Humanitarian actors’ ability to reach populations in need and affected populations’ access to assistance and services.
FDFA, [Humanitarian Access in Situations of Armed Conflict: Handbook on the International Normative Framework](https://www.eda.admin.ch/content/dam/eda/en/documents/publications/Voelkerrecht/CDI_Access_Handbook_Web_Dec5.pdf), 12.2014 (24.11.2016).
Humanitarian access concerns humanitarian actors’ ability to reach populations affected
by crisis, as well as an affected population’s ability to access humanitarian assistance and
services.
Based on UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs website, [Thematic Areas: Humanitarian Access](http://www.unocha.org/what-we-do/policy/thematic-areas/humanitarian-access) (24.11.2016).