It is ‘like putting a plaster around a malignant tumor’. Check this revealing #KunoPodcast based on a master class about #Greece and #Libya of experienced #humanitarian practitioner Jason Phillips. buzzsprout.com/187688/2314706… KUNO

Het langdurig opsluiten van Venezolanen op Curacao is mensonwaardig. Het Nederlandse koninkrijk zou anders met deze humanitaire situatie om moeten gaan. Gelukkig pakken Kamerleden het op! nos.nl/artikel/231852… Meer info: kuno-platform.nl/events/venezue…

So harsh: our migration policies lead to new humanitarian situations within our borders. On the Greek islands. And in Curaçao: cxabzy.googleve.xyz/hoy/venezolano… Venezuelans, who may need protection, have gone on hunger strike. Possible human rights violations within the Kingdom of the NLs

Ontwikkelingssamenwerking die migratie willen afremmen, belemmert de ontwikkeling: an incovenient truth scherp beschreven door Maite Vermeulen decorrespondent.nl/10891/deze-myt…

In our #migration seminar series: 29 Jan at ISS (open for all): Challenging the mantra of irregular migration in international development policies through legal mobilization by @DrJDHandmaker. iss.nl/en/events/chal…

Development aid is increasingly used to curb migration. But it’s time to end the myth that aid stops people moving because it's just not true – and the consequences of this myth can be deadly. Maite Vermeulen, Ajibola Amzat and giacomo zandonini investigate: thecorrespondent.com/253/europes-gr…

Super deal: everybody who retweets this message on our MOOC on #disastermeetsconflict can do the MOOC for free! (And by the way: everybody else too).

Disturbing news: Paul ‘Hotel Rwanda’ Rusesabagina has been arrested and is held custody in Rwanda. A humanitarian activist ‘by accident’ punished for outspoken political opinions? nytimes.com/2020/08/31/wor…

In 2009 Paul Rusesabagina was my guest at the Africa Day 2009: a modest and - I think - honest man, who saved over a thousand humans during the Rwanda genocide 1994. Is he arrested by because of he outspoken political opinions?

‘When do-gooders harm each other.’ A strong article on racism in humanitarian aid. And a plea to transform our thinking. Read it! newsletters.genevasolutions.news/newsletters/wh… Tammam Aloudat تمّام العودات

Ongelofelijk! VS kondigt sancties af tegen ICC aanklager Bensouda en hoofd jurisdictie. Internationaal Strafhof wordt verder gepolitiseerd. Internationaal recht wordt opzij gezet voor het recht van de sterkste.

America First - the next step … Interesting comment I heard: When will UN moves HQ offices to the Global South? theguardian.com/law/2020/sep/0…

An escalating humanitarian crises. And a crisis made by European policies. We Europeans fail the most fundament humanitarian principle; that of Humanity theguardian.com/world/2020/sep…

The focus on children and families in the #Moria crisis makes a false distinction among refugees that makes it seem as if only children are vulnerable. Dorothea Hilhorst argues that young men need help just as much as everyone else. #LeaveNoOneBehind issblog.nl/2020/09/18/mor…

Partnerships and Security Risk Management: from the local partner’s perspective is out NOW. For the first time ever, our global research explores security risks from the perspective of local and national partners. buff.ly/3j1sF4n

Join the 3-rd dialogue on decolonizing aid: a humanitarian aid perspective (23 June). Speakers: Nanette S. Antequisa (dir. Ecoweb, Philippines-based NGO) & Tammam Aloudat تمّام العودات (dir. Global Health Centre, Graduate Institute). Hosts: Thea Hilhorst & Kiza Magendane. Register at kuno-platform.nl/events/the-dec…

Ik ben ongelooflijk vereerd, overdonderd, dankbaar en blij met de #Spinozapremie. Een geweldige erkenning van ons werk en het belang van #HumanitaireStudies. Dank, dank, dank.

We still hear the cries for help from those trapped under the rubble. Many of our own families and neighbours have not survived. Thousands in #Syria are dead. Thousands more are missing. Please help us in our response by donating. #Earthquake gofund.me/8602b47f

Death toll from the earthquake in NW #Syria has risen to 1,900+ with more than 2,950+. Number is likely to rise significantly, hundreds of families remain under the rubble of destroyed buildings. Our teams continue search & rescue operations 75 hours after the #earthquake.

418+ completely destroyed buildings, 1,300+ severely destroyed buildings, and thousands of buildings damaged in northwest #Syria. Pictures from the town of Jenderes, north of Aleppo - Wednesday, February 8.