Ingérence des États en temps de guerre. Action humanitaire des organisations bénévoles chrétiennes et témoignage de l'évangile
For centuries, humanitarian action has been the responsibility almost exclusively of the Churches. It represented a way for Christians to witness to their solidarity with the poor and the distressed. But the Churches are no longer alone in this field. Humanitarian action in favour of the victims of...
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Ed. Pontificia Univ. Gregoriana
1995
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Gregorianum
Year: 1995, Volume: 76, Issue: 1, Pages: 95-123 |
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| Summary: | For centuries, humanitarian action has been the responsibility almost exclusively of the Churches. It represented a way for Christians to witness to their solidarity with the poor and the distressed. But the Churches are no longer alone in this field. Humanitarian action in favour of the victims of war and of natural disasters has become secularized. Governments now consider themselves responsible for managing rescue operations and the security which these require, and for providing populations with medical care, food and all sorts of goods. In addition, many voluntary organizations are now participating in these operations without religious motivation, unlike the situation in the past. Christians have to take up the challenge of reassessing what is specific to them and of establishing rules for cooperation with governmental as well as non-governmental institutions. Participating in humanitarian operations makes it necessary to-day for Christian and voluntary institutions to be integrated in a general policy determined by public authorities and to adhere to its rules. Under such circumstances, Christian organizations may sometimes have to ask themselves whether their presence in a given operation still has a Christian value and meaning. Humanitarian action is understood by voluntary organizations in a specific sense. Its primary motivation is to witness to human solidarity by meeting basic human needs without any political, religious or ideological considerations, in situations where States are too easily moved by concerns of national interest in exercising the so-called right of ingerence. These differences of perspective may make it impossible for voluntary organizations to be associated with some humanitarian operations. Christian voluntary action also has its own specificity, and christian organizations will sometimes have to ask themselves whether participation in a particular operation retains its christian value and meaning. Their leaders, as representatives of Christian organizations, cannot accept projects which are in contradiction with their conception of the dignity of man or which are not directed to the benefit af all. |
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