Toolkit for principled humanitarian action

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1. Introduction to the toolkit

This toolkit is designed to help you identify counterterrorism-related risks so that your organisation can manage and mitigate these. It aims to make risk management approaches accessible to a broad...

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2. Sanctions, counterterrorism measures and principled humanitarian action

This section develops your knowledge of the nature of sanctions and counterterrorism measures.

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3. Risks and impact on humanitarian operations

This section helps you to identify both the similar and distinct risks that sanctions and counterterrorism measures can create for principled humanitarian action.

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4. Sanctions and counterterrorism clauses in grant and partnership agreements

Sanctions and counterterrorism clauses are becoming increasingly common in grant and partnership agreements. They are intended to ensure that donors’ funds are not used in violation of measures they...

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5. Sanctions, counterterrorism and risk management frameworks

This section explores practical aspects of risk management and steps your organisation can take to strengthen risk management policies and practices, while maintaining a principled approach.

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6. Resources

This section contains the risk library, downloadable resources and definitions of acronyms and key terms.

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