Hayley Chouinard*, Ray Huffaker**, Thomas Heckelei***, Thomas Wahl**** * Assistant Professor, School of Economic Sciences, Washington State University. Senior authorship not assigned between first two authors. ** Professor, School of Economic Sciences, Washington State University. *** Professor for Economic and Agricultural Policy, Institute for Agricultural Policy, Market … [Read more...] about The Marriage between Humanitarian Assistance and Agricultural Interests in U.S. Overseas Aid Programs: Reconcilable Differences?
Journal of Humanitarian Aid
The realities which Humanitarian Aid Organizations must face are explained in this site. Focusing on:
- The difficulty of offering a fast, quality and efficient response which is simultaneously coordinated with all the agents which participate.
- The challenge is to return the humanity which is lost when facing the consequences or a natural disaster or armed conflict.
- The commitment is to provide humanitarian aid in the medium and long term, until restoring the situation, but without overstaying in the zone.
- Raise awareness in the political actors about those areas in which their function is required since humanitarian aid does not pretend to replace local government functions.
- The commitment to point out and denounce those who are guilty of human rights violations.
- The commitment to save lives and relieve human suffering. Keeping the principles of humanity, neutrality, impartiality and independence.
- To be alert before its own aid and cooperation actions, avoiding interfering with possible external solutions.
Therefore, the objective pursued by the cooperation agencies cannot only be that of providing humanitarian aid which solves the basic need of the ones affected. It must go beyond, protecting the victims and making the commitment of pointing out and prosecute the culprits, even when the objective is not to revert or change a political conflict situation, since it is far beyond its capacities.
The keys to humanitarian aid
- Shared Competency: In the area of cooperation for the development of humanitarian aid, the EU will dispose of the competency to carry out actions and a common policy, preventing the exercise of this competency from having as an effect hindering other States to execute their own.
- Humanity: To reduce human suffering wherever it is produced, with especial attention to the most vulnerable people will be ensured.
- Neutrality: the aid must not favor any of the involved parties in an armed or any type of conflict.
- Impartiality: humanitarian aid must be given paying attention only to the needs of the population, without discriminating against people.
- Independence: It refers to the separation between the humanitarian objectives and political, economical, military or any other objectives, its only purpose is to relieve and prevent the suffering of population.
After Kosovo: The Risks and Deficiencies of Unsanctioned Humanitarian Intervention
Jim Whitman Introduction NATO’s unsanctioned intervention in Kosovo was plainly a breach of Article 2.4 of the UN Charter.[1] The question of whether the threat and use of force in this case can be defended legally will provide further considerable substance upon which the long-running debate on whether there is a right of humanitarian intervention will continue. However, for … [Read more...] about After Kosovo: The Risks and Deficiencies of Unsanctioned Humanitarian Intervention
Women emerge much stronger than men in coping with the tsunami aftermath
Ravi Prasad* The tsunami that struck the coast of Sri Lanka on December 26, 2004, has had a major impact on the social, traditional and customary role of women in the country. It has not merely reinforced the traditional role of women as home makers, but also given them an opportunity to play a key role rebuilding the family in particular and the society at large. In many … [Read more...] about Women emerge much stronger than men in coping with the tsunami aftermath
THE ROLE OF FORGIVENESS IN RECONSTRUCTING SOCIETY AFTER CONFLICT
Marcia Byrom Hartwell D.Phil. Development Studies Queen Elizabeth House Refugee Studies Programme University of Oxford marcia.hartwell@wolfson.ox.ac.uk Written at LSE, MSc. Development Studies 1998 [Document first posted on 3 May 1999] Once dismissed as an irrelevant religious concept in a political world, the concept of forgiveness has begun to be increasingly associated … [Read more...] about THE ROLE OF FORGIVENESS IN RECONSTRUCTING SOCIETY AFTER CONFLICT
ARMED NON-STATE ACTORS AND THE BAN ON ANTIPERSONNEL MINES
Graeme R. Goldsworthy and Dr Frank Faulkner Abstract This paper will examine the efficacy of the Ottawa treaty as an instrument of arms control. The rationale for this rests with a belief that whilst Ottawa was a nobly principled exercise, there appears to be little meeting point between theoretical postulation and practical outcomes. The text intends to illustrate the … [Read more...] about ARMED NON-STATE ACTORS AND THE BAN ON ANTIPERSONNEL MINES
