What does ‘back to basics’ mean for gender and the fundamental principles?

ICRC Humanitarian Law and Policy Blog · Sep 1, 2022 · 16m

The recently-launched ICRC blog series ‘Back to basics: humanitarian principles in contemporary armed conflict’ aims to inspire discussion and debate about the relevance of, and challenges to, the humanitarian principles in current times. For some, that phrasing might imply a worrying move back to a time when humanitarian action was conceptualized in its most simplistic form, and the complex interplay between such action and social dynamics like gender, diversity, race and structural discrimination was seen as beyond the responsibility of humanitarian actors. In this post, ICRC Policy Adviser…