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2021
Abstract This chapter explores the overall approach of international humanitarian law to humanitarian assistance. The notion of humanitarian assistance is intrinsically linked to the primary obligation of the parties to the armed conflict to ensure that the basic needs of the population under their control are fulfilled.
Michael Bothe +15 more
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Abstract This chapter explores the overall approach of international humanitarian law to humanitarian assistance. The notion of humanitarian assistance is intrinsically linked to the primary obligation of the parties to the armed conflict to ensure that the basic needs of the population under their control are fulfilled.
Michael Bothe +15 more
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An Ombudsman for Humanitarian Assistance?
Disasters, 1999The early phases of a project to design and make operational an ombudsman for humanitarian assistance (HAO) are described in this paper. Beginning with a brief historical overview of the ombudsman concept, it then outlines seven key features of a potential HAO that were identified in the initial feasibility study.
J, Mitchell, D, Doane
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2015
Abstract This chapter begins by presenting the notion of humanitarian assistance and its international legal history. The analysis of the relevant provisions of the Geneva Conventions and the Additional Protocols is then conducted with respect to the following subjects: beneficiaries and actors of relief activities, consent requirement ...
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Abstract This chapter begins by presenting the notion of humanitarian assistance and its international legal history. The analysis of the relevant provisions of the Geneva Conventions and the Additional Protocols is then conducted with respect to the following subjects: beneficiaries and actors of relief activities, consent requirement ...
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2016
Abstract This chapter deals with the delivery of humanitarian assistance by States’ armed forces. Military involvement in the delivery of humanitarian assistance typically occurs in one of two situations: first, outside armed conflict, when States’ armed forces offer assistance in times of emergency, e.g.
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Abstract This chapter deals with the delivery of humanitarian assistance by States’ armed forces. Military involvement in the delivery of humanitarian assistance typically occurs in one of two situations: first, outside armed conflict, when States’ armed forces offer assistance in times of emergency, e.g.
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Ritual dynamics in humanitarian assistance
Disasters, 2010Those who intervene in crises must take care to ensure that assistance does not undermine the processes through which social cohesion is generated or restored. From a neo‐Durkheimian analytical perspective, feeding creates social loyalties as well as saves lives.
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Humanitarian intervention: Human rights versus humanitarian assistance
Global Change, Peace & Security, 2006In the post-Cold-War era, intervention to alleviate humanitarian crises and protect human rights has gained wide legal and moral acceptance. This article examines whether humanitarian interventions achieve their aim of protecting human rights. Through the examination of two post-Cold-War interventions, in Somalia and Kosovo, it will be argued that the ...
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Towards Humanitarian Assisted Conception
2018Roberts (Signs 34:783–804, 2009) notes reproductive liberty must encompass not merely the individual women’s choice about how and when to have a child and to end her pregnancy, but should also include social justice. The notion of liberty allows an individual to choose procreation for oneself but without causing any harm to others and also includes ...
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