Overview
- First textbook on the International Master Program “International Humanitarian Action”
- Offers a valuable resource for practitioners at humanitarian organizations
- Provides an interdisciplinary and international learning framework with a special focus on both theory and practice
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Table of contents (25 chapters)
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Front Matter
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World Politics
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Public Health
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Anthropology
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About this book
The book serves as a common basis for teaching at all NOHA universities and aims at imparting the basic knowledge and skills needed to excel in a complex interdisciplinary and international learning context. It provides in-depth information on key international humanitarian principles and values, professional codes of conduct, and the commitment to their implementation in practice.
The book will thus be useful for all students of the NOHA Joint Master’s Programme and participants of any courses with a similar content, but also for academics and practitioners affiliated with entities s
uchas international organisations and NGOs. It may also serve as an introduction to anyone with an interest in understanding the numerous and inter-linked facets of humanitarian action.
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
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 i
n 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.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: International Humanitarian Action
Book Subtitle: NOHA Textbook
Editors: Hans-Joachim Heintze, Pierre Thielbörger
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-14454-2
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Law and Criminology, Law and Criminology (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing AG 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-14453-5Published: 18 October 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-79198-2Published: 17 May 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-14454-2Published: 04 October 2017
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: IX, 529
Topics: International Humanitarian Law, Law of Armed Conflict, Human Rights, Public Health, Natural Hazards, Anthropology