Introduction&Hans-Joachim Heintze and Andrej Zwitter 1
The Right to Give and Receive Humanitarian Assistance&Heike Spieker 7
Beyond the Red Cross： The Protection of Independent Humanitarian Organizations and Their Staff in International Humanitarian Law&Kate Mackintosh 33
United Nations’ Legal Framework of Humanitarian Assistance&Andrej Zwitter 51
Legal Basis of EU Council Regulation 1257/96 Concerning Humanitarian Aid： Time for Revision？&Morten Broberg 71
Convergence Between Human Rights Law and International Humanitarian Law and the Consequences for the Implementation&Hans-Joachim Heintze 83
Human Rights in UN Peacekeeping Missions： A Framework for Humanitarian Obligations？&Sylvia Maus 103
Towards an International Legal Framework for the Protection of Individuals in the Event of Disasters： An Initial Inquiry&Dabiru Sridhar Patnaik 129