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The right to humanitarian assistance in natural and human-made disasters: progress and challenges for an emerging international legal framework
| dc.check.date | 10000-01-01 | |
| dc.check.embargoformat | E-thesis on CORA only | en |
| dc.check.entireThesis | Entire Thesis Restricted | |
| dc.check.info | Restricted to everyone indefinitely | en |
| dc.check.opt-out | Yes | en |
| dc.check.reason | This thesis is due for publication or the author is actively seeking to publish this material | en |
| dc.contributor.advisor | Mullally, Siobhan | en |
| dc.contributor.author | Cubie, Dug | |
| dc.contributor.funder | Irish Research Council | en |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2014-02-10T11:57:01Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2013 | |
| dc.date.submitted | 2013 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Natural and human-made disasters cause on average 120,000 deaths and over US$140 billion in damage to property and infrastructure every year, with national, regional and international actors consistently responding to the humanitarian imperative to alleviate suffering wherever it may be found. Despite various attempts to codify international disaster laws since the 1920s, a right to humanitarian assistance remains contested, reflecting concerns regarding the relative importance of state sovereignty vis-à-vis individual rights under international law. However, the evolving acquis humanitaire of binding and non-binding normative standards for responses to humanitarian crises highlights the increasing focus on rights and responsibilities applicable in disasters; although the International Law Commission has also noted the difficulty of identifying lex lata and lex ferenda regarding the protection of persons in the event of disasters due to the “amorphous state of the law relating to international disaster response.” Therefore, using the conceptual framework of transnational legal process, this thesis analyses the evolving normative frameworks and standards for rights-holders and duty-bearers in disasters. Determining the process whereby rights are created and evolve, and their potential internalisation into domestic law and policy, provides a powerful analytical framework for examining the progress and challenges of developing accountable responses to major disasters. | en |
| dc.description.sponsorship | Irish Research Council (Government of Ireland Postgraduate Scholarship) | en |
| dc.description.status | Not peer reviewed | en |
| dc.description.version | Accepted Version | |
| dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | en |
| dc.identifier.citation | Cubie, D. A. 2013. The right to humanitarian assistance in natural and human-made disasters: progress and challenges for an emerging international legal framework. PhD Thesis, University College Cork. | en |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10468/1375 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en |
| dc.publisher | University College Cork | en |
| dc.rights | © 2013, Douglas A. Cubie. | en |
| dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ | en |
| dc.subject | Disasters | en |
| dc.subject | Humanitarian | en |
| dc.subject | Law | en |
| dc.subject | Humanitarian assistance | en |
| dc.subject.lcsh | Disaster relief--Law and legislation | en |
| dc.subject.lcsh | Emergency management -- Law and legislation | en |
| dc.thesis.opt-out | true | |
| dc.title | The right to humanitarian assistance in natural and human-made disasters: progress and challenges for an emerging international legal framework | en |
| dc.type | Doctoral thesis | en |
| dc.type.qualificationlevel | Doctoral | en |
| dc.type.qualificationname | PhD (Law) | en |
