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HUMANITARIAN PRINICIPLES

Presented by Jessica and Adedoyin

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What is Humanitarian?

It is defined as being concerned with the condition of man considered solely as a human being, regardless of his values and not affected by any political or military consideration.

WHAT IS HUMANITARIAN PRINCIPLES?

HUMANITARIAN PRINCIPLE DEFINITION

Humanitarian priniciples is reffered to as principles devised to guide the work of relief agencies in conflict, which is alternatively termed 'principles of humanitarian actions.

ORIGINS AND IMPLEMENTATION

ORIGINS AND IMPLEMENTATION

  • It is derived from the core principles which have guided the work of international comittee of the Red Cross and other humanitarian organizations.

  • It is rooted in international humanitarian law(Legal Rules)

  • These principles provide the foundations for humanitarian actions (Behavioural).

  • Its central to establishing and maintaining access to affected people. e.g. natural disaster, armed conflict.

OUR IMPACT

Impact

Key Humanitarian Principles

Key Humanitarian Principles

HUMANITY

IMPARTIALITY

NEUTRALITY

INDEPENDENCE

HUMANITY

  • Human suffering must be addressed wherever it is found.

  • The purpose of the humanitarian action is to protect life and health.

  • To also ensure that there is respect for human beings.

IMPARTIALITY

  • Humanitarian action must be carried out on the basis of need alone
  • They must give priorty to the most urgent cases of distress
  • Humanitarian action must make no distictions on the basis of gender, religious belief, class or political opinions.

NEUTRALITY

  • Humanitairian actors must not take sides in hostilities.

  • Humanitarian actors must not engage in controversies of a political , racial, religious or ideological nature.

INDEPENDENCE

  • Humanitarian action must be autonomous from the political, economic, military or other objectives that any actor may hold with regards to where humanitarian action is being implemented.

Example of Humanitarian Action

Example of Humanitarian Action

YEMEN ISSUES

In March 2015, A saudi-led coalition has been fighting to defeat the Iran-backed Houthis, thus this led to a blockade of the country's border, thereby leading to a dire and deterioriating humantiatrian situation in Yemen, putting the country at a risk of a catastrophic famine.

The UNICEF flew 1.9 million vaccines into war-torn yemen to fight diseases such as mengitits, whooping cough, tuberculosis and diphtheria largely affecting children as well as depositing vessels carrying food, water purification tables and medicines.

REFERENCES

REFERENCES

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OCHA, 2012. Humanitarian Principles. [Online]

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