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  2. Humanitarian principles - Wikipedia

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    The core principles are defining characteristics, the necessary conditions for humanitarian response. Organizations such as military forces and for-profit companies may deliver assistance to communities affected by disaster in order to save lives and alleviate suffering, but they are not considered by the humanitarian sector as humanitarian agencies as their response is not based on the core ...

  3. Humanitarian assistance - Wikipedia

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    Humanitarian actors must be able to act in accordance with humanitarian principles without interference. [10] Voluntary Service: Voluntary service reflects the idea that humanitarian assistance is provided without a desire for gain. It is a humanitarian act provided by organizations and individuals motivated by a desire to help those in need.

  4. Humanitarian protection - Wikipedia

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    Humanitarian protection is the act of promoting and ensuring the legal rights of people affected by humanitarian crises.. The concept of humanitarian protection was established by the 1949 Geneva Conventions and responsibility to ensure protection was mandated to the International Committee of the Red Cross.

  5. Do No Harm - Wikipedia

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    First, do no harm, or in Latin primum non nocere, a medical injunction; Do No Harm: Stories of Life, Death and Brain Surgery, a 2014 book by Henry Marsh; Harm principle, a philosophical concept "Do No Harm" (HR report on Bahrain), a 2011 report by Physicians for Human Rights; Do No Harm (organization), a United States anti-trans advocacy group

  6. Humanitarian aid - Wikipedia

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    Humanitarian aid generally refers to the provision of immediate, short-term relief in crisis situations, such as food, water, shelter, and medical care. Humanitarian assistance, on the other hand, encompasses a broader range of activities, including longer-term support for recovery, rehabilitation, and capacity building.

  7. Military necessity - Wikipedia

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    The judgement of a field commander in battle over military necessity and proportionality is rarely subject to domestic or international legal challenge unless the methods of warfare used by the commander were illegal, as for example was the case with Radislav Krstic who was found guilty as an aider and abettor to genocide by International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia for the ...

  8. Moral Injury: The Recruits - The ... - The Huffington Post

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    Nothing to do with the rightness or wrongness of war.” In recent years, the military has tried to build what it calls “resiliency” into its young warriors. In one Army program, Comprehensive Soldier Fitness, soldiers at every level get annual training in physical and psychological strengthening. The key to absorbing stress and moral ...

  9. Core Humanitarian Standard on Quality and Accountability

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    The Core Humanitarian Standard (CHS) was created with the ambitious goal to provide the entire humanitarian and development sectors with a common reference framework for quality and accountability. Subsequently, many humanitarian and development organisations adopted the Standard and/or expressed their support.