Tag: Humanitarian

Free Download Dualta Roughneen, "Humanitarian Subsidiarity"
English | 2017 | pages: 167 | ISBN: 1443812641 | PDF | 0,5 mb
Subsidiarity is not a new idea, having been discussed either implicitly or explicitly for centuries. From Aristotle to the International Criminal Court, subsidiarity has been considered a means of framing the interacting spheres of sovereignty and levels of responsibility between individuals and the social and political order. The Catholic Church and the European Union have put forward the two clearest definitions of subsidiarity, representing the social order in the former and the political order in the latter. This book explores the possibility of a new humanitarian principle: subsidiarity, which means recognising that, in humanitarian response, local populations can and should be best placed to make decisions and take action. It argues that the humanitarian system should be designed to support this in the first instance and only to take action and make decisions at a higher level when this can be justified by a humanitarian imperative and the exigencies of the context. Subsidiarity as a humanitarian principle offers the possibility of a decision making framework that puts disaster affected populations at the centre of humanitarian response.

Free Download Humanitarian Imperialism: Using Human Rights to Sell War By Jean Bricmont
2007 | 176 Pages | ISBN: 1583671471 | EPUB | 3 MB
Since the end of the Cold War, the idea of human rights has been made into a justification for intervention by the world’s leading economic and military powers-above all, the United States-in countries that are vulnerable to their attacks. The criteria for such intervention have become more arbitrary and self-serving, and their form more destructive, from Yugoslavia to Afghanistan to Iraq. Until the U.S. invasion of Iraq, the large parts of the left was often complicit in this ideology of intervention-discovering new "Hitlers" as the need arose, and denouncing antiwar arguments as appeasement on the model of Munich in 1938.Jean Bricmont’s Humanitarian Imperialism is both a historical account of this development and a powerful political and moral critique. It seeks to restore the critique of imperialism to its rightful place in the defense of human rights. It describes the leading role of the United States in initiating military and other interventions, but also on the obvious support given to it by European powers and NATO. It outlines an alternative approach to the question of human rights, based on the genuine recognition of the equal rights of people in poor and wealthy countries.Timely, topical, and rigorously argued, Jean Bricmont’s book establishes a firm basis for resistance to global war with no end in sight.

Free Download Cornelia C. Walther, "Development, Humanitarian Aid, and Social Welfare: Social Change from the Inside Out"
English | 2020 | pages: 205 | ISBN: 3030426122, 3030426092 | PDF | 3,7 mb
This book examines how human behavior is shaped by our aspirations, emotions, thoughts and sensations, and conversely, how the experiences that result from our behavior impact ourselves, others and the planet. Based on an analysis of the constant interplay between these four layers, it offers practical solutions to systematically induce sustainable social change dynamics. It shows why change, in addition to economic and political transformation at the macro level, begins with mind-shifts at the micro level. Hereby it establishes the missing link between investments in personal empowerment and collective welfare. A novel theoretical paradigm is the foundation of this book, which is anchored in the perspective of an ongoing ‘body-mind-heart-soul connection.’ Based on the premise that an equitable society is to the benefit of everyone, it is argued that efforts made for others have benefits at three levels – for the individual who acts, the one who has been acted for and for society.

Free Download Megan Cole Paustian, "Humanitarian Fictions: Africa, Altruism, and the Narrative Imagination"
English | ISBN: 1531505481 | 2024 | 288 pages | EPUB, PDF | 3 MB + 5 MB

Free Download Chekhov’s Sakhalin Journey: Doctor, Humanitarian, Writer by Jonathan Cole
English | December 14, 2023 | ISBN: 1350367508, 1350367516 | True EPUB | 242 pages | 2.4 MB
Chekhov often said that ‘I am a doctor by trade and sometimes I do literary work in my free time’, a surprising claim, given his status as a giant of 20th century drama. This literary-biographical study uncovers new sides to him, as both a medical professional and humanitarian, and tells the story of Chekhov’s trip to Sakhalin Island in the harsh wastes of Siberia.

Free Download James David Parker, "An International Humanitarian Organisation: A United Nations of the People"
English | ISBN: 1443851973 | 2017 | 129 pages | PDF | 346 KB

Free Download Marianne Hanson, "Challenging nuclearism: A humanitarian approach to reshape the global nuclear order"
English | ISBN: 1526165090 | 2022 | 280 pages | PDF | 21 MB
Challenging nuclearism explores how a deliberate ‘normalisation’ of nuclear weapons has been constructed, why it has prevailed in international politics for over seventy years and why it is only now being questioned seriously. The book identifies how certain practices have enabled a small group of states to hold vast arsenals of these weapons of mass destruction and how the close control over nuclear decisions by a select group has meant that the humanitarian consequences of nuclear weapons have been disregarded for decades.

Free Download Simon Chesterman, "Just War or Just Peace?: Humanitarian Intervention and International Law"
English | 2003 | pages: 319 | ISBN: 019925799X, 0199243379 | PDF | 270,1 mb
This book asks whether states have the right to intervene in foreign civil conflicts for humanitarian reasons. The UN Charter prohibits state aggression, but many argue that such a right exists as an exception to this rule. Offering a thorough analysis of this issue, the book puts NATO’s action in Kosovo in its proper legal perspective.

Free Download Humanitarian Logistics: Cross-Sector Cooperation in Disaster Relief Management by Alessandra Cozzolino
English | PDF | 2012 | 53 Pages | ISBN : 3642301851 | 1 MB
​​​​​​​​​​​​Humanitarian logistics has received increasing interest both from logistics academics and practitioners as a result of the dramatic increase in both natural and man-made disasters. The impact on affected populations can be all the more limited as much as the logistics operations in response to emergencies are effective and efficient. Collaboration with various relevant actors involving in the emergency resolution can help to reduce costs, increase speed, and improve the leanness/agility level in the humanitarian supply chain, and viceversa, poor coordination among them is cited as an explanation for performance gaps. As disasters become increasingly complex better collaboration not only with government agencies, military units, humanitarian organizations, but also through partnerships with private business becomes more and more important. However, such partnerships are not easy as organizations in the two sectors are extremely different. The main aim of this study is exploring more in depth the partnership between profit and non-profit in emergency relief operations, with a specific attention to the cross-learning potential for both the logistics service provider (profit) and the humanitarian organization (non-profit).

Free Download Proportionality in International Humanitarian Law: Refocusing the Balance in Practice
English | 2023 | ISBN: 1108845134 | 331 Pages | PDF | 2 MB
This book seeks to clarify the legal concept of proportionality in international humanitarian law, as it applies during armed conflict. It is argued in the book that a refocus of the interpretation of the proportionality rule is warranted to enhance the protection of civilians. More precisely, this book seeks to dissect the origins of the rule, determine how its components must be interpreted and how it is to be applied in practice. The book considers practical situations that may arise in the conduct of military operations and searches for the limits international humanitarian law sets to commanders’ assessments of proportionality during armed conflict. The book concludes that proportionality is an inherently subjective and imprecise yardstick that nonetheless serves to protect civilians during armed conflict.