Archives: Glossary Terms

(common Article 3)International Law
(customary IHL)International Law
© ICRCInternational Law
1202 Geneva, SwitzerlandInternational Relations & Diplomacy
Abraham AccordsInternational Relations & Diplomacy
Absolute gainsInternational Relations & Diplomacy
AccelerationPeace & Security
Acceptable RiskHumanitarian Action
AccountabilityCivil Society & Advocacy
AdaptationSustainable Development
Additional Protocol IInternational Law
Additional Protocol IIInternational Law
Additional Protocol IIIInternational Law
AdvocacyHumanitarian Action
African Continental Free Trade AreaInternational Relations & Diplomacy
African Monetary Union (AMU)International Relations & Diplomacy
African Union (AU)International Relations & Diplomacy
AftershockPeace & Security
Agenda for ProtectionHumanitarian Action
AlertHumanitarian Action
AmnestyInternational Law
AnarchyInternational Relations & Diplomacy
AnnexationInternational Law
AnocracyPeace & Security
AnthropocentrismSustainable Development
anti-personnel landminePeace & Security
apartheidInternational Relations & Diplomacy
ArbitrationPeace & Security
Armed ConflictPeace & Security
Armed GroupPeace & Security
Arms ControlPeace & Security
Arms EmbargoPeace & Security
Arms RacePeace & Security
ASEAN WayInternational Relations & Diplomacy
AssessmentHumanitarian Action
AssimilationCivil Society & Advocacy
AssistanceHumanitarian Action
Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)International Relations & Diplomacy
AsylumInternational Law
Asylum-SeekerInternational Law
Asymmetrical developmentSustainable Development
AuthorityPeace & Security
AutocracyPeace & Security
AvalanchePeace & Security
Balance of powerInternational Relations & Diplomacy
BandwagoningInternational Relations & Diplomacy
Bangkok Declaration on Human RightsInternational Relations & Diplomacy
Beijing ConsensusInternational Relations & Diplomacy
Belt and Road InitiativeInternational Relations & Diplomacy
Bilateral Aid/AssistanceInternational Relations & Diplomacy
Billiard ball modelInternational Relations & Diplomacy
Biological DisasterHumanitarian Action
Biological HazardHumanitarian Action
Biological WeaponsPeace & Security
BipolarityInternational Relations & Diplomacy
BourgeoisieInternational Relations & Diplomacy
BrazilificationInternational Relations & Diplomacy
Bretton Woods SystemInternational Relations & Diplomacy
Buck passingInternational Relations & Diplomacy
Buffer stateInternational Relations & Diplomacy
Bush doctrineInternational Relations & Diplomacy
bystander (non-legal)Humanitarian Action
CapacityHumanitarian Action
Capacity BuildingSustainable Development
CapitalismInternational Relations & Diplomacy
Carter DoctrineInternational Relations & Diplomacy
Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF)Humanitarian Action
CessionInternational Law
Chain GangingInternational Relations & Diplomacy
chain of consequences (non-legal)Peace & Security
ChauvinismInternational Relations & Diplomacy
Chemical AccidentHumanitarian Action
Chemical WeaponsPeace & Security
childInternational Law
Child SoldierInternational Law
Civil DefencePeace & Security
Civil Military Coordination (CMCoord)Humanitarian Action
Civil SocietyCivil Society & Advocacy
Civil WarPeace & Security
civilianInternational Law
civilian objectInternational Law
Civilian PersonnelPeace & Security
Civilian PopulationsInternational Law
Clash of CivilisationsInternational Relations & Diplomacy
Class conflictPeace & Security
Classical realismInternational Relations & Diplomacy
Cleft CountriesPeace & Security
Climate ChangeSustainable Development
Climate Change DenialCivil Society & Advocacy
Clinton DoctrineInternational Relations & Diplomacy
Closed CampHumanitarian Action
ClusterHumanitarian Action
Cluster ApproachHumanitarian Action
Cluster BombsPeace & Security
Cluster LeadsHumanitarian Action
cluster munition (including ‘cluster bomb’)Peace & Security
CNN FactorInternational Relations & Diplomacy
Co-ExistencePeace & Security
Cobweb ModelInternational Relations & Diplomacy
code (non-legal)International Law
