Reports and Resources
The IRC uses our learning and experience to assist people affected by crisis and shape humanitarian policy and practice. Browse our research and resources.
Urban stakeholder engagement and coordination: Guidance note for humanitarian practitioners
Urban stakeholder engagement and coordination: Guidance note for humanitarian practitioners
Urban stakeholder engagement and coordination: A quick reference for humanitarian practitioners
A rapidly urbanizing world presents both challenges and opportunities for humanitarian aid approaches.
Integrated livelihoods and protection for displaced persons in urban humanitarian response
The protracted refugee crisis in Syria has highlighted unique challenges and opportunities facing humanitarian efforts in complex urban environments, suggesting a need for greater innovation to respond effectively to the evolving economic and protection challenges faced by displaced persons.
Urban context analysis toolkit
The urban context analysis toolkit was created to provide an analysis toolkit that is user friendly, relatively quick to use, and adaptable.
Uncertain futures: a briefing note on the situation for unaccompanied and separated refugee children in Greece
This briefing aims to bring attention to ongoing issues of concern and provide concrete recommendations for improving the response for this highly vulnerable group.
The Way Forward to Strengthened Policies and Practices for Unaccompanied and Separated Children in Europe
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, UNICEF, and IRC, the International Rescue Committee, today issued a Roadmap for action to improve the situation of refugee and migrant children arriving and staying in Europe without their parents or care givers. The Roadmap highlights the need to identify children, register them through child-friendly procedures, and build a relationship of trust with them as early as possible. Ensuring that a well-trained guardian takes immediate responsibility for the child, engaging cultural mediators, and mobilizing members of host communities are critical measures that can help build a trusting relationship and protect children from smugglers, traffickers or family pressure.
Family planning saves lives and promotes resilience in humanitarian contexts
The Family Planning Summit (FP Summit), convened in London on 11 July 2017, presents a critical opportunity to accelerate efforts to deliver family planning to women and girls globally.
Using ICT to Facilitate Access to Information and Accountability to Affected Populations in Urban Areas
This report outlines the findings from an assessment of ServiceInfo and Refugee.Info, drawing on perspectives and reflections from stakeholders across the humanitarian spectrum, including affected populations themselves.
Making the most of a golden opportunity: Recommendations on the Union Resettlement Framework
MEP Briefing on Union Resettlement Framework
Cash Relief for Women and Girls
Women and girls affected by humanitarian crisis are exposed to heightened risks of violence and exploitation. It is therefore vital that emergency response prevents violence and empowers women and girls to improve their own well-being and that of their families and communities, including through cash relief.