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Humanitarian Resistance: its ethical and operational importance

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29 November 2022
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Humanitarian Resistance: its ethical and operational importance

This paper by Hugo Slim explores how resistance humanitarianism can contribute to efforts to tackle humanitarian crises.

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the return of military dictatorship in Myanmar have reminded the world of the importance of humanitarian resistance. In both countries, civilian rescue and relief is being organised by resistance groups that are struggling for victory and humanity in equal measure, and so simultaneously taking sides for human life and human freedom. They are not neutral but they are humanitarian. In many situations, resistance humanitarians are reaching people faster and better than orthodox humanitarians from neutral international agencies.

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