Humanitarian Intervention Initiative
(H-II)
Exposure, Strategic Planning,
Development and Implementation
Contact: Stephen Michael
Apatow, Founder, Director of Research and Development, Humanitarian Resource Institute
and United Nations Arts Initiative.
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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