On 11 June 2024, Rony Brauman was invited alongside with journalist Shirli Sitbon and nonresident Senior Fellow at Atlantic Council Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib on France 24 English to talk about the situation in Gaza. During the interview, the former president of MSF evokes the ongoing starvation and the need for a ceasefire.

Invité dans l'émission radio "L'invité(e) des matins" animée par Guillaume Erner sur France Culture le 17 décembre dernier, Rony Brauman expose son avis sur l'intervention française en Libye. 

First Published December 1, 1999 - Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly (NVSQ) - Volume 28 Issue 1.

This article begins with a look at the role played by Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) since its inception in 1971, and then looks at the challenges facing MSF today. It focuses on the confusion of humanitarian and political roles and on the goals MSF has laid out for itself to address this confusion. Humanitarian aid has become the favored response of governments to political crises, and governments have increasingly turned to NGOs to carry out their policies. In turn, NGOs have become increasingly dependent on governments for financial support. These changes have politicized aid delivery and made it difficult for NGOs to maintain their independence. In addition, as the number of NGOs increases and their activities become more specialized, there are pressures toward institutionalization and bureaucratization. To respond to these challenges, MSF has identified several goals, including maintaining organizational independence and flexibility and avoiding bureaucratization.

The rehabilitation of international humanitarian law (IHL) has become a priority for those who think that the horrors of contemporary wars are largely due to the blurring of the distinction between civilians and combatants and for those who think that campaigning for the respect of IHL could result in more civilised wars. Similarly, respect for humanitarian principles is still seen by many as the best tool available to protect the safety of aid workers. In this text, I argue that both assumptions are misled. The distinction between civilians and combatants, a cornerstone of IHL, has been blurred in practice since the late nineteenth century. In addition, humanitarian agencies claiming to be ‘principled’ have been victims of attacks as much as others. History and current practice tell us that neither IHL nor humanitarian principles provide safety or can guide our decisions. Accepting their symbolic value, rather than their unrealised potential to protect and solve operational dilemmas, would free humanitarian agencies from endless speculations.

Bernard Kouchner est l’un des fondateurs de Médecins Sans Frontières puis de Médecins du monde. Rony Brauman est actuellement directeur d’études au CRASH, il a été président de Médecins Sans Frontières de 1982 à 1994. Dans ce débat, ils discutent les notions de droit d’ingérence, de droit humanitaire international et de sécurité mondiale. Ce débat, qui a eu lieu le 19 juin 2019 au Palais Bourbon, a été organisé par Daniel Lagot, président de l’ADIF et l’association PUGWASH, avec le soutien de PANGEE ONG. 

Le texte ci-dessous est la transcription d'une intervention donnée dans le cadre du colloque « L'Ingérence », organisé par la Fondation Res Publica le 19 janvier 2015. 

Cette conférence porte exclusivement sur des interventions armées menées contre la volonté de l'Etat du pays concerné, qu'elles aient été seulement promues sans voir le jour (Birmanie, Darfour) ou qu'elles aient eu lieu (Kosovo, Irak, Libye).

Fuire le sentimentalisme médiatique et l'auto-célébration, redéfinir le statut de la victime, délimiter le champ d'intervention de l'humanitaire, refuser la récupération politique ou militaire. Mais savoir parler et penser en termes politiques. Dans cette conversation, Rony Brauman, président de Médecins sans frontières de 1982 à 1994, affronte les dilemmes de l'engagement humanitaire. C'est pour fonder l'humanitaire de demain qu'il propose ici une véritable morale de l'action. Entretien avec Philippe Petit.