INAF U4090x Humanitarian Affairs Practicum 1.5 pts. This seven-week practicum is designed to give students from a variety of disciplines a background in some of the psychosocial issues associated with fieldwork in the context of complex emergencies. Practitioners from humanitarian aid organizations, public health experts, trauma specialists and managers from international organizations will present sessions focusing on psychosocial issues that confront fieldworkers in conflict settings. SIPA: EPD. SIPA: Human Rights. SIPA: Humanitarian Affairs. SIPA: Short Courses.

INAF U4759y Human Rights Practicum 1 pt. The Human Rights Practicum is a forum where human rights practitioners and academics share with students their professional experiences and insights on the modern development of international human rights law, policy and practice. It plays an important role in the Human Rights Concentration as a means by which students are able to examine current trends in the human rights field and remain informed about the different roles that human rights actors play in a variety of contexts. The Practicum is designed, therefore, to enhance students' abilities to think critically and analytically about current problems and challenges confronting the field, and to do so in the context of a vibrant community of their peers. SIPA: EPD. SIPA: Human Rights. SIPA: Humanitarian Affairs.

INAF U6190x Complex Emergencies: Root Causes to Rebuilding 3 pts. This course forms an introduction to the broader program on humanitarian affairs. We will address the root causes of complex humanitarian emergencies, the practices of humanitarian intervention, the main actors, and the opportunities and dilemmas for rebuilding. We will also discuss the main critiques of humanitarian action and possible alternatives. The course advocates the principle that humanitarian aid should be provided from a (long-term) development perspective? otherwise it can reinforce conflict and exclusion. SIPA: MIA- Interstate Relations. SIPA: EPD. SIPA: Human Rights. SIPA: Intl Org. SIPA: Humanitarian Affairs. SIPA: UN Studies.

INAF U6406x International Response to Landmine Challenge 1.5 pts. The Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-Personnel Mines and on Their Destruction effectively seeks to permanently eliminate landmines. The origins, negotiation, and implementation of this December 1997 international agreement forms the substantive core of this course. The course will continue by examining the operationalization of the Convention. What programs have been implemented and which have proved to be successful? What is the geographic scope of the humanitarian threat posed by landmines in October 2004? What roles are states, international organizations and nongovernmental organizations playing? As a practical example of global humanitarian intervention by the international community, what challenges remain and how best can they be tackled? Finally, how "successful" has the Ottawa Convention been?SIPA: EPD. SIPA: Human Rights. SIPA: Intl Org. SIPA: Humanitarian Affairs. SIPA: UN Studies. SIPA: Short Courses.

INAF U6490y International Humanitarian Law 1 pt. The overall aim of the course is to help students to understand the system of international humanitarian law and to obtain the professional skills and insight to use that knowledge in the context of complex humanitarian operations. Upon completing the course, students should understand the historical development and system of international law applicable in armed conflict situations, be familiar with the basic principles of international humanitarian law applicable to all armed conflicts including the basic rights of those who support victims in wars and conflicts, be able to analyze specifically the law guiding humanitarian operations, understand the rapid development of the law in responding to changes in warfare strategies in tactics and understand basic responses to serious violations of the law. SIPA: EPD. SIPA: Human Rights. SIPA: Humanitarian Affairs. SIPA: UN Studies. SIPA: Short Courses.

INAF U6495y Politics & Practice of Humanitarian Assistance in the New Millennium 1.5 pts. Humanitarian agencies became major players in the intra-state conflicts that characterized the 1990s. However, this prominence also led to critical examination, both from within and outside these agencies. The dilemmas of field workers led to new questions: How can the challenges presented by the fragmentation of state authority be addressed? Is there a way to link relief to development? Is there a relationship between humanitarian assistance and conflict resolution/peace-building activities? How can relief agencies manage their relations with the parties to a conflict? How do human rights and humanitarian aid intersect? The experience of the 1990s has made it clear to humanitarian agencies that technical skills were no longer sufficient - their staff also needed political and analytical skills to navigate in insecure environments. SIPA: EPD. SIPA: Human Rights. SIPA: Humanitarian Affairs.

