Author : Chr. Michelsens institutt
Publisher :
Page : 13 pages
File Size : 37,1 MB
Release : 1997
Category :
ISBN :
The report reviews the policy-relevant literature on the relationship between humanitarian assistance and violent conflict, records the principal experiences of Norwegian NGOs, and indicates areas for further study. A bibliography of references from the literature is attached.
Author : Amrei Müller
Publisher : Martinus Nijhoff Publishers
Page : 363 pages
File Size : 44,75 MB
Release : 2013-05-15
Category : Law
ISBN : 9004245286
In The Relationship between Economic, Social and Cultural Rights and International Humanitarian Law, Amrei Müller offers a detailed analysis of the legal consequences of the parallel application of economic, social and cultural (ESC) rights and international humanitarian law (IHL) to non-international armed conflicts. With a focus on health related issues, the book covers important topics like the scope of limitations to and derogations from ESC rights, questions related to the integration of the right to health in military-target decisions, states’ obligations to mitigate the adverse public health impact of armed conflicts and obligations relating to the provision of humanitarian assistance. It moves the discussion about the parallel application of IHL and human rights to a new level, highlighting its potential to enhance the protection of people affected by armed conflicts but also the difficulties involved.
Author : Glyn Taylor
Publisher :
Page : 101 pages
File Size : 37,64 MB
Release : 2012
Category : Humanitarian assistance
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Author : Hans-Joachim Heintze
Publisher : Springer
Page : 524 pages
File Size : 40,78 MB
Release : 2017-10-04
Category : Law
ISBN : 3319144545
This textbook examines a wide range of humanitarian action issues in five parts, presented by specialists from different academic fields. The respective parts reflect the five core modules of the International NOHA Joint Master’s Programme “International Humanitarian Action”: a) World Politics, b) International Law, c) Public Health, d) Anthropology, and e) Management. The book serves as a common basis for teaching at all NOHA universities and aims at imparting the basic knowledge and skills needed to excel in a complex interdisciplinary and international learning context. It provides in-depth information on key international humanitarian principles and values, professional codes of conduct, and the commitment to their implementation in practice. The book will thus be useful for all students of the NOHA Joint Master’s Programme and participants of any courses with a similar content, but also for academics and practitioners affiliated with entities such as international organisations and NGOs. It may also serve as an introduction to anyone with an interest in understanding the numerous and inter-linked facets of humanitarian action.
Author : Bente Hybertsen
Publisher :
Page : 87 pages
File Size : 33,40 MB
Release : 1998
Category : Conflict management
ISBN :
Author : Sarah Collinson
Publisher :
Page : 4 pages
File Size : 45,38 MB
Release : 2012
Category : Humanitarian assistance
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Author : Jacob D. Kurtzer
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 76 pages
File Size : 26,19 MB
Release : 2019-11-18
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1442281359
Principled humanitarian action is under attack around the world. Globally, 70.8 million people are considered forcibly displaced by armed conflict and nearly 132 million people need emergency humanitarian assistance. At the same time, there has been a steep escalation in the deliberate, willful obstruction of humanitarian access, impeding the ability of humanitarian aid to reach the most vulnerable people and vice versa. As humanitarian emergencies become increasingly complex and protracted, blocked humanitarian access will only increase without urgent action. To ensure the ability of aid to reach those who need it most and to uphold the principles of international humanitarian law, the United States should elevate humanitarian access as a foreign policy priority and work to reconcile tensions between critical national security measures and the growing needs of vulnerable populations in fragile, conflict-affected states. This report is the result of the CSIS Task Force on Humanitarian Access.
Author : DAC Task Force on Conflict, Peace, and Development Co-operation
Publisher :
Page : 44 pages
File Size : 44,86 MB
Release : 1998
Category : Armed Forces
ISBN :
Author : David R. Smock
Publisher :
Page : 28 pages
File Size : 46,41 MB
Release : 1996
Category : Conflict management
ISBN :
Author : Hugo Slim
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 374 pages
File Size : 11,88 MB
Release : 2015-01-09
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0190613327
Humanitarians are required to be impartial, independent, professionally competent and focused only on preventing and alleviating human suffering. It can be hard living up to these principles when others do not share them, while persuading political and military authorities and non-state actors to let an agency assist on the ground requires savvy ethical skills. Getting first to a conflict or natural catastrophe is only the beginning, as aid workers are usually and immediately presented with practical and moral questions about what to do next. For example, when does working closely with a warring party or an immoral regime move from practical cooperation to complicity in human rights violations? Should one operate in camps for displaced people and refugees if they are effectively places of internment? Do humanitarian agencies inadvertently encourage ethnic cleansing by always being ready to 'mop-up' the consequences of scorched earth warfare? This book has been written to help humanitarians assess and respond to these and other ethical dilemmas.
