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Author:   Hans-Joachim Heintze ,  Pierre Thielborger ,  Joost Herman
Publisher:   Springer International Publishing AG
Imprint:   Springer International Publishing AG
Edition:   1st ed. 2018
Weight:   1.212kg
ISBN:  

9783319144535

ISBN 10:   3319144537
Pages:   529
Publication Date:   18 October 2017
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Part I – World Politics: The Changing Context of Humanitarian Action: Key Challenges and Issues by Cristina Churruca-Muguruza.- Humanitarian Action in International Relations: Power and Politics by Anna Khakee.- World Politics and Humanitarian Action: Mutual Influences by Marie-Josée Domestici-Met.- The Changing Nature of Conflict - The Need for a Conflict Sensitive Approach by Sulagna Maitra.- Humanitarian Aid Governance in World Politics by Uwe Andersen and  Katharina Behmer.- Principles and Professionalism: Towards Humanitarian Intelligence by Andrej Zwitter.- Part II – International Law: Public International Law by Elżbieta Mikos-Skuza.- International Human Rights Law by Joana Abrisketa.- International Humanitarian Law by Renata Vaišvilienė.- International Criminal Law by Pierre Thielbörger.- Disaster Law by Ronan McDermott.- Protectionof Refugees and Minorities by Hans-Joachim Heintze and Charlotte Lülf.- Part III – Public Health in Humanitarian Action: Approaches and Challenges: Basic Concepts and Current Challenges of Public Health in Humanitarian Action by Siri Tellier, Andreas Kiaby, Lars Peter Nissen, Jonas Torp, Wilma Doedens, Kevin Davies, Dan Brun Petersen, Vibeke Brix and Niall Roche.- Part IV – Anthropology: Anthropology and Humanitarianism? by Ulrika Persson-Fischier.- Anthropological Perspectives by Odina Benoist.- Armed Conflicts and Humanitarian Crises: Insights from the Anthropology of War by Kristina Roepstorff.- Forced Migration and Refugee Settings from an Anthropological Perspective by Relinde Reiffers.- An Anthropological Perspective on the Timeline of Humanitarian Interventions by Juan Carlos Gumucio-Castellon.- Part V – Management: Managing Humanitarian Action - An Introduction byPat Gibbons.- The Basics of Managing Emergencies by Markus Moke and Thomas Pfeiffer.- Project Management by Sabrina Herold and Bartjan W. Pennink.- Humanitarian Logistics by Gildas Vourc’h.- Security Management in Humanitarian Organisations by Bob Ghosn.- Human Resource Management in the Humanitarian Sector by Sophie Borel.- Financial Management by Philip Byrne.  

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Hans-Joachim Heintze is professor of International Law at the Ruhr University of Bochum. He studied law and published a doctoral thesis on the law of state succession. He joined the Ruhr University in 1990 and teaches at the Institute for International Law of peace and Armed Conflict and is the Bochum's Director of the European Master programme Network on Humanitarian Action (NOHA). He belongs to the Boards of the European Master Programme Human Rights and Democratization (Venice) and the European Regional Master Programme Human Rights and Democratization in South East Europe (Sarajevo). His research interests are human rights, international humanitarian law and disaster response law.      Pierre Thielbörger is professor of German Public Law and International Law at the Ruhr University of Bochum (RUB). He studied law in Hamburg, Berlin (Humboldt) and Montréal (McGill) and Public Policy in Cambridge, MA (Harvard) and wrote his PhD in international law at the European University Institute (EUI) in Florence. His last monograph concerns the emerging human right to water in international law. He joined the RUB in 2011 and teaches at the law faculty as well as at the Institute for International Law of Peace and Armed Conflict (IFHV) whose Executive Director he is since 2014. He also serves as President of the General Assembly of the the European-wide Network on Humanitarian Action (NOHA).  His research interests are human rights, international humanitarian law, international environmental law, international criminal law as well as German constitutional law.     

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