This article presents a theory of obligation in the context of humanitarianism. Its foundational assumption is that there exists a moral imperative to assist the structurally dispossessed and functionally abused. It builds particularly on the cross-disciplinary work (both academic and applied) of anthropologists, but also of political scientists, sociologists, human rights specialists, and others. The links between human rights and humanitarianism are stressed, while suggesting principles that can guide humanitarian organizations as they serve those

Food aid has been the main response to repeated and protracted humanitarian crises in Lesotho since 2002, and during that time it has also been the major part of World Vision's emergency responses. Along with the government, donors and NGOs, World Vision is increasingly interested in the role that cash transfers can play in tackling hunger and vulnerability, and is implementing a pilot cash transfer programme in two districts in Lesotho - Maseru and Mohale's Hoek.

Whilst the potential for cash transfers to provide an appropriate and affordable response to chronic and emergency

Child soldiers. Two simple words. But they describe a world of atrocities committed against children and sometimes by children. Committed in many different countries and often hidden from the public eye. We know how devastating these experiences are for children - thanks to the courage and determination of those who have spoken out and called on the international community to take action on their behalf.

This Global Report, the third produced by the Coalition to Stop the Use of Child Soldiers, elaborates on progress

En esta tercera edición del Anuario de Procesos de Paz se analizan los conflictos en los que se llevan a cabo negociaciones para llegar a un acuerdo de paz, con independencia de que estas negociaciones estén formalizadas, se encuentren en fase exploratoria, transcurran satisfactoriamente o, al contrario, se encuentren estancadas o en plena crisis. También se analizan algunos casos donde las negociaciones o exploraciones son parciales, es decir, que no abarcan la totalidad de los grupos armados presentes en un país (casos de Afganistán o Iraq, por

This third edition of the Peace Process Yearbook1 analyses the conflicts in which negotiations are being held to reach a peace agreement, regardless of whether these negotiations are formalised, are in the exploratory phases, are bearing fruit or, to the contrary, are stalled or enmeshed in crisis. It also analyses certain cases in which the negotiations or explorations are partial, that is, they do not encompass all the armed groups present in the country (as is the case of Afghanistan and Iraq, for example). The majority of the negotiations are linked to

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What is HAP?
The Humanitarian Accountability Partnership (HAP) is a multi-agency initiative to improve the quality and accountability of humanitarian action.

What is the HAP Standard?
The HAP Humanitarian Accountability and Quality Management Standard (2007) provides an industry standard for humanitarian accountability. It represents a broad consensus on what matters most when an agency responds to an emergency.

How can the HAP Standard improve humanitarian practice?
A part of the HAP Standard is a voluntary

Children living in countries affected by conflict and natural disaster are being sexually exploited and abused by the very people hired to help them - aid workers and peacekeepers. Almost as shocking is the general silence surrounding the abuse. Children and their families are not speaking out because of fear and powerlessness. And international organisations are failing to respond effectively to allegations of abuse levelled against them.

No One to Turn To seeks to move the debate on and reinvigorate efforts to address this appalling

I. Introduction

Inclusion of the topic in the programme of work of the International Law Commission

At the fifty-fourth session of the International Law Commission in 2002, its Planning Group established the Working Group on the Long-term Programme of Work, chaired by Mr. Alain Pellet, which was reconstituted at the Commission's fifty-eighth session in 2006. During that quinquennium, the Working Group requested its members, other Commission members and the Secretariat to prepare drafts on a number of topics. A

Des enfants qui vivent dans des pays sous l'emprise de conflits et de désastres naturels font l'objet d'exploitation et de violences sexuelles aux mains de ceux mêmes qui ont été embauchés pour les aider : les travailleurs humanitaires et les soldats de la paix. Le silence assourdissant qui entoure ces abus est presque aussi choquant que les actes eux-mêmes. La crainte et un sentiment d'impuissance font que les enfants et leurs familles ne dénoncent pas leurs agresseurs. D'autre part, les organisations internationales ne gèrent pas suffisamment efficacement