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Humanitarian Action and Military Intervention: Temptations and Possibilities. [PDF]
Although the war in Liberia in July 2003 claimed hundreds of lives, the international community was reluctant to intervene. In this article, the author debates the question: does international military intervention equal protection of populations?
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Although humanitarian action is a common expression, there is little legal theoretical work upon this precise wording. The Geneva law provides for a regime applicable in case of armed conflict, which is commonly construed as encompassing both ...
Marie-José Domestici Met
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PERAN OMAN DALAM MENANGANI KRISIS KEMANUSIAAN DI YAMAN [PDF]
This research discusses the role of Oman in handling the humanitarian crisis in Yemen, which is prolonged due to the conflict between the Houthis and the Yemeni government.
Faadhilah, Salsabila
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Background: The Disaster Preparedness Program (DPP) is a partnership between The Center for Disaster and Humanitarian Assistance Medicine (CDHAM)—a part of the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences—and the United States Africa Command ...
Dr. G Oravec, MD, C Beadling, MD
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Benefits and risks: Views of humanitarian organizations in Lebanon on corporate assistance.
Compounding humanitarian and political crises within and across countries have been met with shrinking public resources for coordination, recovery, and mitigation.
Jihad Makhoul +5 more
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Toward More Effective Humanitarian Assistance [PDF]
Although perspectives of military and civilian humanitarians may differ, they share common goals and parallel efforts for more effective humanitarian assistance. Effectiveness measures for military or civilian humanitarian assistance are discussed. Whereas examples cite military medicine, findings and recommendations are widely applicable to all forms ...
Jeff, Drifmeyer, Craig, Llewellyn
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Challenging aid in Africa. Principles, Implementation, and Impact [PDF]
Why do humanitarian principles, human rights and other ‘rules’ espoused by aid organisations apparently fail to influence the reality of assistance delivery, whilst reality does not dint these objectives?
Marriage, Zoe
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Improving an Extreme Rainfall Detection System with GPM IMERG data
Many studies have shown a growing trend in terms of frequency and severity of extreme events. As never before, having tools capable to monitor the amount of rain that reaches the Earth’s surface has become a key point for the identification of ...
Paola Mazzoglio +4 more
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Drought, floods, earthquakes, conflict, climate change: these are just some of the ar-eas which humanitarian assistance is traditionally called on to address.
Cyprien Fabre
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Fighting Novel Diseases amidst Humanitarian Crises [PDF]
Humanitarian crises are becoming more prevalent and, frequently, more complex, in zones of mis-governance, lack of government presence, and even active conflict, marked by public mistrust and insecurity. The WHO and other health emergency responders lack
Friedman, Eric A. +2 more
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