Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Foreword xi
4. Acronyms and Abbreviations xiii
5. Acknowledgments xix
6. Introduction 1
7. PART I. History
8. Humanitarian Action in the Twenty-First Century: The Danger of a Setback 14
9. Humanitarian Ethical and Legal Standards 26
10. Humanitarian Vignettes 40
11. Humanitarian Response in the Era of Global Mobile Information Technology 43
12. PART II. Principles/Values
13. Neutrality or Impartiality 54
14. Torture 69
15. Issues of Power and Gender in Complex Emergencies 84
16. Terrorism: Theory and Reality 97
17. A Human Rights Agenda for Global Security 112
18. PART III. Evolving Norms
19. The Limits of Sovereignty 124
20. The Child Protection Viewpoint 140
21. Preserving Humanitarian Space in Long-Term Conflict 155
22. Humanitarian Action in a New Barbarian Age 169
23. PART IV. Actors
24. The Challenges of Preventive Diplomacy 178
25. Initial Response to Complex Emergencies and Natural Disasters 192
26. The Peacekeeping Prescription 208
27. Reviving Global Civil Society After September 11 222
28. The Academy and Humanitarian Action 235
29. Government Responses to Foreign Policy Challenges 243
30. Disasters and the Media 255
31. Humanitarian Civil-Military Coordination 270
32. PART V. Operational
33. Evidence-Based Health Assessment Process in Complex Emergencies 288
34. Teamwork in Emergency Humanitarian Relief Situations 303
35. Education as a Survival Strategy 320
36. What Can Modern Society Learn from Indigenous Resiliency? 335
37. PART VI. Exit Strategies
38. To Bind Our Wounds 340
39. The Transition from Conflict to Peace 346
40. Humanitarianism’s Age of Reason 356
41. Healing with a Single History 370
42. PART VII. Epilogue
43. The Evolution of a Tropicalist 382
44. Disturb Us, O Lord 389
45. Appendix: The IIHA Resource Library 391
46. Notes 393
47. Contributors 429
48. The Center for International Humanitarian Cooperation and the Institute of International Humanitarian Affairs 433
49. Index 435