HC Workshop on the Use of Legal Frameworks in Humanitarian Coordination

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HC Workshop on the Use of International Legal Frameworks, Turin 23-25 June 2009

Final Agenda (80.06 Kb)
HC Workshop Guidance Materials (3,138.50 Kb)
Growing the Sheltering Tree: Protecting Rights Through Humanitarian Action, Inter-Agency Standing Committee (IASC), 2002 (3,567.54 Kb)
Compendium of Basic Texts (8,212.55 Kb)

Humanitarian Coordinators and International Norms and Principles

	1.1 Humanitarian Coordinator - Terms of Reference Humanitarian Coordinator – Revised Terms of Reference, 4 May 09 (81.50 Kb)
	1.2 Humanitarian Coordination Competencies Humanitarian Coordination Competencies (215.80 Kb)

Introduction to International Law

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	2.1 Sources of International Law United Nations Treaty Collection: Treaty Reference Guide The United Nations portal on all aspects of international law American Society of International Law Guide to Electronic Resources for International Law
	2.2 States and other actors under international law American Society of International Law Guide to Electronic Resources for International Law

Humanitarian Principles

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	3.1 Humanitarian Principles (humanity, neutrality, impartiality, and independence) Jean Pictet’s Commentary of the Fundamental Principles, 1979 Humanitarian advocacy in Darfur: the challenge of neutrality, Humanitarian Policy Group (HPG) Policy Brief 28, October 2007
	3.2 The Code of Conduct for NGOs and RC/RC Movement in Disaster Relief and the SPHERE Humanitarian Charter Text, explanations and list of signatories of the Code of Conduct The Humanitarian Charter and Minimum Standards for Disaster Response, 2004

International Human Rights Law (IHRL)

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	4.1 General aspects of IHRL Human Rights Guidance note for Humanitarian Coordinators, IASC, 2006 The United Nations System and Human Rights: Guidelines and Information for the Resident Coordinator System, 2000 Basic Handbook on Human Rights for UN Staff William O'Neill, A Humanitarian Practitioner's Guide to Human Rights Law, 2002 James Darcy, Human Rights and International Legal Standards: What do Relief Workers need to Know?, Humanitarian Practice Network, 18 September 2002 Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights - the key website gathering information on human rights from a UN perspective Amnesty International - the website of one of the main NGOs working on human rights Human Rights Network International - a very important source of information on human rights Good collection of tools on human rights Instant access or all countries to human rights information from the United Nations system, based on the observations and recommendations of the UN Treaty Bodies monitoring the implementation of the core international human rights treaties (since 2000) Portal on human rights organisations present in Geneva Protection online - some interesting resources on protection through human rights. Human Rights Watch
	4.2 The protected rights and limitations to the rights See references in part 4.1 above See references in part 4.1 above
	4.3 IHRL and Internally Displaced Persons “Protect or Neglect: Toward a More Effective United Nations Approach to the Protection of Internally Displaced Persons” by Simon Bagshaw and Diane Paul, Brookings-SAIS Project on Internal Displacement and OCHA’s Inter-Agency Internal Displacement Division “Implementing the Collaborative Response to Situations of Internal Displacement, Guidance for UN Humanitarian and/or Resident Coordinators and Country Teams”, Inter-Agency Standing Committee, Sept 2004 The Handbook for Applying the Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement, UN OCHA and the Brookings Institution Provides guidance for application of the Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement., 13 September 2002 Report of the Representative of the Secretary-General, Mr. Francis M. Deng, submitted pursuant to Commission on Human Rights resolution 1997/39, Compilation and Analysis to the Protection against Arbitrary Displacement of 11 February 1998 _Guiding Princip Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement – Annotations by Walter Kälin - from Studies in Transnational Legal Policy, N° 32 published by The American Society of International Law and the Brookings Institution Project on Internal Displacement, 2000 Office of the Representative of the UN Secretary-General on the Human Rights of IDPs Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs UNCHR The Brookings-Bern Project on Internal Displacement Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC), Norwegian Refugee Council IDP Action Forced Migration Online IDP Voices
	4.4 Human rights and natural disasters Manual on International Law and Standards Applicable in Natural Disaster Situations, International Development Law Organisation, 2008 Human Rights and Natural Disasters, Operational Guidelines and Field Manual on Human Rights Protection in Situations of Natural Disaster, Brookings-Bern Project on Internal Displacement
	4.5 The oversight mechanisms See references in part 4.1 above See references in part 4.1 above

