Mass Demonstrations - a new challenge for humanitarian action?

Author(s)
Hugo Slim
Publication language
English
Date published
21 Sep 2012
Publisher
The Oxford Martin School Blog
Type
Blogs
Keywords
Accountability to affected populations (AAP), Conflict, violence & peace, System-wide performance, Urban, Accountability and Participation
Link
http://www.oxfordmartin.ox.ac.uk/blog/view/175#comments

If humanitarian agencies have been preoccupied with intra-state wars in the last twenty-five years, might they now have to refocus and respond to humanitarian needs around mass demonstrations? The rise in mass protests against dictators, mining companies and western media suggests they might.