Keeping the Lights On and the Taps Running: Protecting and Facilitating Safer Access for Essential Service Providers in Armed Conflict

In this report, the Norwegian Red Cross and ICRC examine the crucial role of the personnel who operate, maintain, and repair electricity, water and sanitation infrastructure during armed conflict in urban contexts and review the Movement’s operational experience in facilitating safer access for them in Gaza, Syria and Ukraine, among other. Emphasizing the protection of and support to essential service providers as a vital element of humanitarian action, the report gives practical recommendations to humanitarian actors, political authorities and donors, as well as essential service providers themselves.

To access the Executive Summary, click here.