Introduction

Hans Joachim Heintze; Andrej Zwitter

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Introduction

Hans Joachim Heintze^*, Andrej Zwitter

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The field of Humanitarian Assistance has become increasingly complex in every aspect. Since the end of the cold war one can observe multiple changes-increase in humanitarian action, increased number and variation of humanitarian actors, proliferation of tasks between different actors (e.g. militaries as relief and developmental actors), professionalization of relief aid, etc. Bluntly speaking, the times when the Red Cross and States were the only humanitarian actors and when international humanitarian law alone was sufficiently covering emergency situations, are long gone.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	International Law and Humanitarian Assistance
Subtitle of host publication	A Crosscut Through Legal Issues Pertaining to Humanitarianism
Publisher	Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Pages	1-5
Number of pages	5
ISBN (Electronic)	978-3-642-16455-2
ISBN (Print)	978-3-642-16454-5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-16455-2_1
Publication status	Published - 1-Dec-2011

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