Author: Hugo Slim
Publisher: Oxfam
ISBN: 9780855985721
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 128
Book Description
This guide gives essential advice and insights to humanitarian practitioners who are involved in providing safety and protecting vulnerable people in war and disaster. It provides a framework for responsibility and action, which helps clarify conceptual issues and helps humanitarian field workers position themselves vis--vis other actors who have overlapping mandates. A practical schema is also presented that gives practical advice on how to think through the various elements of protection focused programming in four clear steps: assessment; program design; implementation; and monitoring and evaluation. The guide also outlines key principles of best practice for protection-focused humanitarian work.
Protection
Author: Hugo Slim
Publisher: Oxfam
ISBN: 9780855985721
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 128
Book Description
This guide gives essential advice and insights to humanitarian practitioners who are involved in providing safety and protecting vulnerable people in war and disaster. It provides a framework for responsibility and action, which helps clarify conceptual issues and helps humanitarian field workers position themselves vis--vis other actors who have overlapping mandates. A practical schema is also presented that gives practical advice on how to think through the various elements of protection focused programming in four clear steps: assessment; program design; implementation; and monitoring and evaluation. The guide also outlines key principles of best practice for protection-focused humanitarian work.
Publisher: Oxfam
ISBN: 9780855985721
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 128
Book Description
This guide gives essential advice and insights to humanitarian practitioners who are involved in providing safety and protecting vulnerable people in war and disaster. It provides a framework for responsibility and action, which helps clarify conceptual issues and helps humanitarian field workers position themselves vis--vis other actors who have overlapping mandates. A practical schema is also presented that gives practical advice on how to think through the various elements of protection focused programming in four clear steps: assessment; program design; implementation; and monitoring and evaluation. The guide also outlines key principles of best practice for protection-focused humanitarian work.
The Human Rights Field Operation
Author: Professor Michael O'Flaherty
Publisher: Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
ISBN: 1409493458
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 494
Book Description
This volume assesses the development of human rights field operations of the United Nations and other intergovernmental organizations. It makes a substantial contribution to the debate and understanding with regard to the sector's underlying doctrine. The book, unprecedented in its scope, addresses the range of aspects of the nature, role and activities of field operations. It draws together the reflections of academics, policy makers and field practitioners. Its analysis is located within the context of applicable normative and ethical frameworks, assessment of former and current practice and examination of complementary and analogous experiences. The book will be an essential resource for all those actively involved in human rights field work as well as for policy makers and academics and students involved in human rights research.
Publisher: Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
ISBN: 1409493458
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 494
Book Description
This volume assesses the development of human rights field operations of the United Nations and other intergovernmental organizations. It makes a substantial contribution to the debate and understanding with regard to the sector's underlying doctrine. The book, unprecedented in its scope, addresses the range of aspects of the nature, role and activities of field operations. It draws together the reflections of academics, policy makers and field practitioners. Its analysis is located within the context of applicable normative and ethical frameworks, assessment of former and current practice and examination of complementary and analogous experiences. The book will be an essential resource for all those actively involved in human rights field work as well as for policy makers and academics and students involved in human rights research.
The Responsibility to Protect
Author: International Commission on Intervention and State Sovereignty
Publisher: IDRC
ISBN: 9780889369634
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 432
Book Description
Responsibility to Protect: Research, bibliography, background. Supplementary volume to the Report of the International Commission on Intervention and State Sovereignty
Publisher: IDRC
ISBN: 9780889369634
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 432
Book Description
Responsibility to Protect: Research, bibliography, background. Supplementary volume to the Report of the International Commission on Intervention and State Sovereignty
The Theory and Practice of International Criminal Law
Author: Leila Nadya Sadat
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004166319
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 477
Book Description
"Cherif Bassiouni" is often referred to as "the father of international criminal law." Every major international criminal law instrument developed in the last forty years, from the Torture Convention to the Statute of the International Criminal Court, bears his hallmark. His writings, diplomatic initiatives, fieldwork, and even litigation have made an unparalleled contribution to the emergence of international criminal law as a distinct discipline within the field of international law. This book contains a collection of fifteen scholarly essays, written by leading experts from around the world, about the theory and practice of modern international criminal law, with a focus on "Cherif Bassiouni's" unique legacy within this important area. Among the contributing authors are "Louise Arbour," UN High Commissioner for Human Rights; "Mahnoush Arsanjani," Chief of the UN Office of Legal Affairs Codification Division; "Diane Orentlicher," UN Independent Expert on Combating Impunity; "Michael Reisman," former President of the Inter-American Commission for Human Rights; "Yves Sandoz," Director for International Law of the International Committee of the Red Cross; "William Schabas," Member of the Sierra Leone Truth Commission; "Brigitte Stern," Advocate for the Bosnians in the World Court's Genocide case; and "Prince Hassan bin Talal," first President of the Assembly of States Parties of the International Criminal Court.
