On this page, you can find all the works published by the CRASH, as well as those published individually by members of the CRASH.
“Les Cahiers du Crash” is a collection of self-published works: studies, reports, and accounts produced within CRASH or under its auspices, which we would like to make available to the public beyond MSF.
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From international NGOs to UN agencies, from donors to observers of humanitarianism, opinion is unanimous: in a context of the alleged ‘clash of civilisations’, our ‘humanitarian space’ is shrinking.
Book
When MSF nurse Chantal Kaghoma regained her freedom in August 2014 after being held hostage for thirteen months by rebel group ADF in the DRC, she said, “While I was in prison with all the other hostages, I had lost all faith in everyone"
Book
Throughout the 1990s, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) was forced to face the challenges posed by the genocide of Rwandan Tutsis and a succession of major outbreaks of political violence in Rwanda and its neighbouring countries.
Gabrielle Klein
Cahier
The document analyses and describes the different initiatives, experiences and positions that MSF has had with regard to international investigations and judicial proceedings.
Yann Libessart
Cahier
This Cahier du CRASH by Xavier Crombé combines a study of the experience and positions of MSF vis-à-vis occupation contexts since the 1980s, and the minutes of a talk organised by the 'Fondation MSF' in January 2006 on "Humanitarian action in situations of occupation".
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Cahier
In September 2004, the Board of MSF-France decided to undertake a critique of the section’s operations in Darfur in 2003 and 2004. According to the terms of reference set by MSF-F president Jean-Hervé Bradol (see appendices), the aim was less to ‘evaluate’ our intervention than to subject it to a critical examination which would enable us to “identify our weaknesses and the ways in which they can be corrected.”
MSF-Crash
Book
Intervenir dans un camp de réfugiés, dans une situation de guerre, faire face à une épidémie... En quoi consiste concrètement l'action humanitaire ? Rony Brauman raconte sa propre expérience.
MSF-Crash
Book
Figure emblématique de l'action humanitaire, Rony Brauman fut lontemps président de MSF. En plus de ses innombrables mission sur le terrain, aux quatre coins du monde, il s'est fait connaître par la réflexion critique qu'il a élaborée, au fil des ans, sur l'humanitaire lui-même et ses limites.
Book
Definitions are often the first step toward granting or denying a person's rights. Now in thoroughly revised and updated edition, the Guide provides precise meaning and content for terms such as terrorism, refugee, genocide, and intervention concepts.
MSF-Crash
Book
For nearly two decades, François Jean practiced humanitarian action based on a deep, pragmatic desire to understand, constant self-questioning, and broad intellectual curiosity. It will be clear to anyone reading his collected works, From Ethiopia to Chechnya: Reflections on Humanitarian Action, 1988-1999, that his writings resonate with dilemmas we face today.
Mikhail Galustov
Cahier
For nearly two decades, François Jean practiced humanitarian action based on a deep, pragmatic desire to understand, constant self-questioning, and broad intellectual curiosity. It will be clear to anyone reading his collected works, From Ethiopia to Chechnya: Reflections on Humanitarian Action, 1988-1999, that his writings resonate with dilemmas we face today.
Book
During the planning stages of military intervention in Iraq, humanitarian organizations were offered U.S. government funds to join the Coalition and operate uneder the umbrella of Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Book
In the face of violence, how does a medical relief organization react and respond? This book is an account of one experience; it describes and analyzes the characteristics of one intervention: that of Médecins Sans Frontières in Congo Brazzaville in 1998-2000.
Pep Bonet/Noor
Cahier
Le pouvoir éthiopien aurait-il consciemment entravé la marche du système national de réponse aux crises pour produire une « urgence humanitaire » dans une zone périphérique et récupérer sous forme d’aide alimentaire le manque à gagner lié à la guerre et à la suspension des aides au développement ? Les bailleurs de fonds auraient-ils cautionné cette manipulation ? A vrai dire, le problème semble un peu plus complexe. La réalité se situe entre l’histoire sainte et la thèse de la machination scabreuse. C’est cette réalité compliquée que nous voudrions approcher, ce qui nous impose un détour préalable par l’économie alimentaire du pays et sa gestion politique.
Book
Humanitaire ou non, la médecine est d'abord la médecine. Elle soigne des hommes et non des statistiques. A partir de récit d'expériences, d'enquêtes et d'études comparatives, ce livre propose une réflexion sur la diversité et les enjeux des pratiques médicales dans le monde.