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"In Niger, the population has been taken hostage"

Françoise Duroch

Since 30 July, the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has imposed a series of sanctions against Niger: commercial and financial transactions have been suspended, the country’s air...

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«Asyl zu verkaufen» – völkerrechtlicher Schutz in Zeiten von Outsourcing

Maelle L'Homme

After the USA and Australia, several European countries are also developing strategies aimed at reducing their reception obligations towards asylum seekers. Maelle L'Homme reflects on the danger of...

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International Humanitarian Law, State sovereignty and the erosion of the humanitarian consensus: the end of humanitarianism?

Duncan McLean

This article examines the dilution of the legal framework on which humanitarian action has historically been based, primarily through the prism of international humanitarian law and related...

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"Wichtig ist, Frauen in den Teams zu haben"

Françoise Duroch

How far do aid organisations go to be able to deliver assistance in authoritarian states? A conversation with Françoise Duroch about difficult compromises, working with the Taliban and whether the...

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Total, entre caution morale et greenwashing

Françoise Duroch

Early February, TotalEnergies announced that it had appointed Jean-Christophe Rufin to launch an assessment of the humanitarian situation in northern Mozambique. The mandate of this former...

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Les ONG et l'autre moitié du monde

Françoise Duroch

At the end of December, the humanitarian sector was informed that women in Afghanistan were banned from working for non-governmental organisations on the grounds that some had been seen working...

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Ethical considerations around the use of humanitarian imagery

Françoise Duroch, Maelle L'Homme

The 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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Out of sight, out of mind: Europe's increasing pushback against migrants

Duncan McLean

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Adapting MSF's sexual violence care training approach to middle eastern contexts: what does this mean in practice?

Françoise Duroch

This article shares the learnings of Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF)’s experience of adapting its sexual violence care training for its staff and missions in the Middle East and North Africa...

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Humanitarian corridors: negotiated exceptions at risk of manipulation

Maelle L'Homme

In 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

In 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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Solidarité sélective?

Françoise Duroch

The war in Ukraine acts as a catalyst for the resurgence of xenophobic discourse thought to be forgotten, especially when they are hiding behind selective solidarity. Two specialists from Médecins...