INAF U6497y Humanitarian Crisis-East Congo 1 pt. The overall aim of the course is to help students to understand the situation in Eastern Congo and how humanitarian organizations intervene. Upon completing this course students should: 1. Understand the historical development and current status of the conflict in Eastern Congo. 2. Be familiar with the basic operations, dilemmas, as well as achievements and shortcomings of several humanitarian NGOs active in Eastern Congo. 3. Understand the breakdown of state or better administrative institutions, in particular the education and health systems. SIPA: Africa. SIPA: EPD. SIPA: Human Rights. SIPA: Humanitarian Affairs. SIPA: UN Studies. SIPA: Short Courses.

INAF U6760y Managing Risk in Natural and other Disasters 3 pts. The aim of this one-semester 3-point course is to provide students with insights and skills they need to respond to and manage 'natural' and man-made disasters during their future professional careers. The course provides a conceptual framework that should allow students to develop and include policies into their future professional activities with the aim to minimize the exposure of people or entire populations to disasters and foster the populations' disaster resilience. SIPA: EPD. SIPA: E&E- Environment Policy. SIPA: Human Rights. SIPA: Humanitarian Affairs.

INAF U8559x Building Peace after Conflict 1.5 pts. This short course traces the outlines of the international community's steep learning curve in addressing the challenges of post-conflict peace building. It will examine some of the early UN and World Bank experiments in restoring nation states, follow the institutional changes meant to build capacity in the field of post-conflict recovery, look at the methodological and funding tools developed to strengthen field operations, and review some case studies illustrating the impact of this evolution.SIPA: EPD. SIPA: Intl Org. SIPA: ICR. SIPA: Humanitarian Affairs. SIPA: Short Courses.

INAF U8738y Peacemaking/Peacekeeping 3 pts.Not offered in 2012-2013. The course will explore the major conceptual and operational transitions which have occurred in the character and responsibilities of UN Peacekeeping over the past 16 years. United Nations Peace Operations have evolved significantly since the end of the Cold War. In 2006 over 90,000 peacekeepers were deployed in 16 missions mostly in Africa and the Middle East. The UN Summit of world leaders in December 2005 adopted the concept of The Responsibility to Protect - a new global norm placing human rights over traditional concepts of sovereignty. Yet the humanitarian and political crisis in Darfur underscores the profound gap between principle and implementation. The Summit also established the UN Peacebuilding Commission reflecting a growing awareness that rebuilding collapsed states will require significant civilian as well as military engagement over a longer timeframe than heretofore envisaged for UN operations. There is also a new willingness to work in partnership with regional organizations. We will conclude the course by assessing the capacity and political will of UN member states to meet these challenges as well as to develop a strengthened response to the nuclear programs of Iran and North Korea and the threat of international terrorism. SIPA: MIA- Interstate Relations. SIPA: EPD. SIPA: Human Rights. SIPA: Intl Org. SIPA: ISP. SIPA: Middle East. SIPA: ICR. SIPA: Humanitarian Affairs. SIPA: UN Studies.

INAF U8882y Practicum on Education in Emergencies 1.5 pts. This course will focus on preparing students to understand the importance of education in the "emergency" settings; to reflect on the ways in which education interfaces with protective or non-protective forces in these settings; and to articulate the best practices and minimum standards for implementing education programming across these settings. SIPA: EPD. SIPA: Humanitarian Affairs. SIPA: Short Courses.

POPF P8620y Protection of Children in Disaster & War 1.5 pts.

This is a Public Health Course. Public Health classes are offered on the Health Services Campus at 168th Street.

For more detailed course information, please go to Mailman School of Public Health Courses website at http://www.mailman.hs.columbia.edu/academics/courses SIPA: EPD. SIPA: Human Rights. SIPA: Humanitarian Affairs. SIPA: Electives.

