| Description |
1 online resource |
| Contents |
Cover; Protecting Civilians in War: The ICRC, UNHCR, and their Limitations in Internal Armed Conflicts; Copyright; Acknowledgements; Contents; Tables; Introduction; BACKGROUND; THE ICRC AND UNHCR; COLOMBIA, THE DRC, AND MYANMAR; Colombia; DRC; Myanmar; METHODS AND PRESENTATION; PLAN OF THE BOOK; 1: The ICRC and UNHCR; INSTITUTIONAL HISTORY; INSTITUTIONAL STRUCTURE; INSTITUTIONAL CULTURE; Decision-Making and Internal Communication; Confidence, Certainty, and Consistency; Conservatism and Pragmatism; CONCLUSIONS; 2: Principles of Humanitarian Action; HUMANITY; IMPARTIALITY |
|
Interpretations of ImpartialityChallenges to Working Impartially; ICRC and UNHCR Strategies to Overcome These Obstacles; NEUTRALITY; Perspectives on Neutrality; ICRC and UNHCR Interpretations of Neutrality; ICRC and UNHCR Strategies to Ensure and Demonstrate Neutrality; INDEPENDENCE; CONCLUSIONS; 3: Legal Frameworks for Protection; KEY LEGAL AND NORMATIVE FRAMEWORKS FOR THE PROTECTION OF CIVILIANS; International Humanitarian Law; IHL Principles; The Centrality of IHL in the Work of the ICRC; International Refugee Law; IRL Principles; International Human Rights Law |
|
International and Regional Legislation on IDPsDomestic Law; Geneva Call Deeds of Commitment; LAWS, NORMS, AND THE MANDATES AND ACTIVITIES OF THE ICRC AND UNHCR; Law Restricting Issues that the ICRC and UNHCR Will Address; Working in Contexts and on Issues outside the Relevant Legal Frameworks; Ignoring Issues within the Boundaries of the Relevant Legal Frameworks; THE USE AND USEFULNESS OF THESE FRAMEWORKS; General Preference for Legalistic Approaches to Protection; Legal and Non-Legal Argumentation in ICRC Interventions with Armed Parties |
|
Guiding Principles, Domestic Legislation, and Non-Legal Argumentation in the Work of UNHCRCONCLUSIONS; 4: Objectives and Strategies of Protection; CLASSIFYING PROTECTION OBJECTIVES; VIOLENCE REDUCTION; THREAT REDUCTION; VULNERABILITY REDUCTION; MITIGATING THE CONSEQUENCES OF VIOLENCE; ENDS AND MEANS; Law and Public Policy; Material Assistance and Other Practical Projects; CONCLUSIONS; 5: Protection Roles and Responsibilities of Other Actors; STATES; State Sovereignty; Protection Roles of Affected States; Supporting the State; Holding the State to Account |
|
ICRC and UNHCR Relationships with the Affected StateOther States; NON-STATE ARMED PARTIES TO CONFLICT; ICRC and UNHCR Engagement with Non-State Armed Groups; Colombia; DRC; Myanmar; Engagement with International Peacekeeping Forces; AFFECTED COMMUNITIES, CIVIL (AND UNCIVIL) SOCIETY; CONCLUSIONS; 6: Protection Activities; MONITORING AND ANALYSIS; REGISTRATION AND DOCUMENTATION; DIALOGUE AND ADVOCACY; Dialogue with the Perpetrators of Violence; Dialogue with Police and Civilian Agencies of Government; Private Advocacy with the Diplomatic Community and the Wider International Community |
| Summary |
This volume examines the roles, methods, and effectiveness of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in protecting civilians in internal armed conflicts |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from home page (viewed on March 17, 2016) |
| Subject |
International Committee of the Red Cross.
|
|
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees.
|
| SUBJECT |
International Committee of the Red Cross fast |
|
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees fast |
| Subject |
War -- Protection of civilians.
|
|
War (International law)
|
|
LAW -- International.
|
|
War (International law)
|
|
War -- Protection of civilians
|
|
International Committee of the Red Cross.
|
|
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees.
|
|
War.
|
|
Non-international armed conflicts.
|
|
Humanitarian assistance.
|
|
Human security.
|
|
Protection of civilian persons.
|
| Form |
Electronic book
|
| ISBN |
9780191784958 |
|
0191784958 |
|
9780191025716 |
|
0191025712 |
|
