Focus

Humanitarian implications of a re-assertion of State sovereignty

Whilst there is indeed a trend towards the strengthening of State sovereignty, this concept is more multifaceted and ambivalent than it might appear. The author invites us to take stock of its developments, its complexity and the implications for humanitarian work.

Duncan McLean

The endless restructuring of the humanitarian sector : an inappropriate search for performance ?

Perrine Laissus-Benoist

Aid workers and the uprooted: chronic of a parallel evolution

François Grünewald

Sovereignty as responsibility in East Asia’s response to crises

Oscar A. Gómez

The “hybridisation of humanitarianism”: ordinary citizens in French migrant camps

Marjorie Gerbier-Aublanc

The use of digital tools at large scale: lessons from a health programme in Burkina Faso

Enric Jané - Guillaume Foutry - Simon Sanou

The arbitration required between possibilities of new technologies and usefulness for populations

Karine Le Roch   - Caroline Antoine - Jonathan Bureau - Melchior de Roquemaurel - Myriam Ait-Aissa - Nicolas Dennefeld

At the era of “humanitarian digitisation”, lifting the veil of newness

Daniel Scarnecchia - Nathaniel Raymond

Fostering good practices in the use of information and communications technologies

Maëve de France - Nina-Flore Eissen

Humanitarian drones: useful tool, toxic image

Michiel Hofman

Refugees wedged between corporate malfunctions and the lack of State involvement: the example of a cash programme in Cameroon

Pierre Boris N’nde

The ICRC and partnerships with the private sector: evolution and ethical considerations

Caroline Putman Cramer  - Jessica Fleurinor