The humanitarian alibi: an overview and a redefinition

Abstract This paper explores and illustrates the diverse manifestations of the phenomenon of the ‘humanitarian alibi’, drawing upon historical and contemporary cases of violent conflict in order to identify substitutionary phenomena by governments and international actors. It affirms the existence o...

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Autor principal:	Matthew Bywater
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Publicado:	SpringerOpen 2021
Materias:	Humanitarian alibi Humanitarian fig leaf Band-aid Substitution Aid Humanitarianism Anthropology GN1-890 International relations JZ2-6530
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:c29f5f913546485d8c126e37da3e07902021-11-14T12:29:06ZThe humanitarian alibi: an overview and a redefinition10.1186/s41018-021-00106-72364-34122364-3404https://doaj.org/article/c29f5f913546485d8c126e37da3e07902021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1186/s41018-021-00106-7https://doaj.org/toc/2364-3412https://doaj.org/toc/2364-3404Abstract This paper explores and illustrates the diverse manifestations of the phenomenon of the ‘humanitarian alibi’, drawing upon historical and contemporary cases of violent conflict in order to identify substitutionary phenomena by governments and international actors. It affirms the existence of substitution process where humanitarian aid intervention substitutes for the prevention and resolution of violent conflict and the protection of civilian populations. The paper argues for expanding the humanitarian alibi, however, to take into account how international aid intervention compensates for both the systemic neglect of conflict related crises and for the systemic harm that exacerbates and perpetuates these crises. It also challenges the suggestion that the humanitarian alibi phenomenon is the product of a bygone era, and finds that the use of aid as a substitute for peacemaking can co-exist alongside the use of aid as a direct component of international intervention.Matthew BywaterSpringerOpenarticleHumanitarian alibiHumanitarian fig leafBand-aidSubstitutionAidHumanitarianismAnthropologyGN1-890International relationsJZ2-6530ENJournal of International Humanitarian Action, Vol 6, Iss 1, Pp 1-25 (2021)
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description	Abstract This paper explores and illustrates the diverse manifestations of the phenomenon of the ‘humanitarian alibi’, drawing upon historical and contemporary cases of violent conflict in order to identify substitutionary phenomena by governments and international actors. It affirms the existence of substitution process where humanitarian aid intervention substitutes for the prevention and resolution of violent conflict and the protection of civilian populations. The paper argues for expanding the humanitarian alibi, however, to take into account how international aid intervention compensates for both the systemic neglect of conflict related crises and for the systemic harm that exacerbates and perpetuates these crises. It also challenges the suggestion that the humanitarian alibi phenomenon is the product of a bygone era, and finds that the use of aid as a substitute for peacemaking can co-exist alongside the use of aid as a direct component of international intervention.
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The humanitarian alibi: an overview and a redefinition

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