Omar Ahmed Abenza

Omar Ahmed Abenza is a humanitarian leader and a researcher. As a humanitarian working across the Middle East and Africa, Omar has a wide experience engaging with Islamic non-state armed actors and de facto authorities. He is also a PhD candidate on humanitarian diplomacy in Islamic contexts at the University of Valencia. He has published on protection and humanitarian diplomacy, including most recently in the Journal of Human Rights Practice.

Armed Groups, Religious Leaders, and Humanitarian Norms: Reflecting on Hayat Tahrir al-Sham in Syria and Ansar Allah in Yemen

By Omar Ahmed Abenza / September 12, 2024

Most conflicts today are non-international, fought between a state and one or more non-state armed groups (NSAGs), or between NSAGs. In this context, engaging with NSAGs and de facto authorities presents a series of challenges to those humanitarian workers who seek to promote international humanitarian law (IHL) and international human rights law (IHRL). Although remarkable normative and practical advances have …

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