The humanitarian frame of war: how security and violence are allocated in contemporary aid delivery

Tammi, Iida-Maria

doi:10.1080/01436597.2022.2055538

Third World Quarterly

2022

DOI: 10.1080/01436597.2022.2055538

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The humanitarian frame of war: how security and violence are allocated in contemporary aid delivery

Iida-Maria Tammi

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“…33The interviews were carried out in a semi‐structured format during January–February 2020 and their results have been reported in further depth elsewhere (see Tammi, 2021, 2022). …”

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Fighting with words: humanitarian security and the changing role of law in contemporary armed conflict

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Violence against humanitarians is a commonplace phenomenon in contemporary armed conflict. This paper examines how the manipulation of international legal principles for political or military purposes, a practice known as ‘lawfare’, impacts humanitarian security in conflict‐affected areas. Drawing on a case study of the Syrian conflict (2011–), it finds that lawfare has been used to legitimate systematic civilian targeting by pro‐government forces and to delegitimise the delivery of aid to opposition‐held areas of the country. Efforts to use legal measures to promote civilian welfare—by way of sanctions or demands for cross‐border humanitarian access—have been taken as evidence of Western attempts to politicise humanitarian considerations and international law. In practice, this has meant increased security risks for aid workers and impunity for those implicated in the violence. The paper concludes by calling for more critical research on lawfare and politicisation of international law as part and parcel of civilian protection in conflict‐affected areas.

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“…33The interviews were carried out in a semi‐structured format during January–February 2020 and their results have been reported in further depth elsewhere (see Tammi, 2021, 2022). …”

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Fighting with words: humanitarian security and the changing role of law in contemporary armed conflict

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2023

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The humanitarian frame of war: how security and violence are allocated in contemporary aid delivery

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Fighting with words: humanitarian security and the changing role of law in contemporary armed conflict

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