Institute for Peacekeeping Law and International Humanitarian Law
The Institute for Peacekeeping Law and International Humanitarian Law (IFHV) at the Ruhr University Bochum is one of the leading research institutes in the fields of international humanitarian law and humanitarian studies in Europe.
It was founded in 1988 on the initiative of Knut Ipsen , the then rector of the Ruhr-Universität Bochum, with the aim of researching international conflicts and developing solutions for these conflicts. The research carried out at the IFHV is interdisciplinary. The focus of the research approach is legal and social science .
In addition, the institute offers academic and professional training for the next generation of humanitarian workers. In practice, this is done in particular with the help of the Joint Master's Program in International Humanitarian Action, which is part of the European University Network on Humanitarian Assistance (NOHA).
The institute has been headed by Pierre Thielbörger since 2014 . The institute currently employs around 25 scientific and student employees and looks after around 10 doctoral students.
The following professors are currently involved in the work of the IFHV:
- Dennis Dijkzeul (IFHV);
- Horst Fischer (IFHV);
- Hans-Joachim Heintze (IFHV);
- Pierre Thielbörger (IFHV & Faculty of Law; Managing Director);
- Markus Kaltenborn (Faculty of Law);
- Adelheid Puttler (Faculty of Law);
- Ludger Pries (Faculty of Social Science);
- Stefan Wohnlich (Faculty of Geosciences);
- Michael Wilhelm (Faculty of Medicine).
research
The research program is based on four pillars:
- Long-term research projects that often lead to academic book publications such as monographs and compilations;
- Research seminars, international conferences and summer schools;
- Postdoctoral research;
- PhD research.
Some key current and past research areas of the institute include:
- Questions of international and non-international armed conflict ;
- the right to water in armed conflict;
- Climate change and humanitarian aid ;
- Questions in the area of minority rights and the right to self-determination ;
- Problems of international organizations in the implementation of humanitarian aid operations .
NOHA master
The European University Network on Humanitarian Assistance (NOHA) is an international association of universities with the aim of improving professional qualifications in the field of humanitarian aid by promoting humanitarian values in higher education. His flagship project, the Joint Master's Program in International Humanitarian Action, was launched in 1993. The participating European partner universities were in 2015:
- Université catholique de Louvain (Belgium);
- University of Copenhagen (Denmark);
- Ruhr University Bochum (Germany);
- University of Aix-Marseille (France);
- University College Dublin (Ireland);
- University of Pavia (Italy);
- Vilnius University (Lithuania);
- University of Malta (Malta);
- University of Groningen (Netherlands);
- University of Warsaw (Poland);
- Uppsala University (Sweden);
- Universidad de Deusto (Spain).
The NOHA Master has the status of an Erasmus Mundus program , so that the European Union supports outstanding third-country nationals through the award of scholarships. Students and lecturers of the NOHA Masters are part of a global network of universities that deal with the issues of humanitarian aid:
- Monash University (Melbourne, Australia)
- Bangalore University (India)
- Gadjah Mada University (Yogyakarta, Indonesia)
- Universidad Javeriana (Bogotá, Colombia)
- Saint Joseph University (Beirut, Lebanon)
- University of the Western Cape (Cape Town, South Africa)
- Columbia University (New York, United States)
The NOHA Master at IFHV enjoys broad support from various actors. These include the International Committee of the Red Cross and the German Red Cross , the European Union, the European Inter-University Center for Human Rights and Democratization (EIUC) in Venice, many non-governmental organizations in the field of humanitarian aid, intergovernmental organizations and the broader international one humanitarian community.
Publications
The institute maintains a number of regularly published series of scientific publications that address both fundamental topics and current issues in humanitarian studies and international humanitarian law .
Humanitarian international law - information documents (HuV-I)
This is the leading German specialist journal for research in the field of international humanitarian law, human rights and peacekeeping law . The magazine is published quarterly by the IFHV in cooperation with the German Red Cross.
Bochum faxes ("Bofaxe")
Bofaxe are devoted to current events that are related to international humanitarian law. Due to their size of no more than one page, they are a good instrument for providing condensed analyzes of international humanitarian law issues. They offer both respected experts and younger junior researchers the opportunity to publish their research-based assessment of developments in international law in a nutshell.
IFHV Working Papers
The IFHV and the Ruhr University Bochum have been publishing the IFHV Working Papers series since 2010 . This offers scientists the opportunity to draw the attention of a larger readership to their academic work on humanitarian issues.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://www.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/ifhv/2-research/2-index.html
- ↑ Archive link ( Memento of the original from January 21, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Archive link ( Memento of the original from January 21, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Archive link ( Memento of the original from January 21, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ http://www.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/ifhv/6-publications/6-huvi-index.html
- ↑ http://www.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/ifhv/6-publications/6-bofaxe.html
- ↑ http://www.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/ifhv/6-publications/6-workingpapers.html
