- Editorial, Véronique de Geoffroy
- Protection: the new humanitarian fig-leaf, Marc Dubois
- Is universal jurisdiction the way forward to end Israel’s impunity?, Francisco Rey Marcos
- The war in Afghanistan will not be won by force, François Grünewald
- For an integrated and multi-sectoral approach to nutrition in emergency, rehabilitation and development programmes: some tools and food for thought, Charlotte Dufour
- Protection challenges in a legal vacuum – the case of the Palestinian refugees in Lebanon, Alain Robyns
- Building a quality framework: issues and challenges, Véronique de Geoffroy and Domitille Kauffmann
- What is evaluation for? The missing links in the evolution of humanitarian actors, Hugues Maury
- Bibliography on the issue of Protection
- Events in “Humanitarian Aid on the Move” No. 2
Humanitarian Aid on the move No. 2
30/04/2009
This year is the 150th anniversary of the battle of Solferino. It was the suffering witnessed at that battle which gave rise to an idea which, for many, has brought a little light to counter the darkness of war. This idea - that the wounded should be provided with protection - subsequently grew to incorporate the protection of prisoners and civilians in conflict situations. It led to the elaboration of a corpus of rules for the conduct of hostilities which attempt to preserve a modicum of humanity amid the unspeakable horrors of war. A century and a half after the publication of ‘A Memory of Solferino’, Henri Dunant’s original idea is still as important as it ever was. [...]