks against Aid Workers, by Julia Brooks and Rob Grace, Journal of Humanitarian Affairs, 2020. https://www.manchesterhive.com/view/j...

The Humanitarian as Negotiator: Developing Capacity Across the Sector,” by Rob Grace, Harvard Humanitarian Initiative, 2017. https://hhi.harvard.edu/sites/hwpi.ha...

Humanitarian Negotiation with Parties to Armed Conflict: The Role of Laws and Principles in the Discourse, by Rob Grace, Harvard Humanitarian Initiative, 2020, https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.c...

When Security Risk Management and Technology Collide: getting humanitarian notification systems right, by Rob Grace & GISF, 2023, https://gisf.ngo/blogs/when-security-...

Speakers:
Rob Grace, Visiting Assistant Professor of Political Science at Boston University
Shashwat Saraf, Regional Emergency Director - East Africa at International Rescue Committee (IRC).
Roman Antoni Cioma, Security Specialist - Ukraine at UN Women