We welcome Abby Stoddard, Katherine Haver and Adele Harmer's response to our critical article on the production and the use of security data in the humanitarian sector and to our book in general. In a field that has been very much lacking debate, if not controversies, we're extremely glad to see a various range of readers engaging in the discussion. 

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"

This article is an English translation of an interview of Fabrice Weissman about the State of the Humanitarian Sector, in Revue Internationale et Stratégique (n°98, 2015/2) published by the Institut de Relations Internationales et Stratégiques

Entre morale du devoir et morale des conséquences, le droit humanitaire d'urgence, pourtant reconnu internationalement, est bien difficile à appliquer.

On the occasion of the 150th anniversary of the ICRC (1863-2013) and in light of the recently launched issue of the Review on "The future of humanitarian action", the Harvard Program on Humanitarian Policy and Conflict Research (HPCR) and the International Review of the Red Cross are pleased to co-host a Live Web Seminar on the topic: "Perspectives on the Future of Humanitarian Action"...

Discussions on the merits of remote control management of humanitarian projects have been particularly intense over the last few years. We are pleased to share this contribution published in Humanitarian Exchange Magazine by Joe Belliveau, the operational manager for Somalia in the Dutch section of our organisation.

On 19th of September, PHAP hosted a discussion on the compromises and negotiations the humanitarian aid community must contend with during crisis situations with Michael Neuman and Antonio Donini.

Rony Brauman s'est récemment opposé au concept de «guerre humanitaire», énoncé en Libye sous la forme de «responsabilité de protéger», parce que la guerre est d'après lui le terrain d'élection des entrepreneurs de violence, qu'elle possède sa propre dynamique et qu'elle est incontrôlable. 

On January 26, the Brookings-LSE Project on Internal Displacement and Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) hosted a discussion on the compromises and negotiations the humanitarian aid community must contend with during crisis situations.

A l'occasion de son quarantième anniversaire, Médecins Sans Frontières dévoile dans le livre "Agir à tout prix ?" son expérience des négociations humanitaires. Lors de cette conférence organisée le 14 novembre 2011, Claire Magone, Fabrice Weissman et Michaël Neuman ont présenté l'ouvrage. Cette rencontre était animée par Marie-Pierre Allié.

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.

Des ONG internationales aux agences de l'ONU en passant par les bailleurs de fonds, le constat est unanime : « l'espace humanitaire se rétrécit ».