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Author Jérémie Labbé

Jérémie Labbé

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  • Policy Papers 09-13-2013Jérémie Labbé, Lilianne Fan, and Walter Kemp

    Cooperation from Crisis? Regional Responses to Humanitarian Emergencies

    As the situation in Syria continues to deteriorate, could the humanitarian crisis afflicting the country and its neighbors provide an entryway for regional cooperation? This policy paper examines how regional responses to humanitarian crises have succeeded or failed to meet humanitarian objectives in order to inform approaches to contemporary crises.

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    Humanitarian Affairs, Regional Organizations
  • Meeting Notes 02-15-2013Jérémie Labbé and Chris Perry, rapporteurs

    Migrants in Times of Crisis: An Emerging Protection Challenge

    This meeting note is based on a roundtable discussion held at IPI on October 9, 2012, which examined both the short-term protection of migrants in times of crisis, and the long-term consequences when migrants are forced to return home due to a conflict or a natural disaster.

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    Humanitarian Affairs
  • Policy Papers 11-16-2012by Jérémie Labbé

    Rethinking Humanitarianism: Adapting to 21st Century Challenges

    The modern international humanitarian system is being tested like never before. Built on a philosophy that espouses universality and integrity of humanitarian principles, the system now faces crises and conflicts that are changing in nature, an increased humanitarian caseload, and a renewed assertiveness on the part of host states.

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    Humanitarian Affairs
  • Issue Briefs 04-18-2012by Jérémie Labbé and Reno Meyer

    Engaging Nonstate Armed Groups on the Protection of Children: Towards Strategic Complementarity

    This issue brief provides an overview of the legal, political, and operational frameworks protecting children from the effects of armed conflict, notably from violations by nonstate armed groups.

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  • Comment & Analysis 07-06-2011by Jérémie Labbé

    Engaging Somalia’s Al-Shabab to Allow the Delivery of Humanitarian Aid

    In the last few months, the humanitarian situation in the entire Horn of Africa region has been steadily deteriorating owing to a drought caused by the climatic phenomenon La Niña. The situation is all the more worrying in Somalia where a decades-long conflict has driven some 250,000 Somalis out of their homes since May in […]

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    Humanitarian Affairs
  • Comment & Analysis 05-24-2011by Jérémie Labbé

    The Case for a “Humanitarian Pause” in Libya

    Recent efforts to get emergency assistance to civilians in the midst of the battle for Libya point to an ongoing debate at the United Nations and beyond—how to reconcile the urgent goal of bringing immediate assistance and protection to civilians with the imperative of keeping humanitarian aid neutral and impartial.

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    Humanitarian Affairs

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