HCRI scholar contributes to new ICRC book on data protection in humanitarian action
Prof Larissa Fast has contributed to a new edited volume, developed by the ICRC, UNHCR and Global Privacy Assembly, which explores how data protection frameworks can strengthen responsible and effective humanitarian action in an increasingly digital world.
Larissa Fast, Professor of Humanitarian & Conflict Studies at HCRI, has co-authored a chapter of the new book Data Protection in Humanitarian Action: Responding to Crises in a Data-Driven World (eds. M Marelli, A Beduschi, A Martin), developed in collaboration with the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), and the Global Privacy Assembly (GPA).
The publication marks the 10th anniversary of the ICRC and UNHCR data protection frameworks, as well as the GPA Resolution on Privacy and International Humanitarian Action. It is available on .
Bringing together leading humanitarian, legal, academic, and policy experts, this timely volume explores how data protection frameworks can strengthen responsible and effective humanitarian action in an increasingly digital world.
Prof Fast鈥檚 chapter, co-written with Gilles Cerutti (Swiss FDFA) and Stuart Campo (IOM), considers the principles and challenges of data sharing between humanitarian organisations and donors, exploring issues around accountability, transparency and data protection in principled humanitarian action.
She and Stuart discuss some of the issues in this .
Through a blend of practitioner perspectives, empirical research, and conceptual analysis, this reflects on the past decade, highlighting key developments, achievements, and lessons learned, while also looking ahead to the challenges and opportunities posed by emerging technologies, and how the humanitarian sector can anticipate and prepare for them.
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