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Depoliticising humanitarian action
Drawing on the expertise of practitioners and researchers, and balancing theoretical insights with empirical grounding, field examples and policy recommendations, this book is an essential guide to the thorny interplay between what are too ...Desportes, Isabelle +2 more
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Humanitarian diplomacy and principled humanitarian action
International Review of the Red Cross, 2015The following speech was given by the President of the International Committee of the Red Cross, Peter Maurer, on 2 October 2014 at the Maison de la Paix in Geneva during a conference organized by the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies.
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International Humanitarian Action
2023Abstract This chapter deals with the legal and policy aspects of humanitarian action. It asks whether internally displaced persons (IDPs) have a right to humanitarian aid and clarifies the two notions of humanitarian assistance and humanitarian protection.
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Challenges to Humanitarian Action
Ethics & International Affairs, 2002It is a commonplace to say that the world has changed since the tragic events of September 11. This also holds true for those dedicated to humanitarian action—to the prevention of death and the alleviation of suffering during crisis and conflict, irrespective of any consideration other than need.
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The Ethics of Research in Humanitarian Action
2019Abstract The humanitarian principle of impartiality requires that assistance be based on need alone. In order to ascertain needs, and later to assess whether assistance has been effective in meeting those needs, we need to gather evidence.
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Global Responsibility to Protect, 2014
The responsibility to protect was not the only concept that grew out of the world’s failure to tackle the mass atrocities of the 1990s in Rwanda, Bosnia and elsewhere. So too did a new approach to humanitarian action which placed a higher priority on protecting civilians, and on advocacy to do so, than had hitherto been common.
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The responsibility to protect was not the only concept that grew out of the world’s failure to tackle the mass atrocities of the 1990s in Rwanda, Bosnia and elsewhere. So too did a new approach to humanitarian action which placed a higher priority on protecting civilians, and on advocacy to do so, than had hitherto been common.
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2015
Whether a disaster is reported in the media and how this is done depends on several criteria, which are rarely revealed to the recipients and especially the persons involved in the disaster. Major disasters such as the tsunami in South East Asia in 2004, the Haiti earthquake of 2010 or the triple catastrophe in Japan in 2011 are events that are picked ...
Markus Moke, Maria Rüther
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Whether a disaster is reported in the media and how this is done depends on several criteria, which are rarely revealed to the recipients and especially the persons involved in the disaster. Major disasters such as the tsunami in South East Asia in 2004, the Haiti earthquake of 2010 or the triple catastrophe in Japan in 2011 are events that are picked ...
Markus Moke, Maria Rüther
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Humanitarian action, development and terrorism
2014This chapter gives an introduction to the general laws and norms, as well as the terrorism-specific policies and laws, governing humanitarian and development aid. It further highlights the controversies caused by the clash of humanitarian principles and counter-terrorism policies.
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Humanitarian business/Humanitarian intervention: ideas in action
Resilience, 2015Over the past 25 years, Thomas G. Weiss has made a pivotal contribution to the understanding of, and policy making around, humanitarian action.
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[Humanitarian medicine as a model for humanitarian action].
Bulletin de l'Academie nationale de medecine, 2015Humanitarian action is undergoing profound changes. Beyond the emergency relief phase, it is becoming involved in the processes that enable victims to regain their autonomy and, more recently, in prevention and risk-reduction policies. This trend is similar to that experienced by humanitarian medicine which, after focusing on emergency situations, is ...
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