Conflict of neutral and humanity --- In my organisation, perhaps because the stakes are not as high as in military conflicts, this conflation, as well as a related public sector definition of neutrality has made some humanitarian actors far more risk averse than a focus on humanity might require. These conversations almost always end in a quagmire of discussing the principles with people who don't want to discuss them and nothing ends up changing in the HD space.

Source author: Murdoch Stephens murdoch.stephens@redcross.org.nz