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. 

Michaël Neuman warns that misleading data are suggesting humanitarian aid work has become more dangerous, taking particular aim at the Aid Worker Security Database (AWSD) for helping perpetuate this myth. 

Michaël Neuman, co-editor of "Saving Lives and Staying Alive. Humanitarian Security in the Age of Risk Management" responds to Chris Lockyear and Andrew Cunningham's review of the book.

Andrew Cunningham, currently an independent humanitarian researcher and analyst and Chris Lockyear, the Director of Operations for ACF USA and a former Operations Manager for MSF Operational Center Amsterdam (MSF-OCA), have sent the following response to "Saving lives and Staying alive". Let the debate live!

Since the 1990s and the rise of conflicts in West Africa, Somalia, Chechnya, the former Yugoslavia and Africa's Great Lakes region, humanitarian organisations have been warning of greater insecurity for their staff. These observations are bolstered by surveys aimed at objectively quantifying violence against humanitarian workers.

Le dernier livre en date du Crash "Secourir sans périr. La sécurité humanitaire à l'ère de la gestion des risques", co-dirigé par Michaël Neuman et Fabrice Weissman, sort le 31 mars chez CNRS Editions.

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 review of Larissa Fast's " 'Aid in Danger'. The Perils and Promise of Humanitarianism" was published in the International Review of the Red Cross (Volume 96 / Issue 894)

L'intégralité du débat "5 à 7 du CICR" du 8 octobre intitulé "Principes humanitaires: 50 ans après leur adoption, mythe ou effectivé" est en ligne. Rony Brauman, du Crash, y participait.

Should eventual transition from internationally managed programmes to national ownership always be a relevant and/or realistic goal?

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).