Information on humanitarian assistance, on the Network on Humanitarian Assistance and on the Institute for International Law of Peace and Armed Conflict
Humanitarian assistance
Humanitarian assistance aims to provide the victims of war, conflict, epidemics and natural disasters with prompt and effective help in the form of food, drinking water, shelter and medical care. Germany’s Federal Government supports aid projects run by the humanitarian agencies of the United Nations, German non-governmental organizations and Red Cross organizations. Within the Federal Government, responsibility for these activities lies with the Federal Foreign Office. In 2008 crisis regions in Africa, Afghanistan and Iraq were the main focus of Germany’s humanitarian aid effort.
The website of the Federal Foreign Office offers extensive information and links on international humanitarian law and humanitarian aid:
Junior professors
Junior professorships were introduced in Germany in 2002 to enable academics in their early thirties to undertake independent research and teaching activities. In a highly competitive environment this new academic career path has made it easier for German institutions of higher education to attract researchers from Germany and abroad. Junior professorships are now well established in German higher education. According to figures from the Federal Ministry of Education and Research, federal funding has helped finance 786 junior professorships to date at 65 universities. Roughly one in seven junior professors come from outside Germany.
Network on Humanitarian Assistance (NOHA)
NOHA is an association of nine universities in Belgium, France, Ireland, the Netherlands, Lithuania, Poland, Spain, Sweden and Germany. The association is represented by the Ruhr-Universität Bochum and supported by the European Union. Through its Erasmus Mundus partnership with universities in Australia, Brazil, Canada, Columbia, Indonesia, Lebanon, South Africa and the United States, NOHA also awards scholarships to help students from non-European countries participate in seminars at its partner universities around the world.
The Network on Humanitarian Assistance offers study programmes leading to an international qualification and provides detailed information about its various training opportunities:
Ruhr-Universität Bochum
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Institute for International Law of Peace and Armed Conflict (IFHV)
The IFHV at the Ruhr-Universität Bochum is involved in two European Master’s degree programmes. Its multidisciplinary Joint European Master in International Humanitarian Action programme has been running since 1993 and is aimed primarily at postgraduates already working or planning to work in the field of humanitarian action. It is organized by NOHA and takes three semesters. The IFHV also regularly participates in exchanges with students and teachers from the European Inter-University Centre for Human Rights and Democratisation (EIUC).
The website provides an overview of the courses, seminars and activities of the Institute for International Law of Peace and Armed Conflict (IFHV) at the Ruhr-Universität Bochum:
Last updated 01.09.2009