Essays about: "Humanitarian principles"

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  1. 16. A Politics of Sensitivity: Sub-Saharan Migration as an Algerian Field of Practice

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Centrum för Mellanösternstudier

    Author : Linda el-Naggar; [2020]
    Keywords : Sub-Saharan Migration; Practice; Multilateralism; Civil Society; Agency; Power; Algeria; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Despite Algeria’s status as a transit and a destination for sub-Saharan migrants, there is no official migration policy in the country. This study explores how state and non-state actors construct a distinct field of practice of sub-Saharan migration in the vacuum of a missing formulated Algerian migration policy. READ MORE

  3. 17. Humanitarian aid : A qualitative study of the ethical reasoning behind the allocation from the perspective of five Swedish-based organizations

    University essay from Jönköping University/HLK, Globala studier

    Author : Jennelié Danielsson; Anna-Maria Polasek; [2020]
    Keywords : Humanitarian aid; humanitarian principles; ethics; NGOs; aid allocation; aid donors;

    Abstract : The Geneva Conventions of 1949 and their Additional Protocols aim to protect those people who are not “participating in the hostilities” of war, such as “civilians, health workers and aid workers” and are the pillar of humanitarian law (International Committee of the Red Cross, 2010). The humanitarian principles including humanity, neutrality, independence and impartiality, are based on the international humanitarian law and committed to by all member states of the European Union (European Commission, 2019). READ MORE

  4. 18. The ethical challenges of supporting MSM (Men who have Sex with Men) in 21st- century Cameroon

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionen

    Author : Pablo Pérez Fernández; [2020]
    Keywords : Advocacy – Cameroon – cultural hybridity – ethical challenges – homophobia – humanitarian ethics – humanitarian imperative – LGBT – MSM – Postcolonial theory – Queer theory;

    Abstract : Given the state and social homophobias one can encounter in Cameroon, it can be rightly assumed that MSM (men who have sex with men) constitute an extraordinarily vulnerable group. Such vulnerability, besides its legal nature, encompasses a number of sexual risk behaviours and psychological distress precisely derived from criminal prosecution and social discrimination. READ MORE

  5. 19. Aligning Fortress Europe with the Rainbow? The Securitization of Migration and LGBTI Asylum Seekers in the European Union.

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för globala studier

    Author : Celia Keller Martínez; [2019-09-17]
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    Abstract : The increase of migration into the European Union, which peaked during the 2015 humanitarian crisis of refugees, has raised concerns about security within nationalist political discourse across the EU. European right-wing populist discourse revolves around a perceived threat to national and European culture and identity, pushing adamantly for restrictions in migration policy, and black-marking asylum seekers as hostile actors. READ MORE

  6. 20. Four Years of Conflict: Analysis of the Violence and the Humanitarian Response in Yemen

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    Author : Wiebke Hess; [2019]
    Keywords : Yemen; Violence; Galtung’s Triangle of Violence; Structural Violence; Direct Violence; Humanitarian Response; 2019 Yemen Humanitarian Response Plan YHRP ; Humanitarian Principles; Neutrality;

    Abstract : Due to the ongoing conflict between the Houthi rebels and the Yemeni government supported by a Saudi-led coalition of nine countries, the civilians in the country have already been exposed to violence for four years. According to the European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations (ECHO), the current situation in Yemen is the world’s worst humanitarian crisis. READ MORE