Humanitarian Organisations as a target for violence

Description
Humanitarian work has become vulnerable. Organisations like the Red Cross, Doctors without Borders and many others mourn for colleagues who were killed during their missions. In Afghanistan, Iraq or Chechnya humanitarian workers have become targets of violence. What will be the consequences of this development ...

(In: Polak, G. [Hg.]: medicine & health 2005, Going International, Wien 2004, S. 26-27)

Categories
Humanitarian Assistance - First Mission Abroad ,Humanitarian Assistance - Advanced Training ,Humanitarian Assistance - Complex Emergencies