Dissolving the difference between humanitarianism and development: The mixing of a rights-based solution

Hugo Slim

Development in Practice, 2000, vol. 10, issue 3-4, 491-494

Abstract: The conventional (but false) dichotomy between humanitarianism and development, hitherto grounded in the perceived differences between international humanitarian law and international human rights law, respectively, is not merely unhelpful in practical terms but also serves to diminish our understanding of the shared issues underlying the two discourses. There are welcome signs, however, of a growing recognition that all development and relief work is essentially rights-based, and of efforts to integrate thinking and practice under one common set of principles.

Date: 2000
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