Moving Forward on the Development of Minimum Humanitarian Standards

Petrasek, David

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“…This awareness has led to initiatives designed to provide standards of best practice and increase the accountability of aid organizations. [7][8][9] During the past two decades, humanitarian practitioners, donors, policy-makers, and academics have engaged in considerable discussion and debate regarding the ethics of humanitarian action. [10][11][12] The detailed analysis of ethics in humanitarian assistance has yet to be extended to all aspects of these interventions.…”

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Moral Experience of Canadian Healthcare Professionals in Humanitarian Work

Hunt

2009

Prehosp. Disaster med.

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Introduction:Expatriate healthcare professionals frequently participate in international relief operations that are initiated in response to disasters due to natural hazards or humanitarian emergencies in low resource settings. This practice environment is significantly different from the healthcare delivery environment in the home countries of expatriate healthcare professionals. Human rights, public health, medicine, and ethics intersect in distinct ways as healthcare professionals provide care and services in communities affected by crisis.Purpose:The purpose of this study was to explore the moral experience of Canadian healthcare professionals during humanitarian relief work.Methods:This is a qualitative study with 18 semi-structured individual interviews based on Interpretive Description methodology. There are two groups of participants: (1) 15 healthcare professionals (nine doctors, five nurses, and one midwife) with more than three months experience in humanitarian work; and (2) three individuals who have experience as human resource or field coordination officers for humanitarian, non-governmental organizations. Participants were recruited by contacting non-governmental organizations, advertisement at the global health interest group of a national medical society, word of mouth, and a snowball sampling approach in which participants identified healthcare professionals with experience practicing in humanitarian settings who might be interested in the research.Results:Five central themes were identified during the analysis: (1) examination of motivations and expectations; (2) the relational nature of humanitarian work; (3) attending to steep power imbalances; (4) acknowledging and confronting the limits of what is possible in a particular setting; and (5) recognition of how organizational forms and structures shape everyday moral experience.Discussion:Humanitarian relief work is a morally complex activity. Healthcare professionals who participate in humanitarian relief activities, or who are contemplating embarking on a humanitarian project, will benefit from carefully considering the moral dimensions of this work. Humanitarian organizations should address the moral experiences of healthcare professionals in staff recruitment, as they implement training prior to departure, and in supporting healthcare professionals in the field.

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Moral Experience of Canadian Healthcare Professionals in Humanitarian Work

Hunt

2009

Prehosp. Disaster med.

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“…This is evident in the existence of human rights alongside IHL. Consequently, while IHL is a good example of the issues raised by fragmentation, it also contradicts the notion that a process of fragmentation 66 For a discussion of some of the complementary elements of human rights and IHL law see Zimmerman 2008, p 764-766, Orakhelashvili 2008, Cassimatis 2007 and on the case Lindroos, 2005, p 42-44 67 Petrasek 1998, p 560, Draper 1979, Stephens 2001, p 9-14, Cassimatis 2007, p 629 68 Klabbers et al 2009, p 11 disrupts international governance and further indicates that fragmentation is a long-running process that perhaps increases the strength of the global legal order.…”

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Splendid Isolation: International Humanitarian Law, Legal Theory and the International Legal Order

O’Donoghue

2012

Yearbook of International Humanitarian Law 2011 - Volume 14

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Use policyThe full-text may be used and/or reproduced, and given to third parties in any format or medium, without prior permission or charge, for personal research or study, educational, or not-for-pro t purposes provided that:• a full bibliographic reference is made to the original source • a link is made to the metadata record in DRO • the full-text is not changed in any way The full-text must not be sold in any format or medium without the formal permission of the copyright holders.Please consult the full DRO policy for further details. AbstractInternational humanitarian law (IHL) is one of the oldest and most distinctive sectors of the international legal order. IHL's historical development has been unique; from one of the original focal points of international law it has since become a highly specialised area, isolated from the broader international legal academic debate. The most obvious example of this isolation is the lack of discussion of the place of IHL in contemporary debates on the future of international law such as fragmentation and constitutionalisation. The reasons for this isolation are manifold, however, given IHL's position as a prime example of fragmentation and the issues it raises for constitutionalisation it is questionable whether these debates can be conclusive until they tackle the issues presented by this particular body of law. This 'splendid isolation' is detrimental to both the contemporary international legal debate and IHL.

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“…There have been many proposals to draft simple rules, applicable in all situations: in the early 1970s, Prof. J. Patrnogic (1976); in 1976, the author of this article “Propositions”, in the conclusion of Guérilla et droit humanitaire , as well as in its second edition of 1983; Meron (1983, p. 589); Meron and Rosas (1991, p. 375); Eide et al (1995, p. 215); and Petrasek (1998).…”

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The need for a universal humanitarian order

Veuthey

2005

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PurposeWithin the context of an international conference dealing with global challenges, the Atlantic Community and the outlook for international order organized by Webster University, Geneva (Switzerland), to propose an approach to strengthening the international order by reviving the global responsibility to abide by fundamental humanitarian rules.Design/methodology/approachThe twentieth century presented a very disturbing catalog of violations of humanitarian law. In addressing the main question of the conference, namely “What are the true principles of international order today and do we need new rules and organizing principles in the future?”, the author tackles the issue from the international humanitarian law perspective and suggests various instruments (formal and informal) for enhancing the protection of human dignity.FindingsA global responsibility to abide by fundamental humanitarian rules may be revived through positive law and judicial mechanisms, but also through a new respect for human life, a return to universal values found in all civilizations, religions and traditions, and through a new humanitarian order based on the core concept of humanity.Originality/valueThis paper suggests that it is through a combination of existing legal and humanitarian instruments, and not just one, that the international order can be strengthened.

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Moving Forward on the Development of Minimum Humanitarian Standards

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Moral Experience of Canadian Healthcare Professionals in Humanitarian Work

Moral Experience of Canadian Healthcare Professionals in Humanitarian Work

Splendid Isolation: International Humanitarian Law, Legal Theory and the International Legal Order

The need for a universal humanitarian order

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