TY - BOOK ID - 7541594 TI - International law and humanitarian assistance : a crosscut through legal issues pertaining to humanitarianism AU - Heintze, Hans-Joachim. AU - Zwitter, Andrej. PY - 2011 SN - 3642423671 3642164544 9786613085511 3642164552 1283085518 PB - Heidelberg : Springer, DB - UniCat KW - Disaster relief -- Law and legislation. KW - Humanitarian assistance. KW - Intervention (International law). KW - International Law KW - Law, Politics & Government KW - Treaties, International KW - Humanitarianism. KW - Humanitarian law. KW - Humanitarian conventions KW - International humanitarian law KW - Human welfare KW - Philanthropy KW - Social welfare KW - Law. KW - Political science. KW - International humanitarian law. KW - International Humanitarian Law, Law of Armed Conflict. KW - Political Science. KW - Charities KW - Ethics KW - War (International law) KW - Administration KW - Civil government KW - Commonwealth, The KW - Government KW - Political theory KW - Political thought KW - Politics KW - Science, Political KW - Social sciences KW - State, The UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:7541594 AB - It is becoming increasingly apparent that there are major gaps in International Humanitarian Law and Public International Law in the area of humanitarian assistance. In response international organizations such as the UN and the EU are developing their own legal frameworks for humanitarian assistance and the body of customary law and so-called international disaster response law is growing steadily. This however shows that a coherent body of law is far from being a given. The legal reality of international law pertaining to emergency response is rather broadly spread over various international legal fields and related documents, covering situations of armed conflict and natural disasters. This book is one of the first attempts of linking different legal areas in the growing field of what could be called the international law of humanitarian assistance. ER -