Safe-guarding human rights during the current economic crisis

http://www.ohchr.org/EN/NEWSEVENTS/Pages/GlobalEconomicCrisis.aspx

http://www.amnesty.org/en/news-and-updates/feature-stories/economic-crisis-reveals-deeper-human-rights-problems-20090528

http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,15386060,00.html

http://www.cesr.org/downloads/CESR-Human%20Rights%20and%20the%20Global%20Economic%20Crisis.pdf

http://www.hrw.org/news/2009/01/23/china-economic-crisis-increases-risks-migrant-workers

http://www.manilatimes.net/index.php/news/top-stories/12266-global-aids-funding-cuts-will-affect-millions

http://www.oxfam.org.uk/applications/blogs/pressoffice/2011/11/02/oxfam-predicts-biggest-cuts-in-aid-in-15-years/

Failed States and Somalia as an example

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Failed_state
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_Failed_States_Index
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-14094503
http://www.foreignpolicy.com/failedstates
http://www.fundforpeace.org/global/?q=fsi-grid2011
http://www.globalpolicy.org/nations-a-states/failed-states.html
http://www.economist.com/node/18396240
http://www.wnd.com/2012/01/count-mexico-among-deadly-failed-states/
http://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/57800/sebastian-mallaby/the-reluctant-imperialist-terrorism-failed-states-and-the-case-f
http://www.icrc.org/eng/resources/documents/misc/57jq6u.htm
http://www.gsdrc.org/go/fragile-states/chapter-1--understanding-fragile-states/definitions-and-typologies-of-fragile-states
http://www.gsdrc.org/go/fragile-states/chapter-1--understanding-fragile-states/definitions-and-typologies-of-fragile-states
Somalia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somalia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African_Union_Mission_to_Somalia
http://www.dfid.gov.uk/News/Latest-news/2012/World-must-address-failure-in-Somalia/
http://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/international/countriesandterritories/somalia/index.html
http://blogs.marketwatch.com/thetell/2012/01/13/%E2%80%98failed-state%E2%80%99-somalia-grows-economy/
http://reliefweb.int/node/472308
http://www.ifrc.org/docs/appeals/annual12/SP164SO_LTPF12.pdf
http://www.hiiraan.com/op2/2012/jan/london_conference_somalia_needs_sovereign_and_effective_governance.aspx
http://www.refugeesinternational.org/where-we-work/africa/somalia?gclid=CL2S7Kzg_q0CFYaGDgod90NTt
http://somaliweyn.somaliweyn.org/index.php?Itemid=9&catid=3:english-news&id=261:somalia-current-situation&option=com_content&view=article
http://unpos.unmissions.org/
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-16077642
http://www.economist.com/node/21542457
http://www.voanews.com/english/news/africa/Analysts-Hope-Eritrea-Sanctions-Will-End-Somali-Conflict-135110938.html

Homegrown Terrorism

Given the events in Boston last week you may want take another look at the sources about homegrown terrorism under January 2013 on this blog.

What are the main factors to be weighed when the international community is considering military intervention in response to humanitarian crises?

You need to look at these sources and think about the ideas raised in relation to past and present humanitarian crises and intervention or non-intervention by the international community:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Responsibility_to_protect

http://responsibilitytoprotect.org/ICISS%20Report.pdf

 

Fossil fuel supplies

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323894704578114492856065064.html