Traditions, Values, and Humanitarian Action

by Cahill, Kevin M.

• ISBN13: 9780823222889
• ISBN10: 0823222888
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-09-01
• Publisher: Fordham University Press

Summary

This third volume in the pioneering series, International Humanitarian Affairs, goes beyond the practical to address fundamental questions at the heart of humanitarian actions. How do different religious, cultural, and social systems--and the values they support--shape humanitarian action? What are the bases of caring societies? Are there universal values for human well-being? International experts come face to face with the assumptions about human dignity and social justice that guide efforts to rescue and repair communities in crisis. The original essays explore mandates for humanitarian action in religious traditions, and codes of conduct for the media, military, medicine, and the academy in relief efforts. They explore threats to human welfare from terrorism and gender exploitation and assess international law, the media, and the politics of civil society in a world of war, conflict, and strife. The contributors: Kofi Annan, Avery Cardinal Dulles, S.J., Rabbi Harlan J. Wechsler, H.R.H. Prince El Hassan Bin Talal, Francis Mading Deng, Maj. Gen. Timothy Cross, Joseph O' Hare, S.J., Tom Brokaw, Eoin O'Brien, M.D., Jan Eliasson, Timothy Harding, M.D., Paul Wilkinson, Larry Hollingworth, Nancy Ely-Raphel, John Feerick, Michael Veuthey, Edward Mortimer, Kathleen Newland, Peter Tarnoff, Richard Falk, and the editor.

Author Biography

Kevin M. Cahill, M.D. is Director of the Institute of International Humanitarian Affairs at Fordham University and President of the Center for International Health and Cooperation in New York City. á He edited Basics of Humanitarian Missions and International Relief Operations, the first books in this series.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	xi
A Message from the UN Secretary-General	xiii
H.E. Kofi Annan
Introduction	xv
Kevin M. Cahill, M.D.
Foundations	1	(186)
PART 1
1. Christianity and Humanitarian Action	5	(16)
Avery Cardinal Dulles, S.J.
2. For the Sake of My Kin and Friends: Traditions, Values, and Humanitarian Action in Judaism	21	(20)
Rabbi Harlan J. Wechsler
3. Strategies for Disagreement	41	(12)
H.R.H. Prince El Hassan bin Talal
4. The World of the Dinka: A Portrait of a Threatened Culture	53	(32)
Ambassador Francis Mading Deng
PART 2
5. Military Values and Traditions	85	(28)
Major General Timothy Cross, CBE, FCTT, FILT
6. The Academy and Humanitarian Action	113	(10)
Joseph A. O'Hare, S.J.
7. Is Any News Good News?	123	(13)
Tom Brokave
8. Human Rights and the Making of a Good Doctor	136	(19)
Eoin O'Brien, M.D.
PART 3
9. Immigration in Europe: Promise or Peril?	155	(36)
Ambassador Jan Eliasson
Fault Lines	187	(136)
PART 4
10. Torture	191	(21)
Timothy W. Harding, M.D.
11. Terrorism: The Concept	212	(14)
Professor Paul Wilkinson
12. Terrorism: Theory and Reality	226	(16)
Larry Hollingworth
13. Gender Exploitation	242	(19)
Ambassador Nancy Ely Raphel
PART 5
14. Balancing National Security and Civil Liberties	261	(15)
Professor John D. Feerick
15. Disregarding the Geneva Conventions on the Protection of War Victims	276	(29)
Michel Veuthey
16. Media: Prism or Mirror	305	(4)
Edward Mortimer
17. International Migration: At the Boiling Point	309	(18)
Kathleen Newland
Corrections	323	(46)
PART 6
18. Government Responses to Fault Lines	327	(17)
Peter Tarnoff
19. Reviving Global Civil Society After September 11	344	(25)
Richard Falk
Appendix	369	(14)
Chapter Notes and References	383	(54)
The Center for International Health and Cooperation and the Institute of International Humanitarian Affairs	437	(2)
About the Authors	439	(4)
Index	443