Main description:

This textbook examines a wide range of humanitarian action issues, presented by specialists from different academic fields in five chapters. The respective chapters reflect the five core modules of the International Master Program “International Humanitarian Action” (NOHA), which have been jointly defined by researchers at the NOHA universities and consist of a) Geopolitics in Humanitarian Action, b) Anthropology in Humanitarian Action, c) International and Human Rights Law, d) Public Health and Medicine, and e) Management in Humanitarian Action. The book represents the common basis for teaching at all NOHA universities and aims at providing the knowledge and skills needed to excel in a complex
interdisciplinary and international learning context. It provides in-depth
information on key international humanitarian principles and values, professional codes of conduct, and the commitment to their implementation in practice.​

Feature:

First textbook on the International Master Program “International Humanitarian Action”

Offers a valuable resource for practitioners at humanitarian organizations

Provides an interdisciplinary and international learning framework with a special focus on both theory and practice