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Type of temporary demilitarized zone
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 .
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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 .
List of proposed humanitarian corridors
References
Further reading
Glossary of Terms: Pauses During Conflict (PDF) , United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, June 2011,
archived (PDF) from the original on 4 September 2017
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,
archived (PDF) from the original on 17 May 2019
Price, Roz (17 September 2020),
Humanitarian pauses and corridors in contexts of conflict (PDF) , Institute of Development Studies,
archived (PDF) from the original on 30 January 2022
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 .