2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
The Transformation of Humanitarian Space and Counterinsurgency
| Project/Area Number |
26780100
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Research Field |
International relations
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| Research Institution | Kansai University (2016)
Keio University (2015)
Hokkaido University (2014) |
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Principal Investigator |
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| Project Period (FY) |
2014-04-01 – 2017-03-31
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| Keywords | 人道主義 / テロ / 対反乱活動 / 国際人道法 |
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
The present research project analyzed the transformation of humanitarian space and its relationship with counterinsurgency. Before the end of the Cold War, humanitarian space was transformed as a result of some post-colonial conflicts such as the Nigerian civil war. Humanitarian actions were split into two categories: (i) protecting sick and wounded soldiers and civilians and (ii) reporting grave breaches of international humanitarian law. It implies that there is a distinction between legal-discursive humanitarian space and geographical-material humanitarian space. After the end of the Cold War, the development of counterinsurgency operations considerably affected the geographical-material humanitarian space rather than legal-discursive humanitarian space.
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| Free Research Field |
安全保障
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