Humanitarian Aid, Genocide and Mass Killings: The Rwandan Experience (Humanitarianism: Key Debates and New Approaches)

Jean-Herv� Bradol, Marc Le Pape

ISBN 10: 1526115514 / ISBN 13: 9781526115515

Published by Manchester University Press 2017-01-19, 2017

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Humanitarian Aid, Genocide and Mass Killings: The Rwandan Experience (Humanitarianism: Key Debates and New Approaches)
• Publisher: Manchester University Press 2017-01-19
• Publication Date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1526115514
• ISBN 13: 9781526115515
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

Throughout the 1990s, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) was forced to face the challenges posed by the genocide of Rwandan Tutsis and a succession of outbreaks of political violence in Rwanda and its neighbouring countries. Humanitarian workers were confronted with the execution of almost one million people, tens of thousands of casualties pouring into health centres, the flight of millions of people who had sought refuge in camps and a series of deadly epidemics. Drawing on various hitherto unpublished private and public archives, this book recounts the experiences of the MSF teams working in the field. It is intended for humanitarian aid practitioners, students, journalists and researchers with an interest in genocide and humanitarian studies and the political sociology of international organisations.

About the Author

Jean-Hervé Bradol is Director of Studies at the Centre de réflexion sur l'action et les savoirs humanitaires, Fondation Médecins Sans Frontières, Paris

Marc Le Pape is Associate Researcher at IMAF (Institut des Mondes Africains, Centre national de la recherche
scientifique, École des hautes études en sciences sociales, Université Paris 1)