International Humanitarian Law (IHL)

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	5.1 General aspects of IHL Frequently Asked Questions on International Humanitarian, Human Rights and Refugee Law in the context of armed conflict, IASC 2004 IHL: Answers to your questions (ICRC publication) Frits Kalshoven, Liesbeth Zegveld: Constraints on the waging of war: an introduction to international humanitarian law, Geneva, ICRC, 2001, 3rd ed., 223 p. International humanitarian law and the challenges of contemporary armed conflicts, ICRC, 2007, 65 p. How is the term "Armed Conflict" defined in international humanitarian law?, International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) Opinion Paper, March 2008 Cordula Droege, The interplay between international humanitarian law and international human rights law in situations of armed conflict, 2007 International Committee of the Red Cross. The key website on IHL, with a huge amount of documents, including the International Review of the Red Cross Relief Web on IHL. Good list of resources on IHL. International Criminal Court International Criminal Tribunal for Ex-Yugoslavia International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda IHL Research Initiative. A research centre often having an innovative approach of IHL.
	5.2 Distinction between combatants and non-combatants See references under 5.1 above
	5.3 Protection of particular groups of people under IHL See references under 5.1 above
	5.4 Humanitarian access OCHA Access Monitoring and Reporting Framework (in development). Ensuring systematic monitoring and reporting on humanitarian access in situations of armed conflict through the use of a standardized framework. Humanitarian Negotiations with Armed Groups, OCHA, 2006
	5.5 Displacement See references in part 5.1 above

Refugee Law

Protection

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	7.1 Protection in practice ReliefWeb. An extensive list of resources, covering not only protection in general, but also protection of specific groups (children, IDPs). Growing the Sheltering Tree: Protecting Rights Through Humanitarian Action, Inter-Agency Standing Committee (IASC), 2002 Protection: An ALNAP Guide for Humanitarian Agencies, Active Learning Network for Accountability and Performance in Humanitarian Action (ALNAP), 2006 ICRC Protection Policy, 2008 Making Protection a priority: Integrating Protection and Humanitarian Assistance, Interaction, 2004 Protection Manual for Human Rights Defenders, Peace Brigades International (PBI), 2005 Protection in Practice: Field-Level Strategies for Protecting Civilians from Deliberate Harm, ODI, 1999 Captier, Christian, "What Does Humanitarian Protection Really Mean?" Humanitarian Exchange, 2003. DuBois, Marc, “Protection: the New Humanitarian Fig-leaf”, 2009 Minimum Agency Standards for Incorporating Protection into Humanitarian Response, 2008 (Field testing version), Caritas, CARE, Oxfam and World Vision Key website on the issue of protection: Global Protection Cluster Working Group Key website on the issue of protection: ICVA Key website on the issue of protection: ProCap Online Key document on the protection of civilian population: S/PRST/2009/1, Aide Memoire for the Consideration of Issues Pertaining to the Protection of Civilians, 14 January 2009 Key document on the protection of civilian population: Aide Memoire for the Consideration of Issues Pertaining to the Protection of Civilians, OCHA, 2009 [to be published in booklet format by OCHA, 2004 version Key document on the protection of civilian population: Liam Mahony, Protective Presence, Field strategies for protecting civilians, Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue, 2006
	7.2 Monitoring and Reporting Mechanism (MRM) for grave violations against children’s rights Guidelines on the MRM forthcoming. 2009 Report of the Secretary-General on Children and Armed Conflict, A/63/785-S/2009/158, 26 March 2009
	7.3 The responsibility to protect The Responsibility to Protect, International Commission on Intervention and State Sovereignty (ICISS), Dec 2001 Website on the responsibility to protect A/63/677, General Assembly, 12 January 2009, Implementing the responsibility to protect, Report of the Secretary-General

International Criminal Law (ICL)

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	8.1 International Crimes Trial (Track Impunity Always) Crimes of War Project The American Society of International Law Guide to Electronic Resources for International Law
	8.2 Role of national and international courts See references under 8.1 above Negotiated Relationship between the International Criminal Court and the United Nations, entry into force on 4 October 2004

International Disaster Response Laws, Rules and Principles (IDRL)