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dc.contributor.authorBryer, David*
dc.contributor.authorCairns, Edmund*
dc.contributor.editorEade, Deborahen
dc.date.accessioned2011-05-24T09:47:53Zen
dc.date.available2011-05-24T09:47:53Zen
dc.date.issued1997-11-01en
dc.identifier.issn0961-4524en
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/09614529754152en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10546/130286en
dc.descriptionHumanitarian aid should be judged against international humanitarian law (IHL) which gives civilians certain rights, including protection in armed conflicts. Aid agencies should consider the various side-effects of their interventions in order to assess the net impact, and decide whether to work in any given situation. They have no responsibility to provide aid where the net impact is negative, or to those who violate international law. If governments fail in their responsibilities to protect civilians, this does not give aid agencies the responsibility of filling the vacuum, but does mean that they should campaign for governments to act. Current Northern debate on support for the citizens of countries that are in conflict is usually expressed in terms of charity, rather than a response to what people are doing for themselves. Aid agencies should help to change this.en
dc.format.extent12en
dc.format.mimetypePDFen
dc.language.isoEnglishen
dc.publisherOxfam GBen
dc.publisherRoutledgeen
dc.relation.urlhttp://policy-practice.oxfam.org.uk/publications/for-better-for-worse-humanitarian-aid-in-conflict-130286
dc.subjectHumanitarian
dc.subjectAid
dc.subjectApproach and methodology
dc.subjectGovernance and citizenship
dc.titleFor better? For worse? Humanitarian aid in conflicten
dc.typeJournal articleen
dc.identifier.eissn1364-9213en
dc.identifier.journalDevelopment in Practiceen
oxfam.signoff.statusFor public use – can be shared outside Oxfamen
oxfam.subject.keywordHumanitarian practice
oxfam.subject.keywordDevelopment methods
prism.number4en
prism.volume7en
dc.year.issuedate1997en
dc.year.issuedate1997en


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