War and humanitarianism, medicine and public health, rights and justice... Discover CRASH publications sorted by themes.
The fact that CRASH publications are written from an aid practitioner's, rather than researcher's, perspective, does not exempt them from the demands of rigorous research methods. We try hard at this, with the help of (volunteer) research professionals. The publications are not the MSF party line, but rather tools for reflexion based on MSF's framework and experience. They have only one purpose: to help us better understand what we are doing. Criticisms, comments and suggestions are more than welcome - they are expected.
![Catastrophes naturelles : Mythes et réalités Tempête tropicale au Honduras](/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/2022-10/msf37428-tropical-storm-honduras.jpg?itok=jqslYhgb)
Global media and the Myths of Humanitarian Relief: The Case of the 2004 Tsunami
11/21/2006Rony Brauman reviews the myths and mechanisms governing the deployment of international aid following the Southeast Asian tsunami in December 2004.
![Darfour, Menaces sur les secours humanitaires Distribution de plumpynut aux enfants du camp d'Abuzar, Darfour](/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/2017-05/MSF53349-darfour.jpg?itok=WOJT0eo9)
Darfur: Humanitarian Aid Held Hostage
11/03/2006Aid organisations have been held hostage to the showdown between the Sudanese government and the international community.
![Les liaisons dangereuses du témoignage humanitaire et des propagandes politiques une famille au Tchad](/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/2017-05/MSF181114%28High%29.jpg?itok=lnSpHWNG)
Dangerous liaisons: bearing witness and political propaganda
10/01/2006All observers agree that in many respects, the Biafran War of 1967-70 was the founding event of the modern humanitarian aid movement. First, it was the scene of the first large-scale action by private aid groups and the Red Cross in a post-colonial world.
![Dictionnaire pratique du droit humanitaire Couverture du Dictionnaire pratique du droit humanitaire](/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/2017-06/MSF-cover-dictionnaire-pratique-droit-humanitaire.jpg?h=c76c6211&itok=3OOEFUyL)
The Practical Guide to Humanitarian Law
01/01/2006Definitions 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.
![Les enfants soldats d’Afrique, un phénomène singulier ? Un soldat devant une église au Congo](/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/2017-05/MSF51066-children-soldiers.jpg?itok=NAdcZ2-k)
Child Soldiers in Africa: A singular Phenomenon?
01/01/2006The much publicized figure of the child soldier in Africa is placed in context in this historiographical survey: the author ties it to the general subject of children in war – which has affected America and Europe at different times – and reveals the necessity of developing a history of child status in Africa.
![Génocide, la surenchère Avril 1994. Départ vers l’aéroport de Kigali de la première équipe évacuée après trois semaines de mission sur place.](/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/2017-05/MSB7633-genocide-rwanda.jpg?itok=hhFqT3PM)
Genocide, upping the stakes
10/01/2004Rony Brauman decribes how the qualification of the conflict in Darfur as genocide leads only to a dead end and warns against the abuse of this concept.
![Génocide, les sens d’un mot Avril 1994. Kigali. Stérilisation. Madeleine Boyer (infirmière anesthésiste).](/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/2017-05/MSB7620-genocide.jpg?itok=2s80E-3G)
Genocide, a word with many meanings
09/01/2004Rony Brauman analyses the de-politicization and criminalisation process of the conflict in Darfur, resulting from an exclusively ethnic reading of this crisis and by the inappropriate use of the concept of "genocide".
![Militaro-humanitaire, une confusion mortelle Un homme armé escorte MSF](/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/2017-05/MSF4909-armed-man-escorts-msf.jpg?itok=SNWXJYG7)
Military humanitarism: a deadly confusion
08/16/2004Fabrice Weissman reminds us that while the clarity of the humanitarian emblem is no guarantee of absolute safety, it is nevertheless an essential prerequisite to it.
![ces ONG qui appellent aux armes Entrée de l'hôpital de Man avec une pancarte signalant l'interdiction des armes](/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/2017-05/MSF2748-no-gun-hospital-of-man.jpg?h=38bd6518&itok=U9OGxpzy)
Humanitarian action and military intervention: Temptations and possibilities
04/28/2004Using the example of Liberia, Fabrice Weissman examines the public statements of NGOs and their positions with regard to denunciation and/or calls for international intervention.