Humanitarian Action (eBook, ePUB)

Global, Regional and Domestic Legal Responses
Redaktion: Zwitter, Andrej

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

The laws governing humanitarian action stand at the intersection of several fields of international law, regional agreements, soft law and domestic law. Through in-depth case studies and analyses, expert scholars and practitioners come together to offer interdisciplinary approaches which include contributions from legal policy, international relations and philosophical perspectives. Providing invaluable overviews and insights, this collection of essays sheds light on the subject and makes sense of the various elements involved to elucidate the foundations of law and policy of humanitarian action.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. November 2014
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781316054437
• Artikelnr.: 49268291

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword; Introduction Andrej Zwitter, Christopher K. Lamont, Hans-Joachim
Heintze and Joost Herman; Part I: 1. International law and humanitarian
space in the twenty-first century: challenged relationships Joost Herman;
2. The perils of Dunantism: the need for a rights-based approach to
humanitarianism Dirk Salomons; 3. A humanitarian crisis: reframing the
legal framework on humanitarian assistance Emilie Kuijt; 4. The utility and
limits of legal mandate: humanitarian assistance, the International
Committee of the Red Cross, and mandate ambiguity Rotem Giladi; 5. Issues
of state consent and international humanitarian assistance in disasters:
the work of the International Law Commission Sridhar Patnaik Dabiru; 6.
United Nations involvement in humanitarian assistance: competences of the
Security Council to face today's obstructions Heike Montag; 7.
International norms informing domestic disaster response schemes Heike
Spieker; 8. A duty to accept humanitarian assistance under the ICESCR
Stefanie Jansen-Wilhelm; 9. Regional human rights regimes and humanitarian
obligations of states in the event of disaster Marlies Hesselman; 10.
Assessing the complex normative pluralism in humanitarian crises: do local
norms matter? Joris Kocken; Part II: 11. Thou shall not ... misappropriate
humanitarian aid - on European Union humanitarian aid and the fight against
corruption Morten Broberg; 12. Developments in African disaster response
law and the African Union: a view from the field Sanne Boswijk; 13.
Humanitarian assistance and the right to water: an ASEAN region perspective
Diana Philip; 14. Indonesian compliance and its effective implementation of
international norms on disaster response Heribertus Jaka Triyana; 15.
Enforcing aid in Myanmar: state responsibility and humanitarian aid
provision Andrej Zwitter and Christopher Lamont; 16. The regionalization of
humanitarian action: the role of the OAS Abel Knottnerus; 17. Providing
relief in times of war: the role of the ICRC in the Colombian conflict
during the Uribe administration (2002-2010) Sandra Borda; 18. Humanitarian
assistance and failed states: still an issue of sovereignty? The case study
of Haiti Hans-Joachim Heintze; 19. Principles of neutrality and
impartiality of humanitarian action in the aftermath of the 2011 Libyan
conflict Kubo Mäák; Conclusion Andrej Zwitter, Christopher K. Lamont,
Hans-Joachim Heintze and Joost Herman.