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SUMMARY:Ordering Compassion: Humanitarianism and the Rules-based Order - J
 acinta O’Hagan (University of Queensland)
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CONTACT:Giovanni Mantilla
DESCRIPTION:Within world politics today we see an increasingly complex net
 work of actors\, institutions and practices that has developed during the 
 last two centuries to address humanitarian needs during crises. The evolut
 ion of complex international network of actors and institutions appears to
  have coincided with the emergence of the liberal rules-based order. This 
 raises important questions about the relationship between this internation
 al humanitarian system and the rules-based order\; and the degree to which
  the rules-based order is a prerequisite for an international humanitarian
  system. This paper addresses three key points. First\, it argues that the
  international humanitarian system is not simply a product of the liberal 
 rules-based order but also played a role in the constitution of that order
 . Secondly\, there is some correlation between the challenges faced by the
  rules-based order and the pressures and strains on the international huma
 nitarian system. Challenges faced by humanitarianism are also important si
 tes of challenge for the rules-based order. But my third point is to ask w
 hether our understanding of the international humanitarian system is perha
 ps skewed by the degree to which we understand humanitarianism as tethered
  to the rules and the ‘formal’ humanitarian system\, which is based on
  ideas and institutions that emerged from Western traditions of humanitari
 anism. This focus can mask a broader range of actors and institutions purs
 uing humanitarian purposes than more traditional understandings of the sys
 tem assumes. Some of the perceived challenges to the international humanit
 arian system emanate from the growing visibility of these actors and insti
 tutions. A more encompassing vision of the international humanitarian syst
 em suggests that the relationship between humanitarianism and the liberal 
 rules-based order is more complex\, variegated and contested than is often
  assumed. 
LOCATION: Room S1\, Alison Richard Building\, Sidgwick Site\, 7 West Road\
 , Cambridge\, CB3 9DT
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