Dangerous liaisons? A historical review of UNHCR's engagement with non-state armed actors

This report reviews UNHCR’s history of engagement with NSAAs over the past 30 years, examining not only how and why such engagement has occurred, but also the ways in which it has been transformed. A secondary objective is to identify and anticipate the factors that explain why non-state armed actors (NSAAs) are frequently identified as the pre-eminent challenge to contemporary humanitarianism.