New papers and podcast on humanitarian negotiations

In the research project Red Lines and Grey Zones: Exploring the Ethics of Humanitarian Negotiation (RedLines) two papers and a new podcast episode have recently been published in collaboration with the Norwegian Centre for Humanitarian Studies (NCHS).

The papers are: Humanitarian Mediation: Conceptual and Ethical Explorations by Kristoffer Lidén and Kristina Roepstorff and Tacit engagement and humanitarian negotiation dilemmas by Ayse Bala Akal.

In the podcast episode of the Talking Humanitarianism podcast, Jan Egeland (NRC) sits down with Kristoffer Lidén to discuss the topic of humanitarian negotiations. The episode is the latest in a series on the ethics of humanitarian action that have been organised under the RedLines project. Previous webinars and podcasts are:

• The ethics of humanitarian neutrality in Syria
• Red lines for humanitarian aid in Afghanistan
• Engaging with the Taliban then and now 
• Ethics and the global distribution of vaccines during Covid-19
• Risks and responsibilities in the digital transformation of humanitarian action