Code of ConductHumanitarian Action
CoercionPeace & Security
Cold WarInternational Relations & Diplomacy
Cold WaveHumanitarian Action
collateral damageInternational Law
ColonialismInternational Relations & Diplomacy
CombatantInternational Law
command responsibilityInternational Law
Commercial Peace TheoryPeace & Security
common Article 3International Law
Common Country Assessment (CCA)Sustainable Development
Common Humanitarian Action Plan (CHAP)Humanitarian Action
CommunismInternational Relations & Diplomacy
Communitarian ViewInternational Relations & Diplomacy
Community-Based ApproachHumanitarian Action
companies, non-governmental organizations andInternational Relations & Diplomacy
Complex EmergencyHumanitarian Action
Complex InterdependenceInternational Relations & Diplomacy
ConciliationPeace & Security
confidentiality (non-legal)Humanitarian Action
ConflictPeace & Security
Conflict AnalysisPeace & Security
Conflict PreventionPeace & Security
Conflict ResolutionPeace & Security
Conflict TransformationPeace & Security
ConquestInternational Law
consequence (non-legal)International Relations & Diplomacy
Consolidated AppealHumanitarian Action
Consolidated Appeals Process (CAP)Humanitarian Action
ConstructivismInternational Relations & Diplomacy
ContainmentInternational Relations & Diplomacy
Contingency PlanningHumanitarian Action
ConventionsInternational Law
Coping CapacityHumanitarian Action
Core StatesInternational Relations & Diplomacy
CorruptionPeace & Security
CosmocracyInternational Relations & Diplomacy
crime of aggressionInternational Law
Crimes against HumanityInternational Law
crimes against peaceInternational Law
Critical FacilitiesSustainable Development
Crop FailureSustainable Development
Cultural BacklashInternational Relations & Diplomacy
Cultural FlatteningInternational Relations & Diplomacy
Cultural GlobalisationInternational Relations & Diplomacy
Cultural HomogenisationInternational Relations & Diplomacy
Cultural ImperialismInternational Relations & Diplomacy
custom (non-legal)International Relations & Diplomacy
customary IHLInternational Law
Customary International LawInternational Law
CyberwarfarePeace & Security
CycloneHumanitarian Action
Damage ClassificationHumanitarian Action
Days of ImmunizationHumanitarian Action
Days of TranquillityHumanitarian Action
DDR(R)Peace & Security
De FactoInternational Law
De JureInternational Law
De Lege FerendaInternational Law
De Lege LataInternational Law
Declaration of DisasterHumanitarian Action
Defensive realismInternational Relations & Diplomacy
Dell Theory of Conflict PreventionPeace & Security
Democratic Peace TheoryPeace & Security
Dependency CultureHumanitarian Action
Dependency TheoryInternational Relations & Diplomacy
DestructionInternational Law
Development Assistance for Refugees (DAR)Humanitarian Action
Development through Local Integration (DLI)Humanitarian Action
DiplomacyInternational Relations & Diplomacy
Diplomatic ImmunityInternational Relations & Diplomacy
DisasterHumanitarian Action
Disaster LegislationInternational Law
Disaster ManagementHumanitarian Action
Disaster MitigationHumanitarian Action
Disaster PreparednessHumanitarian Action
Disaster PreventionHumanitarian Action
Disaster ResponseHumanitarian Action
Disaster RiskHumanitarian Action
Disaster Risk ManagementHumanitarian Action
Disaster Risk ReductionHumanitarian Action
Disaster Risk Reduction PlansHumanitarian Action
Disaster TeamHumanitarian Action
Disease ControlHumanitarian Action
displaced personHumanitarian Action
DisplacementHumanitarian Action
Double StandardsInternational Relations & Diplomacy
DovesPeace & Security
DroughtSustainable Development
Dry SpellSustainable Development
Dust Storm (Sand Storm)Sustainable Development
Dyadic PeacePeace & Security
Early ActionPeace & Security
Early WarningHumanitarian Action
Early Warning SystemHumanitarian Action
Earth FlowSustainable Development
EarthquakePeace & Security
Earthquake SwarmSustainable Development
EcocentrismSustainable Development
Economic GlobalisationInternational Relations & Diplomacy
El NiñoSustainable Development
