Dissolving the difference between humanitarianism and development: The mixing of a rights-based solution
- 1 August 2000
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Development in Practice
- Vol. 10 (3-4) , 491-494
- https://doi.org/10.1080/09614520050116631
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.Keywords
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