« Guerres humanitaires ? Mensonges et Intox » - Débat avec Rony Brauman
Dans son « Guerres humanitaires ? Mensonges et Intox » (ed. Textuel), Rony Brauman analyse les guerres contemporaines menées au nom de l’humanitaire, les guerres dites « justes ». C’est donc l’occasion de revenir sur les mensonges ayant permis de justifier certaines interventions internationales, notamment en Somalie, au Kosovo et en Libye, toutes trois qualifiées d'humanitaires. Rony Brauman soumet également au lecteur une approche critique du droit international humanitaire et de ses usages.
Genocide from an historical, legal and political standpoint
The publication of the journalist Judi Rever’s book, In Praise of Blood, on the crimes committed by the Rwandan Patriotic Front’s armed rebellion has rekindled discussion over the existence of a “double genocide”, one committed against the Tutsis under the orders of Rwanda’s interim government which took power in April 1994 following the assassination of President Habyarimana, and the other against the Hutus by the Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF) which seized power in July 1994. There is little or no controversy about the reality of the genocide of the Tutsis in the world of Rwandan studies, but the claim that the Hutus were in turn victims of genocide sparks reactions as violent as they are confused. The cause of this confusion can be found in the different definitions of a term used in at least three fields: history, law and politics.
Humanitarian Wars ? - Interview with Rony Brauman
Rony Brauman has just published “Guerres humanitaires ? Mensonges et intox”. This book, a collection of interviews co-authored with Régis Meyran, explores a number of recent armed interventions that have all shared the goal of saving lives. Reviewing conflicts in Somalia, Libya, Kosovo, Afghanistan and Iraq, Brauman discusses the reasons advanced for justifying these wars and the accompanying lies.
Consultations on asylum and immigration bill: MSF denounces ‘‘a fool’s game”
Abstaining from participation in a meeting taking place this coming Thursday, MSF feels that "government officials have listened politely at best and shown condescension and contempt at worst in response to positions expressed in meetings, op-ed pieces published in the press and questions asked in meetings by NGOs" and do not hide "a policy that is sliding into harsh repression".
Review "Saving Lives and Staying Alive: Humanitarian Security in the Age of Risk Management"
Kevin MacMahon's review of "Saving Lives and Staying Alive: Humanitarian Security in the Age of Risk Management" (Michaël Neuman and Fabrice Weissman, London: C. Hurst & Co, 2016) is published in the Journal for the Study of Peace and Conflict (2016, pages 69-70).
Dictators’ Democratic Friends
This op-ed article was published on 27 October 2017 in the French weekly Marianne. He writes it in the backdrop of a controversy around a "Que Sais-Je" book on Rwanda published by the Belgian researcher, Filip Reyntjens and the accusations against him that he rewrites history and seeks to minor the genocide of the Tutsis in 1994.