EmergencyHumanitarian Action
emergency (non-legal)Humanitarian Action
Emergency ManagementHumanitarian Action
Emergency ReliefHumanitarian Action
Emergency Relief Coordinator (ERC)Humanitarian Action
Emergency Response Fund (ERF)Humanitarian Action
Emergency ServicesHumanitarian Action
Emerging powerInternational Relations & Diplomacy
EmpowermentCivil Society & Advocacy
Enclosed CampHumanitarian Action
enforcementInternational Law
Entry into ForceInternational Law
Environmental DegradationSustainable Development
Environmental Impact AssessmentSustainable Development
EpicentrePeace & Security
Epidemic(s)Humanitarian Action
Erga OmnesInternational Law
ethical dilemma (non-legal)Humanitarian Action
Ethnic CleansingPeace & Security
EvaluationHumanitarian Action
ExploitationInternational Relations & Diplomacy
explosive remnants of warPeace & Security
Explosive Remnants of War (ERW)Peace & Security
Extra-Tropical CycloneSustainable Development
Facts on the GroundInternational Relations & Diplomacy
Failed StatePeace & Security
Failing StatePeace & Security
Family ReunificationHumanitarian Action
FamineHumanitarian Action
FederalismInternational Relations & Diplomacy
fighter (non-legal)International Law
Financial Tracking Service (FTS)Humanitarian Action
FireHumanitarian Action
First AidHumanitarian Action
Flash AppealHumanitarian Action
Flash FloodHumanitarian Action
FloodHumanitarian Action
Food InsecurityHumanitarian Action
Food SecuritySustainable Development
ForecastHumanitarian Action
ForeshockPeace & Security
Forest/Grassland FireSustainable Development
Four FreedomsInternational Relations & Diplomacy
four Geneva ConventionsInternational Law
Framework AgreementPeace & Security
FunctionalismInternational Relations & Diplomacy
FundamentalismPeace & Security
Funding CommitmentHumanitarian Action
G2International Relations & Diplomacy
G20International Relations & Diplomacy
G4International Relations & Diplomacy
G5International Relations & Diplomacy
G7International Relations & Diplomacy
Game TheoryInternational Relations & Diplomacy
Gap AnalysisHumanitarian Action
Gaza StripPeace & Security
Gender-Based ViolenceHumanitarian Action
Geneva ConventionsInternational Law
Geneva Conventions and Additional ProtocolsInternational Law
GenocideInternational Law
Geographic Information System (GIS) MappingHumanitarian Action
Geographic Information Systems (GIS)Humanitarian Action
Geological HazardSustainable Development
GLIDE NumberHumanitarian Action
Global Acute Malnutrition (GAM)Humanitarian Action
Global CommonsInternational Law
Global GovernanceInternational Relations & Diplomacy
Global Humanitarian Assistance (GHA)Humanitarian Action
Global Humanitarian Platform (GHP)Humanitarian Action
GlobalisationInternational Relations & Diplomacy
GlossaryHumanitarian Action
Glossary GHumanitarian Action
Golden Arches TheoryInternational Relations & Diplomacy
Good GovernanceSustainable Development
Good Humanitarian Donorship (GHD)Humanitarian Action
Good PracticeHumanitarian Action
governmental authorities and organized armedInternational Law
grave breaches of IHLInternational Law
Great PowerInternational Relations & Diplomacy
GridlockInternational Relations & Diplomacy
Gross Violations of Human Rights and Fundamental FreedomsInternational Law
Guantanamo BayInternational Relations & Diplomacy
Guiding Principles on Internal DisplacementHumanitarian Action
Hard PowerInternational Relations & Diplomacy
HawksInternational Relations & Diplomacy
HazardHumanitarian Action
Hazard MappingHumanitarian Action
Heat WaveHumanitarian Action
Hegemonic Stability TheoryInternational Relations & Diplomacy
HegemonyInternational Relations & Diplomacy
Hierarchy of StatesInternational Relations & Diplomacy
HIV/AIDSHumanitarian Action
Horizontal Nuclear ProliferationPeace & Security
hors de combatInternational Law
Host CommunitiesHumanitarian Action
Human Development Index (HDI)Sustainable Development
human dignity (non-legal)International Law
Human RightsInternational Law
Human Rights LawInternational Law
Human SecurityPeace & Security
Humanitarian AccessHumanitarian Action
