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Ethical considerations around the use of humanitarian imagery
Françoise Duroch, Maelle L'Homme
29.11.2022The growth of social media has reduced the world to a “global village” in which images travel fast and far. When they feature vulnerable people, the impact can be disastrous. Starting from a...
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Humanitarian corridors: negotiated exceptions at risk of manipulation
Maelle L'Homme
26.05.2022In the absence of a normative framework, the concept of humanitarian corridor lacks a consistent definition and is highly vulnerable to political interpretation. The notion underwent multiple...
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Silent wounds
Maelle L'Homme
10.03.2022In 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic made visible to the general public some of the many challenges associated with humanitarian work. Suddenly mortality rates, shortages of medical supplies and the...
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Humanitarian corridors in Ukraine: the illusion of an ideal solution
Françoise Duroch, Maelle L'Homme
10.03.2022"Humanitarian corridor". In just a few days, these two words have become a common theme in public speeches about Ukraine, evoking the illusion of an ideal solution to the suffering of people trapped ...
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Humanitarian discourse and the challenges of migration: the European exception?
Maelle L'Homme
16.12.2021Are non-governmental organisations also guilty of double standards? Reviewing humanitarian actors’ approaches to migration in Europe, the author analyses the demands, intentions and dilemmas that...