The 9/11 attacks and subsequent invasion of Iraq ushered in an era of counterterrorism measures which have had profound impacts on humanitarian action. Increasingly, regulations are limiting how and with whom humanitarian actors can work, threatening the impartiality of aid and leaving certain particularly vulnerable populations without support. This panel will discuss how the counterterrorism framework has impacted patterns of humanitarian aid and the operations of humanitarian organizations, and the challenge of providing services in this context.
Panelists:
Mohamed Mahmoud Mohamedou, deputy director, professor of International History and Politics, director of Executive Education, Geneva Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies
Emma O’Leary, head of Humanitarian Policy Unit, Norwegian Refugee Council,
Jelena Pejic, senior fellow at the Lieber Institute for Law and War at the West Point Military Academy (non-residential), former senior legal adviser in the ICRC Legal Division, Geneva
Moderator: Monette Zard, associate professor and director, Program on Forced Migration and Health at Columbia University