AUTHOR=Futsuki Kouta , Sekiyama Takashi 

TITLE=Success Factors for Humanitarian Access: Quantitative Case Studies of ICRC Visits to Detainees

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Political Science

VOLUME=Volume 4 - 2022

YEAR=2022

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/political-science/articles/10.3389/fpos.2022.928713

DOI=10.3389/fpos.2022.928713

ISSN=2673-3145

ABSTRACT=The importance of humanitarian access has been widely recognized by practitioners and scholars. Nevertheless, factors behind its success have been not yet fully clear. This study, therefore, conducted a quantitative analysis of the ICRC’s detainee visit to elucidate the success factors of humanitarian access. It analyzed a government’s attributes that grants the ICRC access and the ICRC's engagements to soften the government’s refusal of its access. 
The results revealed the following findings: (1) a government’s capacity is required to an extent to keep public services in armed conflict; (2) material incentive in a government is working, and the ICRC’s assistance for civilians is effective; (3) conceptual incentive to seek the legitimacy is irrelevant; (4) conceptual disincentive to avoid disclosure of the government’s violation of humanitarian norms is working, and a high-level meeting with the ICRC is a little likely to lessen the government’s concern. 
These findings supplement insights of previous research on general humanitarian access in a quantitative way, implying the possibilities and the limits of humanitarian agency’s engagements. Further research on various types of humanitarian success can clarify its success factors in a more specific way.