International Humanitarian Action

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-ix

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2. World Politics

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. The Changing Context of Humanitarian Action: Key Challenges and Issues

      • Cristina Churruca-Muguruza

      Pages 3-18

   3. Humanitarian Action in International Relations: Power and Politics

      • Anna Khakee

      Pages 19-29

   4. World Politics and Humanitarian Action: Mutual Influences

      • Marie-Josée Domestici-Met

      Pages 31-55

   5. The Changing Nature of Conflict: The Need for a Conflict-Sensitive Approach

      • Sulagna Maitra

      Pages 57-78

   6. The Governance of Humanitarian Action in World Politics

      • Uwe Andersen, Katharina Behmer

      Pages 79-101

   7. Principles and Professionalism: Towards Humanitarian Intelligence

      • Andrej Zwitter

      Pages 103-120

3. International Law

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 121-121

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   2. Public International Law

      • Elżbieta Mikos-Skuza

      Pages 123-140

   3. International Human Rights Law

      • Joana Abrisketa

      Pages 141-153

   4. International Humanitarian Law

      • Renata Vaišvilienė

      Pages 155-171

   5. International Criminal Law

      • Pierre Thielbörger

      Pages 173-195

   6. Disaster Law

      • Ronan McDermott

      Pages 197-208

   7. Protection of Refugees and Minorities

      • Hans-Joachim Heintze, Charlotte Lülf

      Pages 209-226

4. Public Health

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 227-227

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   2. Basic Concepts and Current Challenges of Public Health in Humanitarian Action

      • Siri Tellier, Andreas Kiaby, Lars Peter Nissen, Jonas Torp Ohlsen, Wilma Doedens, Kevin Davies et al.

      Pages 229-317

5. Anthropology

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 319-319

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   2. Anthropology and Humanitarianism?

      • Ulrika Persson-Fischier

      Pages 321-338

   3. Anthropological Perspectives

      • Odina Benoist

      Pages 339-356

This textbook examines a wide range of humanitarian action issues in five parts, presented by specialists from different academic fields. The respective parts reflect the five core modules of the International NOHA Joint Master’s Programme “International Humanitarian Action”: a) World Politics, b) International Law, c) Public Health, d) Anthropology, and e) Management. 
The book serves as a common basis for teaching at all NOHA universities and aims at imparting the basic knowledge and skills needed to excel in a complex interdisciplinary and international learning context. It provides in-depth information on key international humanitarian principles and values, professional codes of conduct, and the commitment to their implementation in practice. 
The book will thus be useful for all students of the NOHA Joint Master’s Programme and participants of any courses with a similar content, but also for academics and practitioners affiliated with entities s
uchas international organisations and NGOs. It may also serve as an introduction to anyone with an interest in understanding the numerous and inter-linked facets of humanitarian action.

• EU humanitarian action
• Emergency response
• Humanitarian assistance
• Humanitarian principles
• International disasters response

• Institute for International Law of Peace and Armed Conflict, Ruhr-University Bochum, Bochum, Germany

  Hans-Joachim Heintze, Pierre Thielbörger

Hans-Joachim Heintze is professor of International Law at the Ruhr University of Bochum. He studied law and published a doctoral thesis on the law of state succession. He joined the Ruhr University in 1990 and teaches at the Institute for International Law of peace and Armed Conflict and is the Bochum's Director of the European Master programme Network on Humanitarian Action (NOHA). He belongs to the Boards of the European Master Programme Human Rights and Democratization (Venice) and the European Regional Master Programme Human Rights and Democratization in South East Europe (Sarajevo). His research interests are human rights, international humanitarian law and disaster response law.     

Pierre Thielbörger is professor of German Public Law and International Law at the Ruhr University of Bochum (RUB). He studied law in Hamburg, Berlin (Humboldt) and Montréal (McGill) and Public Policy in Cambridge, MA (Harvard) and wrote his PhD i
n international law at the European University Institute (EUI) in Florence. His last monograph concerns the emerging human right to water in international law. He joined the RUB in 2011 and teaches at the law faculty as well as at the Institute for International Law of Peace and Armed Conflict (IFHV) whose Executive Director he is since 2014. He also serves as President of the General Assembly of the the European-wide Network on Humanitarian Action (NOHA).  His research interests are human rights, international humanitarian law, international environmental law, international criminal law as well as German constitutional law.     

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