Humanitarian corridor

A humanitarian corridor is a type of temporary demilitarized zone intended to allow the safe transit of humanitarian aid in, and/or refugees out of a crisis region. Such a corridor can also be associated with a no-fly zone or no-drive zone.^[1]

Various types of "humanitarian corridors" have been proposed in the Post–Cold War era, put forward either by one or more of the warring parties, or by the international community in the case of a humanitarian intervention. Humanitarian corridors were used frequently during the Syrian Civil War.

United Nations Safe Areas[]

United Nations Safe Areas (UN Safe Areas) were humanitarian corridors established in 1993 in the territory of Bosnia and Herzegovina during the Bosnian War by several resolutions of the United Nations Security Council.

Disadvantages[]

Pauses in conflict such as this also has its own disadvantages.^[2]^[3]

List of proposed "humanitarian corridors"[]

Siege of Mariupol March 2022, shut down twice by attacks
United Nations Safe Areas
Lachin corridor
Battle of Grozny (1999–2000)#Siege
Cyclone Nargis#Activists respond to the blockade of aid
Humanitarian impact of the Russo-Georgian War
2008 Nord-Kivu campaign#Humanitarian aid corridor
Gaza War (2008–2009)#Humanitarian ceasefires
First Libyan Civil War#Humanitarian situation
Safe Zone (Syria)
Timeline of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine#3 March

References[]

^ "Security Council hears conflicting Russian, Georgian views of worsening crisis". United Nations Security Council. Archived from the original on 12 September 2013. Retrieved 14 March 2012.
^ "Why humanitarians wary of "humanitarian corridors"". The New Humanitarian. 19 March 2012. Retrieved 6 March 2022.
^ Reindorp, Nicola; Wiles, Peter (June 2001). "Humanitarian Coordination: Lessons from Recent Field Experience" (PDF). Overseas Development Institute, London – via UNHCR.

Further reading[]

Glossary of Terms: Pauses During Conflict (PDF), United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, June 2011
Djukić, Dražan; Pons, Niccolò (2018). The Companion to International Humanitarian Law. Brill Publishers. p. 391. ISBN 978-90-04-34201-9.
How do humanitarian corridors work? (PDF), FCEI, Community of Sant'Egidio, Unione delle Chiese metodiste e valdesi, MediterraneanHope, December 2016
Price, Roz (17 September 2020), Humanitarian pauses and corridors in contexts of conflict (PDF), Institute of Development Studies
Rolando, Francesco; Naso, Paolo (2018). "Humanitarian Corridors to Italy: An Interview with Professor Paolo Naso". Harvard International Review. 39 (2): 64–67. ISSN 0739-1854. JSTOR 26617345.

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[1] "Security Council hears conflicting Russian, Georgian views of worsening crisis". United Nations Security Council. Archived from the original on 12 September 2013. Retrieved 14 March 2012.

[2] "Why humanitarians wary of "humanitarian corridors"". The New Humanitarian. 19 March 2012. Retrieved 6 March 2022.

[3] Reindorp, Nicola; Wiles, Peter (June 2001). "Humanitarian Coordination: Lessons from Recent Field Experience" (PDF). Overseas Development Institute, London – via UNHCR.

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