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Aid Worker Security Database (AWSD)

Per the about page, geocoding covers incidents from 1997 onward (an IRIN effort geocoded over 1,000 incidents for 1997-2010; later incidents are geocoded by the AWSD team). Victim names and specific agency affiliations are withheld by design; institutional affiliation is recorded only as a broad category (UN/Red Cross/NGO/other). Total incident or record counts, update frequency and delay: Not stated on the about page.

Open aidworkersecurity.org
Signal Scoredraft model
81
Access
No key · none for downloads/browse; free API key on request
20
Licence clarity
Custom · terms linked
13
Evidence
2 source links checked
11
Freshness
verified 2026-11-09
20
Documentation
docs · limits · coverage · attribution
17

// Terms and limits

Access
none for downloads/browse; free API key on request
Free tier
Free browse/download; JSON API needs a key granted on request. The incidents page returned 403 to curl on 2026-11-08 and 2026-11-09; the about page is 200.
Rate limits
Not stated
Licence
Customterms
Licence note
The about page says: "AWSD data is intended for research purposes and non-commercial use only. It is provided free of charge and in the spirit of open data. Access to our JSON API is granted on request: to obtain an API key, please complete our JSON API access request form."
Attribution
Required: "should be cited as "Humanitarian Outcomes, Aid Worker Security Database, aidworkersecurity.org""

// Evidence · verified 2026-11-09

  1. 01www.aidworkersecurity.org/about
  2. 02www.aidworkersecurity.org/

// Good for

osinthumanitarianevent-datasecurity-incidentsnon-commercialapi

// The same record, for agents

Request · get_entry
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  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "get_entry",
    "arguments": {
      "slug": "aid-worker-security-database"
    }
  }
}
Reply · selected fields
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  "name": "Aid Worker Security Database (AWSD)",
  "slug": "aid-worker-security-database",
  "domain": "OSINT",
  "type": "Dataset",
  "badge": "Free",
  "auth": "none for downloads/browse; free API key on request",
  "rateLimits": "Not stated",
  "license": "Custom",
  "licenseUrl": "https://www.aidworkersecurity.org/about",
  "lastVerified": "2026-11-09",
  "evidenceUrls": [
    "https://www.aidworkersecurity.org/about",
    "https://www.aidworkersecurity.org/"
  ],
  "tasks": [
    "osint",
    "humanitarian",
    "event-data",
    "security-incidents",
    "non-commercial",
    "api"
  ],
  "providerUrl": "https://www.aidworkersecurity.org/"
}

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