Statements and Commentary regarding COVID-19

• Statement - ICVA COVID-19 NGOs Critical to the Delivery of Principled and Effective Humanitarian Assistance (English)
• Statement - Act Alliance and Religions for Peace Urgent Action Needed to Prevent COVID-19 (English)
• Statement - Africa Humanitarian Action Africa Must Include Displaced Populations in COVID-19 Response Plans (English)
• Position Paper - Alliance for Empowering Partnership Localised Response to COVID-19 Global Pandemic (English)
• Report - Amnesty International The G20 Must Put Human Rights and the Public Interest at the Heart of its Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic (English)
• Report - Amnesty International Responses to COVID-19 and States’ Human Rights Obligations: Preliminary Observations (English)
• Statement - Asia Pacific Refugee Rights Network Refugees Must Be Included in COVID-19 Response, Not Vilified or Ignored (English)
• Statement - Asia Pacific Refugee Rights Network Global Response to COVID-19 Should Not Undermine the Right of Asylum (English)
• Joint Statement - Asian Forum for Human Rights ASEAN Must Uphold Human Rights in Responding to the COVID‐19 Pandemic (English)
• Paper - CARE Gender Implications of COVID-19 Outbreaks in Development and Humanitarian Settings (English)
• Alert - CARE Palestine (West Bank/Gaza) Warns of a Catastrophe of Enormous Magnitude with Potentially Disastrous Consequences Awaiting the Two Million Palestinians Living in Gaza (English)
• Report - Christian Aid Keeping the Faith: The Role of Faith Leaders in the Ebola Response (English)
• Assessment - Cooperazione Internazionale (COOPI) COVID-19: Food Security and Livelihood Impact (English)
• Statement - Concern Worldwide Extremely Poor People Will Go Hungry as Covid-19 Response Measures Hit (English)
• Statement - Council of Europe Principles Relating to the Treatment of Persons Deprived of their Liberty in the Context of the Coronavirus Disease (Covid-19) Pandemic (English)
• Advocacy Paper - Geneva Call Bringing Within Reach- The Importance of Engaging Armed Non-State Actors to Tackle the COVID-19 Pandemic (English)
• Think Piece - Humanitarian Advisory Group In Case of Emergency - System-Wide Response in the Era of COVID-19 (English)
• Report - International Rescue Committee COVID-19 in Humanitarian Crises: A Double Emergency (English)
• Letter - Jordan INGO Forum Recommendations to the United Nations and the Donor Community on Strengthening the Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic (English)
• Study - The Lancet Refugee and Migrant Health in the COVID-19 Response (English)
• Statement - Libya INGO Forum Members Commit to Support the Country to Cope with the COVID-19 Pandemic and Call on the Authorities for Equal and Fair Access to Medical Services for All People in Libya (English)
• Statement - Libya INGO Forum Members Commit to Support the Country to Cope with the COVID-19 Pandemic and Call on the Authorities for Equal and Fair Access to Medical Services for All People in Libya (Arabic)
• Statement - Network for Empowered Aid Response COVID-19 (English)
• Briefing Note - NGO Coordination Committee for Iraq COVID-19: The Immediate and Potential Long-Term Risks to Vulnerable Populations in Iraq (English)
• Media Briefing - OXFAM The Hunger Virus: How COVID-19 Is Fuelling Hunger in a Hungry World (English)
• Report - Refugees International COVID-19 and the Displaced: Addressing the Threat of the Novel Coronavirus in Humanitarian Emergencies (English)
• Commentary - S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS) COVID-19 & Humanitarian Response: Leave No-One Behind (English)
• Policy Brief - Save the Children Because We Matter: Addressing COVID-19 and Violence against Girls in Asia-Pacific (English)
• Brief - Save the Children COVID-19: Gender Equality Matters (English)
• Press Release - Somalia NGO Consortium Somalia Debt Relief Crucial to COVID-19 Response (English)
• Report - World Refugee & Migration Council Refugee Women: Responding to COVID-19 (English)
• Report - World Vision International Migration and COVID-19: Venezuelan Children between a Rock and a Hard Place (English)

