International Humanitarian Assistance: Disaster Relief Actions in International Law and OrganizationsMartinus Nijhoff Publishers, 1985 M03 18 - 244 pages The underlying rationale for the international humanitarian law of war is the protection of individuals & victims of war. This book is a contribution to the study of human rights in general & humanitarian law in particular. It contains detailed information & analysis of the law & practice relating to international armed conflicts involving irregular combatants. The discussion focuses on the most controversial provisions of Additional Protocol I to the Geneva Conventions: the classification of wars of national liberation, the treatment of guerrillas & mercenaries upon capture, reprisals, & the question of supervision & implementation in such conflicts. The manuscript on which this book was based was awarded the 1991 Paul Reuter Prize by the International Committee of the Red Cross. |
Contents
Historical Perspectives on Humanitarian Assistance | 8 |
The International Relief Union | 18 |
The United Nations | 35 |
4 | 45 |
An International Basis for Humanitarian Assistance | 52 |
Red Cross and Humanitarian Assistance | 75 |
United Nations and Humanitarian Assistance | 93 |
Other Actors in International Humanitarian Assistance | 111 |
Relief Coordination | 129 |
Further Development of International Relief | 148 |
Conclusion | 162 |
ABBREVIATIONS | 171 |
ANNEXES | 199 |
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