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Transgressive Solidarity: From Europe’s Cities to the Mediterranean Sea

Nordic Journal of Migration Research, 2020
In the wake of increasing migrant deaths in the Mediterranean, non-governmental organizations took to the seas to conduct search and rescue operations in 2014. In 2016, this humanitarian fleet rescued 50,000 people in the Central Mediterranean Sea.
Daniela DeBono, Ċetta Mainwaring
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International humanitarianism in East Asia

In this chapter we discuss the evolution of international humanitarianism in Asia beginning with colonialism, inter-state conflicts, and mass atrocities.
Cook, Alistair David Blair, Gómez, Oscar A., Gong, Lina   +2 more
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Interview: Writing about Personal Experiences of Humanitarianism

Journal of Humanitarian Affairs, 2022
This interview hopes to build on and contribute to research on humanitarian memoirs by talking to two humanitarians who have written memoirs: Professor Tony Redmond OBE and Gareth Owen OBE. Tony Redmond’s book Frontline: Saving Lives in War, Disaster and
Róisín Read, Tony Redmond, Gareth Owen
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Who help irregular migrants? Supporters of irregular migrants in Amsterdam (the Netherlands) and Turin (Italy)

REMHU: Revista Interdisciplinar da Mobilidade Humana, 2020
Supporters of irregular migrants play an important role in the interactions between irregular migrants and the state. This article aims to shed light on the variety of actors involved in the support of irregular migrants and what kind of help they ...
Minke Hajer, Maurizio Ambrosini
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New Book: "Humanitarianism and Human Rights. A World of Differences?"

, 2020
Michael Barnett (ed.), Humanitarianism and Human Rights. A World of Differences?, Cambridge University Press 2020. This book explores the fluctuating relationship between human rights and humanitarianism.
Fabian Klose
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Edukacja na rzecz zwierząt i ich praw. Uwagi w kontekście dyskursu o przemocy wobec zwierząt

Filozofia Publiczna i Edukacja Demokratyczna, 2016
The purpose of this article is to present the issues of violence against animals. This text is educational in nature. Sometime in our society violence against animals is often marginalized.
Joanna Helios
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Book Review.

Swiss Journal of Sociocultural Anthropology
The book Disability and Aid: An Ethnography of Logics and Practices of Distribution in a Ugandan Refugee Camp by Maria-Theres Schuler conceptualizes the predicaments of humanitarian aid, particularly as championed through global aid regimes and ...
Asebe Regassa
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Regulating Humanitarian Governance: Humanitarianism and the ‘Risk Society’

Politics and Governance, 2020
This research advances the critical literature of humanitarian governance by demonstrating how ‘risk management’ is reproduced within the governance and regulatory structures of humanitarian institutions and, crucially, how it distorts patterns of emergency assistance coverage.
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Final Call for Applications for Global Humanitarianism Research Academy 2016

, 2015
The second Global Humanitarianism Research Academy (GHRA) 2016 call for applications closes on 31 December 2015. Call for Applications: Global Humanitarianism | Research Academy International Research Academy on the History of Global Humanitarianism ...
Fabian Klose
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Community Humanitarianism and Social Resilience: Study of YSID within the Framework of Bottom-Up Humanitarianism

Global Focus
This article explores the practices of the Yayasan Sanggar Inovasi Desa (YSID) as a concrete example of bottom-up humanitarianism rooted in community participation.
Adryan Firmando Iskandar, Diah Pitaloka, Muhammad Abiel Dewa Pratama   +2 more
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