International Humanitarian Action

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 Elzbieta Mikos-Skuza.- International Human Rights Law by Joana Abrisketa.- International Humanitarian Law by Renata Vaisvilien .- 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

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 of 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 disster response law.

Joost Herman is professor of Globalisation studies and humanitarian action. He studied History and International Law in Leiden and conducted PhD research at the Institute for Human Rights at the University of Utrecht into the protection of minority groups in Central and Eastern Europe. He joined the University of Groningen in 1995, became University Reader in International Relations and International Organization in 2003, and professor in 2012. He is one of the founders of the international Master's degree programme Network On Humanitarian Action (NOHA) and President  of the NOHA Network. Herman is Director of the Institute for Globalisation Studies Groningen (GSG).