Lia Brazil
Biographic Data
| ID | 1626982 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Lia Brazil |
| GIVEN NAMES | Lia |
| FAMILY NAME | Brazil |
| SIGNATURE | BRAZIL L |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Oxford |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-5793-4336 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 3 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Women Prisoners and the Limits of Humanitarian Intervention
In 1921 the international conference of the Red Cross movement passed a resolution expanding its remit to encompass humanitarian intervention in civil wars on behalf of detainees. Buoyed by successes in post-war Eastern Europe, delegates hoped that Red Cross expertise could override state sovereignty and uphold international conventions in the interest of the individual. These efforts were met with resistance and the resolution has been viewed as…
Transnational Appeals for Humanitarian Intervention in Europe’s Civil – and Imperial – Wars
This article examines transnational appeals for humanitarian intervention to the League of Nations and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in the aftermath of the First World War, focusing on conflicts in Ireland, Montenegro and the Rif (Morocco). It analyses how participants and international organisations strategically framed these conflicts, often shifting between designations of ‘civil war’ and ‘imperial war’ to solicit or def…
Saving 'Ireland's children
This article focuses on the Irish White Cross, a little-known voluntary organisation that through its Children's Relief Association provided support to children who had lost their ‘breadwinner’ during Ireland's struggle for independence. In 1921 American fundraisers drew up plans for relief in Ireland as humanitarian largesse spread in the aftermath of the First World War. This international context provides a framework for this article as it cha…
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Saving 'Ireland's children
This article focuses on the Irish White Cross, a little-known voluntary organisation that through its Children's Relief Association provided support to children who had lost their ‘breadwinner’ during Ireland's struggle for independence. In 1921 American fundraisers drew up plans for relief in Ireland as humanitarian largesse spread in the aftermath of the First World War. This international context provides a framework for this article as it cha…
Women Prisoners and the Limits of Humanitarian Intervention
In 1921 the international conference of the Red Cross movement passed a resolution expanding its remit to encompass humanitarian intervention in civil wars on behalf of detainees. Buoyed by successes in post-war Eastern Europe, delegates hoped that Red Cross expertise could override state sovereignty and uphold international conventions in the interest of the individual. These efforts were met with resistance and the resolution has been viewed as…
Transnational Appeals for Humanitarian Intervention in Europe’s Civil – and Imperial – Wars
This article examines transnational appeals for humanitarian intervention to the League of Nations and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in the aftermath of the First World War, focusing on conflicts in Ireland, Montenegro and the Rif (Morocco). It analyses how participants and international organisations strategically framed these conflicts, often shifting between designations of ‘civil war’ and ‘imperial war’ to solicit or def…
History (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Historical and Contemporary Political Dynamics (2 works) · Irish (2 works) · Medicine (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · Spanish Civil War (2 works) · World War II (2 works) · Ancient history (1 work)