PPT-Exploring International Humanitarian Law

International Services What is International Humanitarian Law International Humanitarian Law IHL is a body of rules which in times of armed conflict seek to protect people who are not or are no longer taking part in the fighting. Hiroshima and Nagasaki. A flash in the sky. A city decimated. A city decimated. Severe disfigurement. Enter the Red Cross….Dr Marcel Junod. ‘We (…) witnessed a sight totally unlike anything we had ever seen before. The centre of the city was a sort of white patch, flattened and smooth like the palm of a hand. Nothing remained. The slightest trace of houses seemed to have disappeared. The white patch was about two kilometres in diameter. Around its edge was a red belt, marking the area where houses had burned, extending quite a long way further (..) covering almost the rest of the city.’. November 2013. Harry Shannon. McMaster University. Working with. David Sanderson. . Director, Centre for Development and Emergency Practice (CENDEP), Oxford Brookes University. Charles . Parrack. , . Laura Hammond. Dept of Development Studies, SOAS. SOAS/Mo Ibrahim Foundation Seminar on Governance and Development. May 2013. Accra, Ghana. Rules, structures and mechanisms for promoting accountable and effective humanitarian practice, including prevention, mitigation, management, response, and recovery from disasters of all types. . events. Study released in summer 2014. Carried out in cooperation with UNDP and OCHA. Study carried out by UNIDIR (Borrie and . Caughley. ). Oslo. . conference . summary point #1:. “It is unlikely that any state or international body could address the immediate humanitarian emergency caused by a nuclear weapon detonation in an adequate manner and provide sufficient assistance to those affected. . JOURNAL . AS . A PROBLEM. Podchinenov. Alexey V. . (A.V.Podchinenov@usu.ru). Snigireva. Tatiana A.. (tas0905@rambler.ru). Ural. . Federal. . University . Yekaterinburg. , . Russia. The . UrFU. project . The Professionalization of the Human Rights and Humanitarianism. The professionalization of the human rights and humanitarian work is evidenced by proliferation of handbooks, codes, and guidelines issued by states, IGO, and NGOs. . G. lobal situation:. 15% of the world’s populations live with some degree of disabilities -1 billon people- . Of that figure 3% have severe disability.. The prevalence of disabilities is growing, especially in low-income countries.. Side Event: Challenges for Gender Equality Programming in Humanitarian Action. . Gender Dimensions of Operating in Complex Security Environments. Martin Mogwanja . Humanitarian Coordinator, Pakistan. Briefing - 17 May 2016 . Agenda . Agenda. Session . Lead . 1000. – 1020. 1. Humanitarian Partnership with ANGOs – key features. Michael Hassett . 1020 – 1040. 2. Competitive Grant Process. . recommendations for future humanitarian action. Paul B. Spiegel MD, MPH. Professor, International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health . Director, Center for Humanitarian Health, Johns Hopkins University. Preparing Your Past Persecution Asylum Claim in a Backlogged Immigration System. February 13, 2018. Alexis . Dutt. ‘18 & Kayla Hoel ‘19. Agenda. Context. History of Humanitarian Asylum. Humanitarian Asylum: Severe Past Persecution. A map of your life. Drawing and sculpting change. Images of migration . into drama. The suggestions offered allow the students to probe more deeply the themes of the play. . Teachers . can select and adapt these ideas to meet the needs and interests of particular students. . What is the New Way of Working? . Practical examples. PART 1 & 2. Webinar series . Wednesday 26 April & 10 May 2017 . STAIT. . - Supporting humanitarian leaders in the field to deliver aid better. . lysis | 1 United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) Coordination Saves Lives | www.unocha.org Context Humanitarian needs in Yobe State increase d marginally during t