Paper details
| Paper authors | Ralf Südhoff |
| In panel on | In Defense of Humanity: Civilian Protection, Aid Work, and the Demise of IHL (Roundtable) |
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Abstract
Latest major funding cuts have shed light on a persistent issue which has been overshadowed for years in times of rapid humanitarian sector growth: Donor accountability in terms of appropriate financial humanitarian commitments of public actors. The humanitarian system as well as its actors lack evidence based criteria and analyses what an appropriate engagement of a given public donor might be and based on which normes and indicators a decreasing financial engagement can be questioned. Different to most arenas of international affairs (such as development, defense) the humanitarian sector lacks a reference point in terms of financial accountability. As only scattered approaches ("fair-share-models" / EU quota etc) are under discussion so far, academia and analysts have a role to play to enable an evidence based approach in times of contested humanitarian budgets and in defence of humanity.
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