Humanitarian Principles: 50 years after their adoption, myth or effectiveness?

10/14/2015. This video (in french), produced by the ICRC’s delegation in France, raises the issue: 50 years later, humanitarian principles they still reflect a philosophy or is it that this philosophy is exceeded?

To answer this question :

  • Pascal Daudin, Senior Advisor, humanitarian policy and ICRC
  • Brauman, director of studies at the MSF Foundation, associate professor at the Institute of Political Studies (IEP)
  • Françoise Fromageau, physician, National Secretary, CRF
  • Celine Jurgensen, Deputy Director Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs, NUOI, MAE
  • Ryfman Philippe, lawyer, teacher – Honorary Research Associate Paris 1

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