Is humanitarianism being politicised? A reply to David Rieff
Speech given at The Dutch Red Cross Symposium on Ethics in Aid, The Hague, 8 October 2003
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If the politicisation of humanitarianism is not a contradiction or a problem what are the problem questions we need to answer? Who is politicising humanitarianism today, how and to what end? Does the predominant politicisation of the day matter to victims? If so, what can humanitarians do about it?