Istanbul-Bergen declaration on Humanitarian Justice
In the lead up to the International Humanitarian Studies Association conference of 2025 in Istanbul and Bergen, and during one of the most turbulent years in humanitarian history, humanitarian observatories in 8 crisis-affected areas: Central and Eastern Europe, Ethiopia, Democratic Republic of Congo, Latin America and the Caribbean, Libya, Namibia, the Philippines, and South Asia engaged in a process to develop a definition and agenda for humanitarian justice.
The Observatories held consultations with affected communities and other stakeholders. These resulted in area-specific reports, that were collectively developed into this declaration, launched in Istanbul on 16 October 2025.
Signatories
The following individuals, communities and organisations have signed the declaration and have consented to their public listing. This list is updated on a weekly basis.
Organisations
All India Disaster Mitigation Institute (AIDMI)
International Humanitarian Studies Association (IHSA)
Foundation for Peace and Humanitarian Dialogue
GESTERRA (Research group on Society, Territory and Resistance in the Amazon – Federal University of Pará (UFPA)- Brazil)
Ornaco (Host organisation for the Kenyan Humanitarian Observatory)
The Hague Humanitarian Studies Centre
Jeunes Solutions RDC
Migration Consortium Poland
Humanitarian and Development Research Initiative (HADRI), Australia
Clínica Jorge Jaber
Communities
Central and Eastern European (CEE) Humanitarian Observatory
Ethiopian Humanitarian Observatory
HOILY (Humanitarian Observatory Initiative Libya)
HOISA (Humanitarian Observatory Initiative South Asia)
Humanitarian Observatory, Ethiopia
Humanitarian Observatory for Policy and Education, Southeast Asia (HOPE SEA)
Humanitarian Observatory, The Netherlands
Humanitarian Observatory, Somalia
Kenyan Humanitarian Observatory
L’Observatoire Humanitaire-RDC (Democratic Republic of the Congo)
Maraka Humanitarian Observatory, Pakistan
Myanmar Humanitarian Observatory
Namibian Humanitarian Observatory
Nigerian Humanitarian Observatory
Observatorio Humanitario de América Latina y el Caribe
Palestinian Humanitarian Observatory
The Philippines Humanitarian Observatory
Individuals
Joanna Dobosz-Dobrowolska
Kubra Mertek Mohamed
Laura-Alina Fabich
Gijs M. van Selm
Cho Cho Winn
Kevin Pulley
Alemayehu B. Hordofa
Hafize Zehra Kavak
Juan Ricardo Aparicio
Mónica Almanza
Juan Pablo Vera
Maria Carinnes Alejandria
Delu Lusambya
Kennedy Oalo
Rodrigo Mena
Tom Ansell
Jakub Kortus
Kristoffer Lidén
Kaira Zoe Alburo-Cañete
Marg Goytom Weldeslassie
Ana Diaz Flores
Valentina Soares
Carolien Jacobs