HAIC7350 | CRITICAL READING IN HUMANITARIAN ACTION

Deconstructing humanitarian action policies and humanitarian relief organizations as means of colonial domination; the role of humanitarian aid, given during conflicts, in enhancing colonial domination and dependency and creating new victims; humanitarian action from the perspective of the victims of conflicts; the delusion of development based on humanitarian aid; political, economic and sociological aspects resulting from humanitarian interventions during conflicts; critical view of the principles of humanitarian action (humanity, neutrality, impartiality and independence).