Articles and blog

Distribution MSF aux réfugiés afghans à Paris Dragan Lekic Opinion

Sans papiers et maintenant sans soins

01/28/2011 Rony Brauman

Rony Brauman revient sur les attaques portées contre l’Aide médicale d’Etat incluses dans la loi de finances 2011. Celle-ci prévoit en effet de mettre un terme à sa gratuité, en contradiction avec tout bon sens médical et comptable. Cette mesure ne peut être comprise que comme un nouveau signal envoyé à l’encontre des étrangers.

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Deux petites filles passent devant un poste de contrôle à Port-au-Prince en Haïti Pep Bonet Opinion

Haïti : on aid and reconstruction

01/14/2011 Rony Brauman Fabrice Weissman

One year after the earthquake in Port-au-Prince, a number of observers and actors are questioning the international aid : reconstruction is at a standstill, homeless people are still facing the same situation and the deadly cholera epidemic reminds us that international aid has not helped to improve the very poor sanitation system.

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illustration la criminalisation de l'ennemi Analysis

Criminalising the enemy and its impact on humanitarian action

12/15/2010 Fabrice Weissman

Could a doctor working for a humanitarian organisation be sentenced to life imprisonment in the United States for having offered his “expert advice” to people linked to a “terrorist organisation”? That is what is feared by a number of civil rights’ organisations in the US since the Supreme Court declared on 21 June that the legislation known as the Material Support Statute was constitutional. 

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Enfants dans les rues de Kaboul Pierre Salignon Opinion

Lire l’information en temps de guerre

10/12/2010 Jean-Hervé Bradol

Kidnappée en Afghanistan en 2010, Linda Norgrove est décédée lors d'une attaque de l'armée américaine contre ses ravisseurs supposés appartenir à l'opposition armée afghane. Dans la presse, Linda Norgrove est unanimement présentée comme membre d'une organisation humanitaire.

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Des femmes s'embrassent sur le front Raghad El Souad Opinion

UN women : because I’m worth it

09/13/2010 Claire Magone

UN Women was created in July 2010, after intense negotiations between United Nations member states and women's rights organizations. This new structure will take over the mandates of the four UN organizations heretofore devoted to gender issues.

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Opinion

Darfur: the International Criminal Court is wrong

09/10/2010 Rony Brauman

Rony Brauman criticises the International Criminal Court's indictment of the Sudanese president for genocide. If the prosecutor's argument is followed, humanitarian organisations working in the displaced people's camps should be charged with complicity in genocide.

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