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This article was originally published on Tribune. ___ In early March, Israel reinforced its blockade of Gaza, preventing entry of even the limited amount of…

This article was originally published in Disasters ___ abstract Debates about ‘the trouble with aid’ are nothing new. But while these have usually focused on…

Against national interests or in craven service of them, a “wolf in sheep’s clothing” or a waste of taxpayer money, humanitarian aid today is criticised…

The report A Critical Reflection on Humanitarian Reform – Past, Present, Future led by Eleanor Davey captures vital insights from a workshop that brought together humanitarian…

This article was originally published in Tribune Magazine ___ Commitment to foreign aid has been one of the most constant features of Labour internationalism since the…

The cornerstone of formal humanitarian reform in the 1990s was a resolution of the United Nations General Assembly known as 46/182. Frequently referred to in…

On September 9, 2024, the small Pacific Island country of Vanuatu, joined by Fiji and Samoa, formally submitted a request to the International Criminal Court…

Humanitarians aim to provide aid to refugees, combatants, political prisoners and victims of natural disasters, regardless of their political affinities and nationality, race and ethnicity.…

The 1970s marked a turning point in the history of the peasantry of the Sahel, the arid and semi-arid band immediately south of the Sahara…

With reference to Sudan Western humanitarianism has, to be sure, a long history. Used here, however, the term is a container for a new and…