Frontmatter
Contents
Foreword
Acronyms and Abbreviations
Acknowledgments
Introduction
PART I. History
Humanitarian Action in the Twenty-First Century: The Danger of a Setback
Humanitarian Ethical and Legal Standards
Humanitarian Vignettes
Humanitarian Response in the Era of Global Mobile Information Technology
PART II. Principles/Values
Neutrality or Impartiality
Torture
Issues of Power and Gender in Complex Emergencies
Terrorism: Theory and Reality
A Human Rights Agenda for Global Security
PART III. Evolving Norms
The Limits of Sovereignty
The Child Protection Viewpoint
Preserving Humanitarian Space in Long-Term Conflict
Humanitarian Action in a New Barbarian Age
PART IV. Actors
The Challenges of Preventive Diplomacy
Initial Response to Complex Emergencies and Natural Disasters
The Peacekeeping Prescription
Reviving Global Civil Society After September 11
The Academy and Humanitarian Action
Government Responses to Foreign Policy Challenges
Disasters and the Media
Humanitarian Civil-Military Coordination
PART V. Operational
Evidence-Based Health Assessment Process in Complex Emergencies
Teamwork in Emergency Humanitarian Relief Situations
Education as a Survival Strategy
What Can Modern Society Learn from Indigenous Resiliency?
PART VI. Exit Strategies
To Bind Our Wounds
The Transition from Conflict to Peace
Humanitarianism's Age of Reason
Healing with a Single History
PART VII. Epilogue
The Evolution of a Tropicalist
Disturb Us, O Lord
Appendix: The IIHA Resource Library
Notes
Contributors
The Center for International Humanitarian Cooperation and the Institute of International Humanitarian Affairs
Index