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• World Health Organization Joint Leaders' statement - Violence against Children: A Hidden Crisis of the COVID-19 Pandemic (English)
• CARE New COVID-19 Global Rapid Gender Analysis Addresses Concerns of Women and Girls in Pandemic (English)
• CARE COVID-19’s Gender Implications Examined in Policy Brief from CARE (English)
• Chatham House COVID-19 Impact on Refugees Is Also Political (English)
• CIVICUS Open Letter: Donors and Supporters Must Act to Ensure Civil Society Resilience against COVID-19 Pandemic (English)
• Council of Europe Covid-19: Council of Europe Anti-Torture Committee Issues “Statement of Principles Relating to the Treatment of Persons Deprived of their Liberty” in multiple languages (English)
• Council on Foundations A Call to Action: Philanthropy's Commitment during COVID-19 (English)
• Center for Strategic and International Studies The Impact of COVID-19 on Humanitarian Crises (English)
• DevPolicy Blog COVID-19, Localisation and Locally Led Development: A Critical Juncture (English)
• Foreign Policy You Can't Practice Social Distancing if You're a Refugee (English)
• Global Detention Project COVID-19 Global Immigration Detention Platform (English)
• HERE Geneva After COVID-19: Time to Reset (English)
• HIAS COVID-19 Response (English)
• Human Rights Watch Soap: Refugees Need it Too (English)
• Human Rights Watch Governments Should Deliver Effective Rights-Respecting Responses to Covid-19 (English)
• International Catholic Migration Commission Humanitarian NGOs Call on Donors for Urgent and Systematic Response to COVID-19 (English)
• International Catholic Migration Commission May the Coronavirus Crisis Open Our Eyes and Hearts (English)
• International Rescue Committee COVID-19 Restrictions Preventing People from Fleeing Violence or Facing Dangerous Routes, Warns IRC (English)
• International Rescue Committee New IRC Analysis Reveals Risk that Coronavirus Transmission Rates in Moria, Al Hol and Cox's Bazar Refugee Camps Could Outpace those Seen on the Diamond Princess Cruise Ship (English)
• Institute for Security Studies COVID-19 Responses in Africa Must Include Migrants and Refugees (English)
• Istituto per gli Studi di Politica Internazionale The Covid-19 among MENA Refugees: A Great Humanitarian Concern (English)
• The Jordan Times From Legal Consultations to Food Packages, NGO Coalition Responds to Needs of Kingdom’s Most Vulnerable (English)
• The New Humanitarian ICYMI: How will COVID-19 Impact Crisis Zones? (English)
• The New Humanitarian Coronavirus and Aid: What We're Watching (English)
• The New Humanitarian This Age of COVID-19 Demands New Emergency Ethics (English)
• GLOBE Jan Egeland: Humanitarian Work Must Adapt to Dangers of Covid-19 (English)
• Norwegian Refugee Council Three Ways Our Programmes are Fighting Coronavirus (English)
• Norwegian Refugee Council 10 Things You Should Know about Coronavirus and Refugees (English)
• NPR Opinion: Refugees Are Especially Vulnerable To COVID-19. Don't Ignore Their Needs (English)
• OXFAM As COVID-19 Cases Are Confirmed in Myanmar, Displaced Rohingya Face New Threats that Reflect Continued Persecution (English)
• OXFAM Ideas for a Pro-Poor and Pro-Woman Approach to COVID-19 (English)
• Palestinian Non Governmental Organisations Network Calls upon Donors and Supporters to Act Now to Ensure Palestinian Civil Society Resilience against COVID-19 Pandemic (English)
• Plan International Vulnerable Groups Must Be Supported in COVID-19 Responses (English)
• Refugee Council of Australia Leaving No-One Behind: Ensuring People Seeking Asylum and Refugees Are Included in COVID-19 Strategies (English)
• Save the Children Alarm Grows in Africa as Continent Records its 10,000th Case of COVID-19 (English)
• The Atlantic The Unseen Pandemic: Refugee Camps Such as Those in Bangladesh Are a Tinderbox for the Spread of the Coronavirus (English)
• UN Network on Migration COVID-19 Does Not Discriminate; Nor Should Our Response (English)
• Women's Refugee Commission Calls for Inclusive and Gender-Sensitive Response to COVID-19 Pandemic (English)