Gab Park, Ki Keywords: DisasteNatural disasteInternational crises | Humanitarian assistance | Armed conflicts | Victims | International protection | International humanitarian law | Responsibility to protect | Mots clefs: ABSTRACT The notion of disaster, in the context of this course, is taken in a broad sense, taking the definitions proposed by the Institute of International Law and by the Research Centre for International Law in The Hague. The course is divided into two themes of study, disasters in peacetime and disasters…

Morse, Bradford Keywords: Disaste | Humanitarian assistance | Natural disaste International humanitarian law | Mots clefs: Catastrophes | Intervention humanitaire | Catastrophes naturelles | ABSTRACT Bradford Morse, Administrator of United Nations Development Program UNDP, examines in his course the practice of international humanitarian relief operations, the norms applicable to the operations, and reform in the operations. After a review of the Geneva Conventions and the practice of the International Red Cross, the au…