Civilian protection in the context of interventions

Jacob, Cecilia

doi:10.4337/9781788116237.00025

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“…In situations where populations become vulnerable or displaced due to a natural disaster or conflict, their protection and the protection of humanitarian workers becomes an issue. 29,30 Data from 2005 to 2015, available at aidworker.org, clearly show an upward trend in major attacks on aid workers that is of mounting concern. The traditional "law of war" protections simply do not exist anymore.…”

Section: Protectionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Rationale for Military Involvement in Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief

Canyon

Ryan

Burkle

2019

Prehosp. Disaster med.

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Good relations and trust are the foundation of soft power diplomacy and are essential for the accomplishment of domestic interventions and any bilateral or multilateral endeavor. Military use for assistance and relief is not a novel concept, but it has increased since the early 1990s with many governments choosing to provide greater numbers of forces and assets to assist domestically and internationally. The increase is due to the growing lack of capacity in global humanitarian networks and increasingly inadequate resources available to undertake United Nations humanitarian assistance and disaster relief (HADR) missions. In response, the military has been more proactive in pursuing the improvement of military-to-military and military-to-civilian integration. This trend reflects a move towards more advanced and comprehensive approaches to security cooperation and requires increased support from the civilian humanitarian sector to help meet the needs of the most vulnerable. Military assistance is progressing beyond traditional methods to place a higher value on issues relating to civil cooperation, restoring public health infrastructure, protection, and human rights, all of which are ensuring a permanent diplomatic role for this soft power approach.

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Section: Protectionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Rationale for Military Involvement in Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief

Canyon

Ryan

Burkle

2019

Prehosp. Disaster med.

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“…After the onset of a hazard from natural causes, particularly in countries with low and middle incomes, fragile political regimes, and sluggish economic growth there is potential for social unrest and internal conflict [21]. It is therefore important to employ the protection lens in disaster governance given the existing vulnerabilities around pre-existing tensions [22]. Whilst Timor-Leste's political system is democratic, it is not yet fully consolidated.…”

Section: Vulnerability To Emergenciesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The government devised the National Disaster Risk Management Policy in 2008. The document outlines the government's vision of disaster management from the national to the village level [22]. It aims to firstly look into Timor-Leste's constitutional mandate to better understand what should be the government's priorities to ensure safety and security of people and their properties.…”

Section: Government's Role In Emergency Situationsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…In 2013, the government conducted a National Hazard, Vulnerability and Risk Assessment with the UNDP to develop a new Disaster Risk Management Policy and Legislation. However, the new policy and legislation has yet to be announced [22].…”

Section: Government's Role In Emergency Situationsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The NDMD oversees disaster management coordination and provides technical support to the government and communities. It supports the National Disaster Coordinator (NDC) 3 during disaster response operations as well [22].…”

Section: Government's Role In Emergency Situationsmentioning

confidence: 99%

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