Humanitarian Action

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 Mačák; Conclusion Andrej Zwitter, Christopher K. Lamont, Hans-Joachim Heintze and Joost Herman.