Raghad El Souad
Opinion
09/13/2010
Claire Magone
UN Women was created in July 2010, after intense negotiations between United Nations member states and women's rights organizations. This new structure will take over the mandates of the four UN organizations heretofore devoted to gender issues.
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Jean-Marc Jacobs
Opinion
08/30/2010
Fabrice Weissman
Comparés aux survivants du Tsunami ou du tremblement de terre à Haïti, les rescapés des moussons torrentielles qui se sont abattues sur le Pakistan font moins recette.
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Thomas Conan
Interview
08/26/2010
Rony Brauman
Le Pakistan est-il en train de vivre la pire catastrophe de son histoire ? Rony Brauman répond aux questions de France Soir.
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Karine Klein
Analysis
07/23/2010
Jean-Hervé Bradol
Using Niger as an example, this text seeks to explore the dilemmas involved in medical responses to child malnutrition when such malnutrition is endemic (strong, permanent presence) and gives rise to seasonal peaks (epidemics) each year.
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Andrew McConnell/Panos Pictures
Op-ed
01/20/2010
Rony Brauman
The earthquake that devastated Port-au-Prince and neighboring areas has led to a worldwide surge of solidarity which we must fully appreciate because no country could face such a disaster on this scale alone.
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Jacob Kuehn
Analysis
10/01/2009
Fabrice Weissman
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.
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Alex Yallop
Opinion
09/01/2009
Rony Brauman
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.
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Robin Utrecht
Opinion
07/29/2009
Jean-Hervé Jézéquel
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.
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Jacob Zocherman
Conference
04/08/2009 - 08:30 PM 10:30 PM
Françoise Bouchet-Saulnier
In 1998 MSF decided to support the creation of the International Criminal Court. 10 years later MSF stated that it ‘would not cooperate and would not transmit any information to the ICC'. How can we explain this change of position?
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Paulo Filgueiras
Interview
09/01/2008
Fabrice Weissman
Reed Brody
Reed Brody de Human Rights Watch et Fabrice Weissman confrontent leurs visions de la responsabilité de protéger les populations civiles en cas de génocide, un principe récemment consacré par les états membres de l'ONU.
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Voitek Asztabski
Analysis
05/11/2008
Fabrice Weissman
Nombreux sont les observateurs qui à l'instar de l'ancien secrétaire général des Nations unies Kofi Annan ont dénoncé "la passivité honteuse de la communauté internationale" au Darfour. Mais qu'en est-il exactement ? Dans quelle mesure les populations du Darfour ont-elles été abandonnées ? Dans cet article, Fabrice Weissamn revient sur l'histoire de la crise et des réactions internationales qu'elle a suscitées, soulignant les effets contradictoires des campagnes d'opinion menées en Occident en faveur des victimes du conflit.
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Dominic Nahr
Conference
04/16/2008 - 08:30 PM 09:30 PM
Alphonse Maindo
Alphonse Maindo, enseignant et chercheur, revient sur la situation actuelle au Congo et aborde sous un angle particulier nos vieilles interrogations sur les « confusions militaro-humanitaires ».
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