Humanitarian aid from the perspective of care
When philosophy turns its attention to humanitarian action, it can help its actors reflect not only on the foundations of their intervention, but also on how to improve its implementation....
Associations and their international public funders: reconciling accountability with efficiency in solidarity projects
Non-governmental organisations (NGOs) widely decry growing bureaucracy in their relations with funders. For the sake of accountability, NGOs are being burdened with reporting procedures that take up a lot of...
Global mental health in a time of change
It is a difficult exercise in summary writing that Davide Ziveri undertakes here. Looking at the six articles in this issue, he attempts to put them into perspective in the...
Ethical considerations around the use of humanitarian imagery
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....
The reception system for asylum seekers: are civil society organisations still free to pursue their mission?
Published on August 16, 2022 The impact of a management approach in line with market logic is increasingly felt, including in migrant aid schemes. This is what Giorgia Trasciani explains...
Researchers and humanitarian actors: moving from mistrust to efficiency
In spite of some notable bridge-building efforts and much joint work carried out in recent years, researchers and humanitarian actors continue to regard each other too often with suspicion rooted...
Incorporating the sciences into humanitarian interventions: the case of anticipatory action
The anticipation of natural risks, especially due to climate change, has received increasing attention over the past few years. The author explains which forms this “anticipatory action” can take as...
Humanitarian aid and the challenge of gender-based and sexual violence
& Boris Martin • Editor-in-Chief In early 2018, several employees of a British non-governmental organisation (NGO) were accused of sexual abuse in Haiti after the 2010 earthquake. What would become...
The invention of impartiality: the history of a humanitarian principle, from a legal, strategic and algorithmic perspective
Joint publication by Humanitarian Alternatives and the Centre for Reflection on Humanitarian Action and Knowledge (CRASH) / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) The principle of impartiality, which is often reduced to...
The continuum of violence in forced migration: acknowledging it and acting on it
On top of the difficulty or distress they experience when leaving, migrants endure all kinds of violence throughout their exile. For the authors, recognising the existence of this “continuum” of...
How the Covid-19 pandemic is increasing the need for an operational approach in health anthropology
If there is one lesson to be learned from the Covid-19 pandemic, it is that our health systems, and entire swathes of our scientific knowledge along with them, have been...
Indignity at the gates of Europe
Humacoop-Amel France is one of those activist organisations that never forget the tragic situation of the exiled people “at the gates of Europe”, particularly considering that Greece is regarded as...