Humanitarian assistance, international standards and principles

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Title: Humanitarian Charter and Minimum Standards in Disaster Response
Description: The Charter sets out ... what people affected by disasters have a right to expect from humanitarian assistance ... based on the principles and provisions of international humanitarian, human rights and refugee law, and on the principles of the Red Cross and NGO Code of Conduct. It describes the core principles that govern humanitarian action and asserts the right of populations to protection and assistance. The Charter is followed by minimum standards in five core sectors - water supply and sanitation, nutrition, food aid, shelter and site planning, and health services.
Source/publisher: The Sphere Project, http://www.sphereproject.org
Date of entry/update: 2010-07-18
Grouping: Websites/Multiple Documents
Language: English
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Title: Supporting IDP resistance strategies
Description: "...Whether in hiding or living under military control, displaced villagers of Karen State and other areas of rural Burma have shown themselves to be innovative and courageous in responding to and resisting military abuse. They urgently need increased assistance but it is they who should determine the direction of any such intervention. This article, co-authored by two KHRG staff members, appears in issue number 30 of the journal Forced Migration Review (FMR), issued in April 2008 and is available on both the KHRG and FMR websites..."
Source/publisher: Karen Human Right Group Articles & Papers (KHRG #2008-W1)
Date of publication: 2008-04-23
Date of entry/update: 2009-11-25
Grouping: Individual Documents
Language: English
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