Humanitarian Intervention Initiative
(H-II)
Exposure, Strategic Planning, Development
and Implementation
Contact: Stephen
M. Apatow, Founder, Director of Research and Development, Humanitarian Resource
Institute: Humanitarian
University Consortium GraduateStudies
Center for Medicine,
Veterinary
Medicine and Law.
"Citizen
journalism is a very powerful, very powerful tool," Barnett says. Jane
Kirtley, director of the Silha Center for the Study of Media Ethics and
Law at the University of Minnesota, says the role of the citizen journalist
in Iran is critical right now. -- Citizen journalists play critical
role in Iran: KARE-11, 22 June 2009.
In the Spotlight
"Non Lethal Fires" hearts and minds encompasses the new
international strategic focus for Humanitarian Intervention with
an objective of ending or reducing the suffering that is the result of civil
war, humanitarian crisis, or crimes of genocide. The goal of humanitarian
intervention is minimization of the suffering of civilians in a particular
state in accordance with the Universal Declaration
of Human Rights (UDHR).
The Declaration was explicitly adopted for the purpose of defining
the meaning of the words "fundamental freedoms" and "human rights"
appearing in the United Nations Charter, which is binding on all member states. For this reason, the Universal Declaration
is a fundamental constitutive document of the United Nations.
The 1968 United Nations International Conference on Human Rights advised
that it "constitutes an obligation for the members of the international
community" to all persons. The declaration has served as the foundation
for two binding UN human rights covenants, the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
and the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural
Rights and the principles of the Declaration are elaborated in international
treaties such as the International Convention on the Elimination of All
Forms of Racial Discrimination, the International Convention on the Elimination
of Discrimination Against Women, the United Nations Convention on the Rights
of the Child, the United Nations Convention Against Torture and many more.
The focus of the H-II project is global exposure, strategic planning,
development, engagement and stabilization of humanitarian emergencies.
This
spotlight targets the vulnerable in efforts to engage an immediate international
response.
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UN - NGO
Humanitarian Resource Institute
Human Rights
Human Rights Organizations
Relief Operations
International Law
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INTERVENTION ANALYSIS
Chad: Darfur: Scope of the humanitarian emergency,
strategic planning of humanitarian operations.
In a report to the Security Council on 14 April
2009, UN Secretary General Ban-ki Moon indicated that the military force
(MINURCAT) is only at 40% of its intended deployment of 5200 troops.
The force has also only received pledges for six of the 18 military helicopters
it needs..
"We are alarmed at reports that humanitarian aid agencies are evacuating
from some areas of eastern Chad due to the escalation of fighting between
government forces and armed opposition groups. The people of eastern Chad
need protection, now. The slow deployment of UN peacekeepers has left
civilians vulnerable," said Tawanda Hondora.
“The Security Council must call on governments to immediately provide
the necessary troops to complete the deployment on an urgent basis, and
to provide all necessary material, including helicopters.” --
Urgent international action needed to prevent humanitarian
crisis in Chad: Amnesty International, 8 May 2009.
Sudan: Full exposure, humanitarian
objective for containment and protection of refugee/impacted populations.
Overview: Amnesty International.
Democratic Republic of Congo:
Scope of the humanitarian emergency, strategic planning of humanitarian
operations. Overview: Amnesty International.
As the world idly stood by and watched. The Great Lakes region
is made up of some of the most volatile and poorest countries in the World;
The Democratic Republic of the Congo, Angola, Namibia, Zimbabwe, Burundi,
Uganda and Rwanda. -- Great Lakes Region Historical Chronology - UN Security
Council Report.
Balkans (Sex/Slave Trade)
More children, women and men are held in slavery right now than
over the course of the entire trans-Atlantic slave trade: Millions toil
in bondage, their work and even their bodies the property of an owner.
Trafficking in humans generates profits in excess of 12 billion dollars
a year for those who, by force and deception, sell human lives into slavery
and sexual bondage. More than 2 million children are trapped in forced
prostitution. -- International Justice Mission
Georgia: Security challenges that impact all vulnerable
populations.
Amnesty International calls on the Russian and Georgian authorities
as well as the de facto South Ossetian administration to guarantee the
security of all persons in areas affected by the conflict, without discrimination.
Furthermore, the authorities in all conflict affected areas should ensure
that free and full access is provided to those assessing the need for
and providing humanitarian assistance, and ensure the necessary conditions
for the voluntary, safe and durable return with dignity of all displaced
persons. -- Georgia Human Rights: Russia - Georgia Conflict: Amnesty
International.
Eritrea: Forced detention.
Several thousand prisoners of conscience have
remained in incommunicado detention for years, many of them in secret
locations or military prisons, where they are at risk of ill-treatment,
torture, and other cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment. In 2001, a
crackdown on dissent led to the detention of eleven former government
leaders, journalists for the private media, and hundreds of other alleged
dissidents. Some have been held in secret prison locations and several
reportedly died of illness, denial of adequate medical treatment, and injuries
sustained from torture. -- Government Reformers, Journalists and Political Prisoners:
Amnesty International.
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