humanitarian act (non-legal)Humanitarian Action
Humanitarian ActionHumanitarian Action
Humanitarian AssistanceHumanitarian Action
Humanitarian CoordinationHumanitarian Action
Humanitarian EngagementHumanitarian Action
Humanitarian Information Centres (HIC)Humanitarian Action
Humanitarian InterventionPeace & Security
Humanitarian Operating EnvironmentHumanitarian Action
Humanitarian OperationsHumanitarian Action
Humanitarian PrinciplesHumanitarian Action
Humanitarian ReformHumanitarian Action
Humanitarian WorkerHumanitarian Action
Hydrometeorological HazardsHumanitarian Action
HyperpowerInternational Relations & Diplomacy
IdealismInternational Relations & Diplomacy
immunityInternational Law
ImpartialityHumanitarian Action
impartiality (non-legal)Humanitarian Action
ImperialismInternational Relations & Diplomacy
implementationInternational Law
ImpunityInternational Law
In-Kind ContributionsHumanitarian Action
independence (non-legal)Humanitarian Action
IndicatorHumanitarian Action
indiscriminate attacksInternational Law
indiscriminate weaponsInternational Law
Information Management (IM)Humanitarian Action
Insect InfestationHumanitarian Action
Institutional Peace TheoryPeace & Security
Integrated ApproachSustainable Development
Intended Nationally Determined ContributionsInternational Relations & Diplomacy
Inter-Agency Standing Committee (IASC)Humanitarian Action
Intergovernmental Organization (IGO)International Relations & Diplomacy
Internal DisplacementHumanitarian Action
internal disturbancesPeace & Security
internal tensionsPeace & Security
internally displaced personsHumanitarian Action
Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs)Humanitarian Action
international and non-international armed conflictsInternational Law
International Bill of Human RightsInternational Law
International Court of Justice (ICJ)International Law
International Criminal Court (ICC)International Law
International Criminal TribunalsInternational Law
International Humanitarian Law (IHL)International Law
International LawInternational Law
International Monetary Fund (IMF)International Relations & Diplomacy
International ProtectionInternational Law
International Refugee LawInternational Law
InterventionInternational Relations & Diplomacy
Intervention can includePeace & Security
Intra LegemInternational Law
Ipso FactoInternational Law
Iron CurtainInternational Relations & Diplomacy
IsolationismInternational Relations & Diplomacy
Joint ProgrammingSustainable Development
Juria Jus Non OriturInternational Law
Jus ad BellumInternational Law
Jus CogensInternational Law
Jus GentiumInternational Law
Jus in BelloInternational Law
Jus Inter GentesInternational Law
Jus SoliInternational Law
Justice, 1996Peace & Security
Kyoto ProtocolInternational Law
LandslideSustainable Development
Last ResortPeace & Security
LegitimacyInternational Relations & Diplomacy
legitimate military targetInternational Law
Lesson LearnedHumanitarian Action
levée en massePeace & Security
Liberal DemocracyInternational Relations & Diplomacy
LiberalismInternational Relations & Diplomacy
LifelinesHumanitarian Action
Lisbon TreatyInternational Relations & Diplomacy
LivelihoodsSustainable Development
Local IntegrationHumanitarian Action
Locust ControlSustainable Development
LogisticsHumanitarian Action
Long Cycle TheoryInternational Relations & Diplomacy
Maastricht TreatyInternational Relations & Diplomacy
Madman theoryInternational Relations & Diplomacy
Main ShockPeace & Security
MalnutritionHumanitarian Action
MandateInternational Relations & Diplomacy
Martens ClauseInternational Law
means of warfareInternational Law
MediationPeace & Security
mercenaryInternational Law
methods of warfareInternational Law
Military AssistanceHumanitarian Action
military necessityInternational Law
military objectiveInternational Law
militiaPeace & Security
Millennium DeclarationInternational Relations & Diplomacy
Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)Sustainable Development
Mine ActionHumanitarian Action
MinesPeace & Security
Minimum Necessary ForcePeace & Security
