Les droits de l'homme sont-ils universels ? Sont-ils au contraire l'expression d'une culture singulière ? Rony Brauman met en question cette opposition réductrice qui ignore soit l'unité du genre humain, soit la diversité des sociétés.

This essay points out the fragility of the arguments most often used by humanitarian organizations to justify their support for an international criminal court. Questioning NGOs' infatuation with punitive justice, Fabrice Weissman argues that humanitarian organizations should advocate for politics of aid and mediation rather than for a global moral order based on judicial punishment and just war.

Rony Brauman revient sur le sentiment de toute-puissance que contient l'esprit de bienfaisance et appelle les humanitaires à repenser leur position dans le contexte d'un retour des souverainetés étatiques.

In 2008, Southern Ethiopia was the epicentre of a vast nutritional intervention: more than 100,000 malnourished children received assistance from a mix of actors including both international actors and local health facilities.

Based on MSF's experience in responding to epidemics, Jean-Hervé Bradol describes the risks of spending precious time and energy on trying to delay the spread of the epidemic rather than on the case management of large numbers of sick people.

According to Wikipedia, "a humanitarian crisis is an event or series of events which carry with them a critical threat to the health, safety or wellbeing of a collectivity, usually over a wide area.

Influenza A H1N1 is turning into a pandemic. What will the number of cases be, what groups will be the most affected, how virulent will the virus be, and how long will it last?

Rony Brauman est interviewé par Grotius. Il revient sur l'histoire et l'action du Comité international de la Croix Rouge (CICR).

Analyzing the same event from different perspectives is a favourite trick of historians to spice up their narratives. It also works pretty well to describe humanitarian interventions.

Le cyclone Nargis qui a touché la Birmanie en 2008 a donné lieu à des réactions internationales relevant de la « diplomatie de la catastrophe ». Mais l'élément marquant fut la dissonance entre les images du terrain et le discours médiatique.

Humanitarian law was designed as a normative framework, not as an indictment. With this in mind, Rony Brauman tries to define what constitutes a human shield.

Rony Brauman répond à Marie Carmagnole, étudiante à l'institut de Relations Internationales et Stratégiques, sur les concepts de  l'institution humanitaire et son action.