POPF P8625y Communicable Disease in Complex Emergencies 1.5 pts. This is a Public Health Course. Public Health classes are offered on the Health Services Campus at 168th Street.

For more detailed course information, please go to Mailman School of Public Health Courses website at http://www.mailman.hs.columbia.edu/academics/courses SIPA: USP- Social Policy Track. SIPA: Humanitarian Affairs. SIPA: Electives.

POPF P8639y Gender-based Violence in Complex Emergencies 1.5 pts. This is a Public Health Course. Public Health classes are offered on the Health Services Campus at 168th Street.

For more detailed course information, please go to Mailman School of Public Health Courses website at http://www.mailman.hs.columbia.edu/academics/courses SIPA: EPD. SIPA: USP- Social Policy Track. SIPA: Humanitarian Affairs. SIPA: Electives.

POPF P8642y Program Evaluation in Humanitarian Settings 1.5 pts.

POPF P8648x Food and Nutrition in Complex Emergencies 1.5 pts. This is a Public Health Course. Public Health classes are offered on the Health Services Campus at 168th Street.

For more detailed course information, please go to Mailman School of Public Health Courses website at http://www.mailman.hs.columbia.edu/academics/courses SIPA: EPD. SIPA: Humanitarian Affairs. SIPA: Electives.

POPF P8651y Water and Sanitation in Complex Emergencies 1.5 pts. This is a Public Health Course. Public Health classes are offered on the Health Services Campus at 168th Street.

For more detailed course information, please go to Mailman School of Public Health Courses website at http://www.mailman.hs.columbia.edu/academics/courses SIPA: USP- Social Policy Track. SIPA: Humanitarian Affairs. SIPA: Electives.

POPF P8673y Refugee Reproductive Health 1.5 pts. This is a Public Health Course. Public Health classes are offered on the Health Services Campus at 168th Street.

For more detailed course information, please go to Mailman School of Public Health Courses website at http://www.mailman.hs.columbia.edu/academics/courses SIPA: EPD. SIPA: Human Rights. SIPA: USP- Social Policy Track. SIPA: Gender Policy. SIPA: Humanitarian Affairs. SIPA: Electives.

POPF P8679y Investigative Methods in Complex Emergencies 3 pts.

This is a Public Health Course. Public Health classes are offered on the Health Services Campus at 168th Street.

For more detailed course information, please go to Mailman School of Public Health Courses website at http://www.mailman.hs.columbia.edu/academics/courses SIPA: Human Rights. SIPA: USP- Social Policy Track. SIPA: Humanitarian Affairs. SIPA: Electives.

POPF P8683y Psychosocial and Mental Health Issues in Forced Migration 1.5 pts. This is a Public Health Course. Public Health classes are offered on the Health Services Campus at 168th Street.

For more detailed course information, please go to Mailman School of Public Health Courses website at http://www.mailman.hs.columbia.edu/academics/courses SIPA: Human Rights. SIPA: USP- Urban Policy Track. SIPA: USP- Social Policy Track. SIPA: Humanitarian Affairs. SIPA: Electives.

POPF P8687x Public Health and Humanitarian Action 3 pts. This is a Public Health Course. Public Health classes are offered on the Health Services Campus at 168th Street.

For more detailed course information, please go to Mailman School of Public Health Courses website at http://www.mailman.hs.columbia.edu/academics/courses SIPA: EPD. SIPA: Human Rights. SIPA: Humanitarian Affairs. SIPA: Electives.

POPF P9630y Applying Ethical and Human Rights Practice in Public Health 1-2 pts.

LAW L6459x The Law of Genocide 2 pts. This is a Law School course.

For more detailed course information, please go to the Law School Curriculum Guide at: http://www.law.columbia.edu/courses/search SIPA: Human Rights. SIPA: Humanitarian Affairs. SIPA: Electives.