GPPi holds workshop on humanitarian governance at Hanns Seidel Foundation seminar
GPPi Research Associate Claudia Meier held a workshop on October 24 about humanitarian governance at a two-day human rights seminar organized by the Hanns Seidel Foundation
in Lichtenfels, located in Southern Germany. Titled How Indefeasible are Human Rights?, the seminar was part of the foundation’s event series on the political history of ideas.
Using practical examples from GPPi’s work on humanitarian assistance, Meier focused on dilemmas of humanitarian governance and the solutions proposed by the international community. In her introduction, Meier provided an overview of the history of humanitarianism, which has grown from a small initiative in the 19th century into a multimillion dollar industry today. In part two of the workshop, she focused on coordination within the humanitarian community and with other global governance institutions. Following this, the 25 participants discussed the pros and cons of potential collaboration between humanitarian organizations and the International Criminal Court. Meier then went on to share some of GPPi’s insights from the humanitarian community’s response to the earthquake in Haiti. She ended the workshop with a discussion about the current challenges facing international humanitarian governance.