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Counter-terrorism laws: what aid agencies need to know http://www.odi.org/events/4023-counter-terrorism-humanitarian-practice-network 6 November 2014, 14:00-16:00 GMT Venue: Overseas Development Institute, London (directions: http://www.odi.org/about/contact-details) and screened live online Do aid workers risk violating counter-terrorism laws to reach people who need humanitarian support? Counter-terrorism laws and humanitarian action share several goals, including the prevention of attacks against civilians and of the diversion of aid to armed actors. Yet tensions between these two areas of law and policy have emerged in recent years, resulting in challenges for governments and humanitarian actors. This event launches Network Paper 79, Counter-terrorism laws and regulations: what aid agencies need to know, published by the Humanitarian Practice Network with the Counter-terrorism and Humanitarian Engagement Project at the Harvard Law School (part of the Program on International Law and Armed Conflict). Speakers will present key findings from the paper, engage the audience in an exercise which will address key challenges that anti-terrorism laws and regulations pose for humanitarian action and explore how humanitarian actors might respond to these challenges. To register for this event please visit the event webpage (http://www.odi.org/events/4023-counter-terrorism-humanitarian-practice-network) or email [log in to unmask] You can also follow #Counterterrorism on Twitter for live coverage. Refreshments will be available from 16:00 Speakers: Naz K. Modirzadeh – Director, Harvard Law School Program on International Law and Armed Conflict (via video-link) Dustin Lewis – Senior Researcher, Harvard Law School Program on International Law and Armed Conflict (via video-link) Mike Parkinson – Policy Advisor, Oxfam GB Abdurahman Sharif – Operations Manager, Muslim Charities Forum Chair: Sara Pantuliano – Director, Humanitarian Policy Group (http://www.odi.org/experts/99-sara-pantuliano) ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Note: The material contained in this communication comes to you from the Forced Migration Discussion List which is moderated by Forced Migration Online, Refugee Studies Centre (RSC), Oxford Department of International Development, University of Oxford. It does not necessarily reflect the views of the RSC or the University. If you re-print, copy, archive or re-post this message please retain this disclaimer. Quotations or extracts should include attribution to the original sources. E-mail: [log in to unmask] Posting guidelines: http://www.forcedmigration.org/research-resources/discussion/forced-migration-discussion-list-posting-guidelines Subscribe/unsubscribe: http://tinyurl.com/fmlist-join-leave List Archives: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/forced-migration.html RSS: https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?RSS&L=forced-migration Twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/refugeestudies Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/refugeestudiescentre