The right to humanitarian assistance in natural and human-made disasters: progress and challenges for an emerging international legal framework

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dc.contributor.advisorMullally, Siobhanen
dc.contributor.authorCubie, Dug
dc.contributor.funderIrish Research Councilen
dc.date.accessioned2014-02-10T11:57:01Z
dc.date.issued2013
dc.date.submitted2013
dc.description.abstractNatural 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.sponsorshipIrish Research Council (Government of Ireland Postgraduate Scholarship)en
dc.description.statusNot peer revieweden
dc.description.versionAccepted Version
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.citationCubie, 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.endpage295
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10468/1375
dc.language.isoenen
dc.provenance05.03.26 email from author with pdf of Full Text thesis
dc.publisherUniversity College Corken
dc.rights© 2013, Douglas A. Cubie.en
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/en
dc.subjectDisastersen
dc.subjectHumanitarianen
dc.subjectLawen
dc.subjectHumanitarian assistanceen
dc.subject.lcshDisaster relief--Law and legislationen
dc.subject.lcshEmergency management -- Law and legislationen
dc.titleThe right to humanitarian assistance in natural and human-made disasters: progress and challenges for an emerging international legal frameworken
dc.typeDoctoral thesisen
dc.type.qualificationlevelDoctoralen
dc.type.qualificationnamePhD (Law)en
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