missing person (non-legal)Humanitarian Action
MitigationHumanitarian Action
Modernisation TheorySustainable Development
Monadic PeacePeace & Security
MonitoringHumanitarian Action
MonsoonSustainable Development
Montreal ProtocolSustainable Development
MovementHumanitarian Action
Movement (Movement) – (non-legal)Humanitarian Action
MudflowSustainable Development
MudslideHumanitarian Action
Multilateral Aid/ AssistanceHumanitarian Action
MultilateralismInternational Relations & Diplomacy
MultipolarityInternational Relations & Diplomacy
murder, enslavement, deportation, imprisonment,International Law
Mutually Assured Destruction (MAD)Peace & Security
NationInternational Relations & Diplomacy
National IdentityInternational Relations & Diplomacy
Natural DisasterHumanitarian Action
Natural HazardsHumanitarian Action
NegotiationPeace & Security
NeocolonialismInternational Relations & Diplomacy
NeoconservatismInternational Relations & Diplomacy
NeofunctionalismInternational Relations & Diplomacy
NeoliberalismInternational Relations & Diplomacy
NeorealismInternational Relations & Diplomacy
neutrality (non-legal)Humanitarian Action
New WarsPeace & Security
non-combatantInternational Law
Non-DiscriminationInternational Law
Non-Governmental Organization (NGO)Civil Society & Advocacy
Non-RefoulementInternational Law
non-State actorsInternational Relations & Diplomacy
Non-structural measuresSustainable Development
North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO)Peace & Security
North Atlantic Treaty, Article 4International Relations & Diplomacy
North Atlantic Treaty, Article 5Peace & Security
Nuclear AccidentPeace & Security
Nuclear ProliferationPeace & Security
Obama DoctrineInternational Relations & Diplomacy
occupationInternational Law
Offensive RealismInternational Relations & Diplomacy
Oil SpillSustainable Development
Oslo AccordsPeace & Security
Ottawa Treaty / Ottawa ConventionInternational Law
outlaw (non-legal)International Law
Pacta Sunt ServandaInternational Law
Panda DiplomacyInternational Relations & Diplomacy
Paris AgreementInternational Relations & Diplomacy
Participatory ApproachSustainable Development
Partnership for Peace (PfP)Peace & Security
PeacePeace & Security
Peace-EnforcementPeace & Security
PeacebuildingPeace & Security
Peacekeeping ForcesPeace & Security
Peacekeeping MandatePeace & Security
Peacekeeping Operation (PKO)Peace & Security
PeacemakingPeace & Security
perfidyInternational Law
Peripheral StatesInternational Relations & Diplomacy
persecution (non-legal)Peace & Security
PledgeHumanitarian Action
Plurilateral AgreementInternational Relations & Diplomacy
Political GlobalisationInternational Relations & Diplomacy
Population at RiskHumanitarian Action
PositivismInternational Relations & Diplomacy
Post-Conflict ReconstructionPeace & Security
Post-Conflict TransitionPeace & Security
PostmodernismInternational Relations & Diplomacy
Potable Water (Drinking Water)Humanitarian Action
Power VacuumPeace & Security
Precautionary PrincipleInternational Law
Predatory HegemonInternational Relations & Diplomacy
PreparednessHumanitarian Action
PreventionHumanitarian Action
Preventive DiplomacyPeace & Security
principle of distinctionInternational Law
principle of proportionalityInternational Law
Prisoner of WarInternational Law
Proportional MeansInternational Law
Protected AreasPeace & Security
Protected PersonsInternational Law
ProtectionHumanitarian Action
ProtectorateInternational Relations & Diplomacy
Proxy WarsPeace & Security
Public Awareness RaisingHumanitarian Action
public emergencyPeace & Security
Puppet StateInternational Relations & Diplomacy
racial segregation (non-legal)Civil Society & Advocacy
Reagan DoctrineInternational Relations & Diplomacy
RealismInternational Relations & Diplomacy
RealpolitikInternational Relations & Diplomacy
RecognitionInternational Relations & Diplomacy
ReconciliationPeace & Security
ReconstructionHumanitarian Action
RecoveryHumanitarian Action
RecruitmentInternational Law
RefugeeHumanitarian Action
Refugee CampHumanitarian Action
Refugee LawInternational Law