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004166319
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 477
Book Description
"Cherif Bassiouni" is often referred to as "the father of international criminal law." Every major international criminal law instrument developed in the last forty years, from the Torture Convention to the Statute of the International Criminal Court, bears his hallmark. His writings, diplomatic initiatives, fieldwork, and even litigation have made an unparalleled contribution to the emergence of international criminal law as a distinct discipline within the field of international law. This book contains a collection of fifteen scholarly essays, written by leading experts from around the world, about the theory and practice of modern international criminal law, with a focus on "Cherif Bassiouni's" unique legacy within this important area. Among the contributing authors are "Louise Arbour," UN High Commissioner for Human Rights; "Mahnoush Arsanjani," Chief of the UN Office of Legal Affairs Codification Division; "Diane Orentlicher," UN Independent Expert on Combating Impunity; "Michael Reisman," former President of the Inter-American Commission for Human Rights; "Yves Sandoz," Director for International Law of the International Committee of the Red Cross; "William Schabas," Member of the Sierra Leone Truth Commission; "Brigitte Stern," Advocate for the Bosnians in the World Court's Genocide case; and "Prince Hassan bin Talal," first President of the Assembly of States Parties of the International Criminal Court.
Concerning Accountability in Humanitarian Action
Author: Austin Davis
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780850038392
Category : Humanitarian intervention
Languages : en
Pages : 26
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780850038392
Category : Humanitarian intervention
Languages : en
Pages : 26
Book Description
Humanitarian Military Intervention
Author: Taylor B. Seybolt
Publisher: SIPRI Publication
ISBN: 9780199551057
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 294
Book Description
The author describes the reasons why humanitarian military interventions succeed or fail, basing his analysis on the interventions carried out in the 1990s in Iraq, Somalia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Rwanda, Kosovo, and East Timor.
Publisher: SIPRI Publication
ISBN: 9780199551057
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 294
Book Description
The author describes the reasons why humanitarian military interventions succeed or fail, basing his analysis on the interventions carried out in the 1990s in Iraq, Somalia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Rwanda, Kosovo, and East Timor.
Malta: Order of Malta Handbook: Strategic Information and Contacts
Author: IBP, Inc
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1438736916
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
2011 Updated Reprint. Updated Annually. Order of Malta Handbook
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1438736916
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
2011 Updated Reprint. Updated Annually. Order of Malta Handbook
Health in Humanitarian Emergencies
Author: David Townes
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107062683
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 509
Book Description
A comprehensive, best practices resource for public health and healthcare practitioners and students interested in humanitarian emergencies.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107062683
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 509
Book Description
A comprehensive, best practices resource for public health and healthcare practitioners and students interested in humanitarian emergencies.
The Challenge of Conflict
Author: Ustinia Dolgopol
Publisher: Martinus Nijhoff Publishers
ISBN: 9004145990
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 652
Book Description
This collection is an integrated body of essays that provides a comprehensive range of viewpoints on how international legal and political mechanisms can address the catastrophic consequences of deadly conflict in today's world. The authors are drawn from a diverse range of disciplines encompassing law, peace studies, international relations and criminal justice and include judges, members of the military, academics, United Nations personnel and representatives of non-government organisations.
Publisher: Martinus Nijhoff Publishers
ISBN: 9004145990
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 652
Book Description
This collection is an integrated body of essays that provides a comprehensive range of viewpoints on how international legal and political mechanisms can address the catastrophic consequences of deadly conflict in today's world. The authors are drawn from a diverse range of disciplines encompassing law, peace studies, international relations and criminal justice and include judges, members of the military, academics, United Nations personnel and representatives of non-government organisations.
Israel Yearbook on Human Rights, Volume 30 (2000)
Author: Yoram Dinstein
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004423141
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 367
Book Description
The Israel Yearbook on Human Rights - an annual published under the auspices of the Faculty of Law of Tel Aviv University since 1971 - is devoted to publishing studies by distinguished scholars in Israel and other countries on human rights in peace and war, with particular emphasis on problems relevant to the State of Israel and the Jewish people. The Yearbook also incorporates documentary materials, relating to Israel and the Administered Areas, which are not otherwise available in English (including summaries of judicial decisions, compilations of legislative enactments and military proclamations). Volume 30 contains, amongst others, articles on Humanitarian Protection in non-international armed conflicts.
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004423141
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 367
Book Description
The Israel Yearbook on Human Rights - an annual published under the auspices of the Faculty of Law of Tel Aviv University since 1971 - is devoted to publishing studies by distinguished scholars in Israel and other countries on human rights in peace and war, with particular emphasis on problems relevant to the State of Israel and the Jewish people. The Yearbook also incorporates documentary materials, relating to Israel and the Administered Areas, which are not otherwise available in English (including summaries of judicial decisions, compilations of legislative enactments and military proclamations). Volume 30 contains, amongst others, articles on Humanitarian Protection in non-international armed conflicts.